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- 29 Nov 2013
New National ID Card to Replace Voters’ Card from 2015
The new national identity card will replace the current voters card after the 2015 general elections, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has said. Emma Ogungbe, director of Technical…
- 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…
- 4 Jan 2021
NITDA Provides ICT Centre to Decongest NIMC Offices for NIN
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has provided an ICT centre to address the overcrowded Jigawa National Identify Card Management Commission (NIMC) in the state, according to…
- 28 Jan 2021
NIMC Discontinues Old National ID
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced the discontinuation of the old national identity card. The agency confirmed this new development in a post on Wednesday, advising citizens…
- 10 Apr 2024
Confusion, Criticisms Hit NIMC’s Proposed Multiple National ID Cards
There’ve been mixed reactions in Nigeria after the federal government unveiled plans to introduce a new multi-purpose national digital ID card, with some describing it as a duplicative effort and a…
- 4 Nov 2014
Why & How We Engaged MasterCard in eID Card- NIMC
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has explained MasterCard's involvement in the national identity registration programme, while refuting claims, in several quarters, of adequacies…
- 25 Aug 2013
21 Banks Sign Up New ID Card System
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC –Nimcee), has issued licences to 18 Nigerian banks to become ‘issuing partners,’ while three others still await final clearance to join the team as…
- 19 Dec 2014
Mark Tasks NIMC on Issuance of Identity Cards
Senator David Mark, Senate President has asked the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to expedite action on the issuance of the biometrics national identity card to Nigerians because it…
- 11 Jan 2022
NIMC Allays Server Breach Claims Says Nigerians’ Data Safe
The National Identity Management Commission Commission (NIMC) has dispelled claims of server breaches that recently made the rounds on social media. It was reported that suspected hackers claimed to…
- 25 Jan 2010
Sim Card Registration will Enhance National Security - Adebayo
Gbenga Adebayo is the managing director of Community Network Support Services Limited one of the first outsourcing company in telecommunications industry. He is also the chairman of Association of…
- 24 May 2010
Old Wounds Hobble New National ID Project
Again, the renewed verve by the federal government to register Nigerians under the national identity card scheme may be a white elephant like the last attempt in 2003 to unify and identify her…
- 14 Feb 2014
NIMC Tests, Says Smart Facilities Conform to Intl Standard
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has carried out User Acceptance Test on the National Identity Smart Card facility to ensure that it conforms to international standards and best…
- 19 Feb 2015
NIMC Enrols 6m Nigerians into National Register
Chris Onyemena, director-general, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the commission has enrolled about six million Nigerians so far into the national register.…
- 7 Jul 2008
Nigeria to spend N30 billion on National identity database
Mr. Chris Onyemenam, director-general, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has disclosed that the country requires N30 billion to build up infrastructure for the creation of a secure…
- 17 May 2020
ASCSN Says NIMC Can Help Improve Security, Fight Corruption
The organised Labour has said that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), can improve the security situation and fight against corruption in Nigeria in no small measure if the Federal…
- 19 Oct 2013
Rethinking the National ID Project
The national identification card is a key piece of information that opens door to citizen’s personal information. And because it is national, it is sovereign just like Nigeria as a country. It is one…
- 16 Nov 2015
NIMC DG Set to Bow Out, Says Commission Achieves Paradigm Shit
Chris Onyemenam, ‎director general/CEO of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), who will exit as the DG/CEO of the commission this week after eight years of active service, said the…
- 16 Dec 2013
Stakeholders Say NIN is Asset for National Transformation
The importance of ‘proof of identity’ known as National Identification Number (NIN) resonated Monday at a Business Forum organised by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos with…
- 20 Oct 2013
Inter-agency Squabbles May Hobble NIN Rollout
Peter Asolo, chief executive officer, PetVini Global Concepts Limited, has identified inter-agency squabbles as a major roadblock to the attainment of the December 2014 deadline for the registration…
- 5 Nov 2017
IBM Identifies How Nigeria Will Benefit from Data Innovation
By peter oluka As technocrats and private sector leaders celebrate Nigeria’s 145th position on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report for 2018, the Nigerian government’s ongoing efforts to…
- 13 Jul 2026
Tinubu Orders NIMC to Enrol Every Nigerian by End of this Year - DG
President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure that every Nigerian is enrolled in the national identity database before the end of 2026, according to…
- 17 Oct 2013
All Nigerians to Get NIN by Dec 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure that all eligible Nigerians are registered in the National Identity Database by December 31st…
- 12 Apr 2016
NIMC Faults Banks for Turning Down NIN Slip
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has condemned commercial banks for declining the National Identity Number (NIN) slip for transactions. NIMC had during the commencement of NIN…
- 10 Jun 2020
NIMC Says Over 100m Nigerians Have no Form of ID
Over 100 million Nigerians have no identity, according to Mr Aliyu Aziz, director-general, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Aziz, who made the disclosure during a zoom meeting with…
- 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…
- 3 Oct 2019
NIMC Prioritizes NIN Issuance
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it is refocusing more attention on issuing National Identity Number (NIN) to speed up the process of enrolments by way of saving the cost of…
- 27 Oct 2014
Experts Want NIMC Act Repealed, Multi-Dimensional ID Approach
Experts at the 2014 annual lecture of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) have called for a multi-dimensional approach and a review of the National Identity Management…
- 20 Oct 2019
NIMC Recants, Says NIN is Free for Nigerians
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said every Nigerian is eligible for the issuance of the National Identity Number (NIN) free of charge irrespective of the age. This came…
- 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…
- 9 Jan 2025
FG to Add Iris Biometrics to Digital ID for more Inclusion
National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) has said that it is looking at ways of streamlining and expanding the rollout of digital ID in Nigeria and one of the options on the table is…