30 results
- 20 Dec 2020
FG Says National Identity Number is Free
Nigerians are to obtain their National Identity Numbers (NINs) at no cost as the exercise is free all over the country, according to Dr Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy.…
- 27 Jun 2018
About 30.5m Nigerians now have Identity Numbers – NIMC
Engr Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, Director General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has placed the number of Nigerians with the National Identity Number (NIN) at 30.5million. The…
- 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…
- 24 Jun 2018
NIMC Urges Nigerians to Enroll in NIN
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has called on Nigerians and legal residents in the country to enroll in the National Identity Database for their National Identity Number (NIN) to…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 30 Dec 2020
Glo Expands NIN Update Channels
Subscribers to national telecoms operator, Globacom, now have additional channels to make it much easier for them to link their phone numbers to their National Identity Numbers (NIN). Apart from the…
- 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…
- 7 Feb 2022
NIMC Confirms NIN Verification Service is Down
The technical hitch in the National Identity Number (NIN) verification portal of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has yet to be resolved about eight days after the unfortunate…
- 4 Jan 2024
NIN Enrolment Hits 104.16m – NIMC
National Identity Number (NIN) enrollment increased to 104.16 million at the end of 2023, according to the latest NIN enrolment data released by National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).…
- 16 Sept 2020
NIMC Registers 24m Nigerians on National Identity Database
Mr Aliyu Aziz, the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says the commission has so far registered 24 million Nigerians on the national identity database. The…
- 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…
- 10 Jun 2021
NIMC Appoints Spectranet 4G for NIN Enrollment
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has appointed Spectranet 4G LTE owned exclusive shops as locations for Nigerians to register for National Identity Number (NIN) Mr. Ajay Awasthi, chief…
- 16 Sept 2025
Nigeria’s NIN Enrollment Hits Record 126m
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that more than 126 million Nigerians have been registered in the National Identity Database and issued National Identity Numbers (NIN), marking a major…
- 20 Dec 2022
NIMC Database Hits 93.5m Enrollment
Mr Aliyu Aziz, director-general of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), said its national database has hit over 93.5 million National Identity Number (NIN) enrollments. He made the…
- 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…
- 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…
- 24 Dec 2020
NIMC Says National Identity Database not Breached
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has described news of the alleged breach of the national identity database as false. Mr Kayode Adegoke, spokesman of the agency, in a statement titled…
- 4 Jul 2018
Enrolling for NIN, a National Call – Aziz, NIMC Boss
Perhaps never before in the history of nations has the issue of identity been as crucial as it is today. From Africa to America, Australia to Asia and Europe, how well or badly each country in each…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 23 Feb 2024
9mobile Urges Subscribers to Link their NIN to Their Phone Lines to Avoid Disconnection
Telecommunication network, 9mobile, has urged its subscribers who have not linked their SIM cards with their National Identity Number (NIN) to carry out the exercise on or before February 28, 2024,…
- 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…
- 21 Dec 2020
Telcos Unveil Shortcodes to Link NINs to SIM Cards
Mobile network operators (MNOs) otherwise telecom operators have unveiled short codes to enable their customers link their National Identity Numbers (NINs) with Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM).…
- 3 Jan 2021
FG Suspends Some NIMC staff over Extortion of NIN Applicants
Federal Government has suspended some staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) over extortion of National Identity Number (NIN) applicants. Dr. Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami, minister of…
- 18 Jan 2024
NIMC, NCC Partner Security Agencies to Track Kidnappers- Odusote
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) are currently working with security agencies to use the National Identity Numbers (NIN) and Subscribers…
- 6 Feb 2020
NIMC to Arrest, Prosecute Nigerians without National IDs
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said it will soon start arresting and prosecuting Nigerians without National Identity Number (NIN). Muhammad Auwalu, Kano State coordinator, NIMC, who…
- 24 Jul 2015
National Identity Management System is now Functional, says D-G
Mr. Chris Onyeneme, the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the National Identity Management System (NIMS) “is now functional’’. Oneymeme, who made this…