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- 27 Jan 2021
How to Link Your other Phone Numbers with NIMC Mobile App
The NIMC Mobile ID app is designed to allow users access their national identity card online via their smartphones, as well as print it. Nigerians can use the mobile application to check their…
- 18 Aug 2020
NIMC Says Mobile App Not Yet Approved for Public Use
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), said that the mobile app that will allow Nigerians access to personal National Identification Number (NIN) and registration have not been approved for…
- 29 Mar 2021
NIMC Launches New Mobile App for SIM-NIN Linkage
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has launched a new Mobile Web Service (MWS) Application and improved National Identity Number (NIN) slips for public use. This is coming ahead of…
- 5 Jan 2021
FG Introduces Improved NIN Slip, NIMC Mobile App
Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has approved the development and release of an improved National Identity Number (NIN) slip and a Mobile App. This is part…
- 11 Jan 2021
NIMC Warns Nigerians of Fake App for NIN Registration
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned the public to beware of a fake app that claims to help link the National Identity Number to SIM cards. In a post on its Twitter handle, NIMC…
- 20 Dec 2021
NIMC Enrols over 70m, Records 15m Mobile App Downloads
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has disclosed that it had enrolled over 70 million persons in the ongoing National Identity Number (NIN) registration, with over 15 million of its…
- 13 May 2025
NIMC Launches NINAuth Digital Identity Verification App for Govt Services
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) of Nigeria has launched a new digital identity verification tool called the NIN Authentication (NINAuth) application. The initiative, which forms part…
- 1 Apr 2024
NIMC Lists Fees for Correcting NIN Biodata on Mobile App
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced the fees that Nigerians are required to pay to modify the data on their National Identification Number (NIN). Accordingly Nigerians are…
- 23 Jan 2024
NIMC Sets February for Launch of NIN Registration App for Nigerians in Diaspora
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced plans to launch a self-service application that will allow Nigerians in the diaspora enroll for their National Identification Number (NIN)…
- 12 Sept 2022
How to Use a Virtual NIN with Your MTN SIM
Have you been bothered about the safety and privacy of your personal information when you want to register your MTN SIM, upgrade your SIM, port your mobile number or when you want to link your NIN to…
- 4 Jul 2025
NIMC Says NIN Services Back Online
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced the restoration of its National Identification Number (NIN) verification services nationwide. This, according to the commission, follows…
- 4 Apr 2022
NIN-SIM Linkage: Buhari Orders Telcos to Block Unlinked Lines Immediately
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the implementation of the NIN-SIM policy which restricts calls on any SIM not linked with a National Identity Number (NIN), effect from April 4, 2022.…
- 11 Aug 2025
NIMC Sets 48-hour Deadline for Diaspora Partners to Activate New Licences
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has given its Diaspora Front-End Partners (FEPs) 48 hours to obtain and activate their National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment licences on…
- 22 Dec 2021
FG Introduces Digital Tokens to Replace NIN Slip – Pantami
Federal Government has introduced a suite of digital Tokens to replace the aging NIN slip and polycarbonate card. Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, said this at…
- 24 May 2023
FG Approves National ID Card that Doubles as Debit Card
Federal Executive Council, (FEC) on Wednesday, approved a memo from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) allowing banks to print debit cards that double as National identity cards. With…
- 1 Jan 2021
FG Approves Mobile App, NIN Slip for Easy Enrolment
The federal government has approved the development and release of an improved National Identity Number (NIN) slip and a Mobile App that would enable Nigerians easily link their National Identity…
- 17 Sept 2021
FG Orders Biometric Collating Agencies to Harmonise Citizens’ Data before 2023
President Mohammadu Buhari has directed all government data and biometrics collating agencies to harmonise their data collation before the end of his second term in 2023. He gave the directive, in…
- 12 Jan 2021
NIMC Says BVN-Generated NIN Can’t be Used for SIM Integration
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that the National Identification Number (NIN) generated during the registration for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) cannot be used to…
- 3 Mar 2022
NIMC Seeks NIN Mandatory for Govt Services
Engr. Aliyu Azeez, the director-general of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), wants the National Identity Number (NIN), to become a mandatory requirement for accessing government…
- 10 Jan 2021
Pantami Reveals Simple Ways to Link Seven SIM Cards to one NIN
Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has revealed more easy ways by which citizens can link their National Identification Number to their SIM cards. Speaking on Channels TV…
- 6 May 2025
NIMC Unveils NIN Authentication Service to Enhance Secure Identity Verification
Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the launch of the NIMC NIN Authentication for a secure and seamless identity verification and authentication, even as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, directed…
- 20 Jul 2025
NIMC Enrolls 122m for NIN, Cuts Extortion by 40 Percent
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that it has reduced incidents of extortion and unofficial charges in the identity enrolment process by over 40 per cent. Abisoye Coker-Odusote,…
- 20 Aug 2025
T2 Launches Nigeria’s First eKYC SIM Registration Web App, Redefining Digital Onboarding
T2, Nigeria’s leading digital lifestyle partner, proudly announces the launch of its revolutionary electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) SIM Registration Web App—a first-of-its-kind solution designed…
- 9 Feb 2021
Pantami Commends Airtel for Compliance with ongoing NIMC Enrolment Exercise
Dr. Isa Pantami, the Honorable Minister of Communication & Digital Economy, has commended leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, for its compliance with the ongoing…
- 17 Dec 2020
Airtel Granted Verification & Enrolment License for National Identification Number
The Federal Government of Nigeria has granted leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, a verification and enrolment license to register citizens in the ongoing National…
- 13 May 2021
NIMC Pioneers Africa-first Mobile Identity Ecosystem for NIN Registration
Secure Identity Alliance (SIA), the global identity and secure digital services advisory body, has announced that that National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is pioneering Africa-first Mobile…
- 28 Jul 2025
NIMC Warns Nigerians Against Selling NIN Data Amid Rising Identity Fraud
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued a stern warning to Nigerians over the illegal sale of personal data, including the National Identification Number (NIN), amid reports of a…
- 6 Aug 2017
Experts Frown at Lack of Implementation of Cybercrime Law
Cyber security experts have decried poor implementation of cybercrime law passed some two years ago, they said that effective cybercrime law is necessary with the advent of the Internet of things…
- 1 Aug 2025
Vitel Wireless Rolls Out 50,000 SIM Cards, eSIMs
Vitel Wireless, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), has announced the official launch of its nationwide network services in Nigeria. In a statement, the company stated that starting yesterday…
- 22 Aug 2025
T2mobile Unwraps Nigeria’s First eKYC SIM-Registration Web App
T2mobile, formerly known as 9mobile, has launched the country’s first electronic Know-Your-Customer (eKYC) SIM-registration web application. This digital innovation promises to transform how…