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- 11 Sept 2017
NIMC Says Over 20m Nigerians Now Have National Identification Number
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has registered 21,360, 000 Nigerians into the National Identity Database and issued them the National Identification Number (NIN). The new enrolment…
- 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…
- 15 Mar 2013
No Devil’s Mark in National ID Number - NIMC
Following series of online and real time talks aligning the proposed electronic national identification numbers for Nigerians with the Biblical 666 mark of the beast, the agency responsible for the…
- 25 Oct 2020
NIMC Plans to Issue 2.5m National Identification Monthly
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said it would scale up the enrolment and issuance of the unique National Identification Numbers to Nigerians and legal residents from 500,000 to 2.5…
- 11 Sept 2025
FG Says Tax ID, NIN Mandatory for Financial Transactions from January 2026
Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025 specifies that beginning from January 2026, Nigerians will be required to provide their full details — including National Identification Number (NIN), Tax…
- 17 Jul 2019
NCC Begins Review of National Numbering Plan
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has embarked on the review of the existing National Numbering Plan (NNP) in the spirit of ensuring that telecom ecosystem is regulated in tandem with the…
- 13 Nov 2025
Banks Ask Customers to Link Accounts to NIN before 2026 to Prevent Restrictions
Commercial banks have asked customers to link their accounts to their national identification numbers (NINs) or tax identification numbers (tax IDs) ahead of the implementation of the new tax laws.…
- 3 Aug 2017
Dambazau Tasks NIMC on National ID Number
Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), Minister of Interior, retired has urged the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to fast track the process of issuing all Nigerians with the National…
- 19 Apr 2024
NELFUND Says UTME, NIN, BVN Mandatory for Student Loans
Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said that Nigerian students will need to present their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration number (UTME); National Identification Number…
- 23 Dec 2025
FIRS says NIN, CAC Numbers to Serve as Tax IDs from 2026
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that the National Identification Number (NIN) will automatically serve as the Tax Identification Number (TIN) for individual Nigerians…
- 1 Aug 2017
No Nigerian Passport without NIMC in 2018 -Presidency
Federal government has said that anybody that does not have identification number from the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC), from 1st January 2018 will not be issued with the…
- 8 Jan 2019
Paradigm Initiative Urges NIMC to Suspend NIN Enforcement Activities
Paradigm Initiative, a digital rights advocacy group has called for the immediate suspension of the enforcement of National Identification Number (NIN), as announced by the National Identity…
- 28 Apr 2014
NIMC Says National e-ID Card Ready Soon
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), at the weekend, said that the long awaited New National Identity Card would soon be launched. Anthony Okwudiafor, director, Corporate…
- 24 Dec 2025
FIRS Declares NIN, CAC Numbers as Tax IDs from 2026
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that the National Identification Number (NIN) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will automatically serve as the Tax…
- 31 Dec 2013
New ID Card is for Global Identity-NIMC
The 11-digit National Identification Number (NIN) given to Nigerians and legal residents, after successful enrolment, reveals the identity of every Nigerian anywhere, Anthony Okwudiafor, director,…
- 20 Nov 2018
NIMC, ALTON Discuss January 2019 NIN Deadline
Ahead of the January 1, 2019 deadline given by the Federal Government for the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIN), Director-General of the National Identity Management…
- 29 Jul 2021
NIMC Captures More than 60m Nigerians
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Thursday announced it has registered more than 60 million Nigerians for the unique National Identification Number (NIN) records in the National…
- 20 Mar 2025
NIN Enrolment Hits 117.3m - NIMC
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that as of February 28, 2025, the number of Nigerians enrolled in the National Identification Number (NIN) database has reached 117.3…
- 17 Apr 2024
Expert Urges FG to Harmonise NIN, BVN to Tackle Crimes
Noble Ajuonu, head, Sydani Technologies Ltd., has urged the Federal Government to harmonise National Identification Number (NIN) and Bank Verification Number (BVN) to tackle crimes and insecurity in…
- 25 Jul 2019
NIMC Registers 36m Nigerians now on National Identity Database
About 36 million Nigerians have now been captured in the country’s identity database, just as the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) on Thursday extended the National Identification…
- 2 Jul 2024
Senate Okays Bill to Allow Foreigners in Nigeria Obtain NINs
The Senate on Tuesday passed for a second reading a bill seeking to allow all persons including foreigners resident in Nigeria the right to obtain and use National Identification Numbers (NINs).…
- 31 Aug 2015
NIMC Extends Mandatory Use of NIN to January 2016
the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the ssuing Authority for National Identification Number NIN, has shifted the date for the commencement of the mandatory use of the National…
- 11 Aug 2017
NIN: Google Shows Nigerians Apprehensive Of Losing Citizenship
This week’s Google search trend report shows Nigerians, yet unregistered, are seemingly apprehensive about losing their citizenship hence they swoop on the website of the National Identity Management…
- 19 Jan 2021
FG Announces New Deadline for NIN-SIM Linkage
Federal Government has extended the deadline for Nigerians to register and link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their SIM cards before February 9, 2021. This information was posted on…
- 13 Jan 2025
NIMC Trains 388 Personnel to Boost NIN Enrolment
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has kicked off a three-day training program for 388 personnel aimed at enhancing the National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment process across the…
- 1 Dec 2023
CBN to Freeze Accounts without BVN, NIN April 2024
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed a “Post no Debit” restriction on all bank accounts without a Bank Verification Number and National Identification Number effective April 2024. “Post No Debit”…
- 10 Oct 2024
NCC Completes NIN-SIM Linkage for All Phone Numbers
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it has successfully completed the federal government’s policy linking all phone numbers to a National Identification Number (NIN). Aminu Maida,…
- 25 Jan 2024
Opay Vows to Block Accounts without Proper KYC Verification
OPay, leading the charge in mobile-based payments, has pledged to implement a thorough removal process for accounts lacking a Bank Verification Number (BVN) and/or National Identification Number…
- 28 Aug 2024
NCC Announces September 14 as Final Deadline for NIN-SIM Linkage Compliance
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced September 14 as the ‘final deadline’ for the linkage of the National Identification Number (NIN) with the Subscriber Identification Module…
- 2 Apr 2024
Nigeria on Track with 70 Per cent NIN Target – World Bank
The World Bank has pegged the success rate of the National Identification Numbers (NIN), drive by the Nigeria Identity Management Commission (NIMC) at about 70 per cent indicating that the process is…