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- 7 May 2026
NASSCO Says 12.3m Nigerians Linked to Social Register through NIN
National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO,) has disclosed that more than 12.3 million Nigerians have so far been linked to the National Social Register through their National…
- 13 Apr 2025
Lagos Commences Integration of NIN with State Single Social Register
Lagos State Government is committed to ensuring that the Lagos State Single Social Register is updated and integrated with individuals’ National Identification Numbers (NIN) to enhance the…
- 25 Mar 2025
FG Plans to Link Social Register to NIN for Humanitarian Crisis
Federal government has disclosed that efforts are ongoing to link the National Social Register (NSR) to the National Identity Numbers (NIN). Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, minister of Humanitarian Affairs…
- 24 Jan 2022
FG Scraps Plans to Register Social Media Platforms
Federal government may have halted plans to compel international social network services and digital platforms to register and open offices in Nigeria . According to sources, the government’s effort…
- 15 May 2018
Dangote Urges Nigerians to Register for National IDs
Aliko Dangote, president, Dangote group, has called on Nigerians to get enrolled in the ongoing registration for National Identity Cards being carried out by the National Identity Management…
- 18 May 2025
FG Verifies 2m Households for Cash Transfer
Federal government has said that it has begun a revalidation exercise of the National Social Register in a drive to strengthen the ongoing conditional cash transfer programme designed to ameliorate…
- 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…
- 20 Sept 2018
NCC partners National Assembly to enact social media law
The Nigeria Communications Commission has said that it plans to collaborate with the National Assembly in enacting a law that will regulate the social media platforms. Mr Tanimu Bawa, the NCC…
- 15 Apr 2020
FG to Use BVN, Phone Recharge History for Palliatives
The federal government has declared that it will focus on the urban poor, National Social Register as well as Bank Verification Number (BVN) to determine who benefits from the distribution…
- 10 Jun 2021
NBC Formally Asks Facebook, Instagram, Others to Register or be Outlawed
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has officially asked social media platforms to register with it or be outlawed in Nigeria. Armstrong Idachaba, acting director-general, NBC issued the…
- 3 Jul 2023
United Nations partners Sterling One Foundation to convene the Africa Social Impact Summit
Sterling One Foundation has announced partnership with the United Nations to host the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2023 in August. The event which will hold on August 10-11 at the Eko…
- 17 Dec 2021
World Bank Rolls out Cash Transfer Programme in Nigeria
The World Bank is rolling out an $800m facility designed to fund a large-scale Conditional Cash Transfer programme in Nigeria, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum hinted in its 36th teleconference meeting…
- 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…
- 16 Jan 2022
FG Shelves Enforcement Social Media Platforms Registration
Federal Government has shelved plans to force international social network services and digital platforms to register and open offices in Nigeria. According to the Punch government’s move to ensure…
- 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…
- 25 Jul 2018
NIMC Registers 31m Nigerians for NIN
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it had captured over 31 million Nigerians in its database as at July 2018. Mr Loveday Chika, head of Corporate Communications, said the…
- 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…
- 22 Oct 2023
FG Launches Cash Transfers with BVN for 15m Households
Some Nigerians who are expected to benefit from a government cash assistance scheme aimed at cushioning the efforts of fuel subsidy removal in the country, have already had their identity verified by…
- 29 Jun 2015
Diplomatic Council Appoints New IT Leadership Team
The Diplomatic Council (DC), United Nations (UN) registered global Think Tank has appointed two new leaders for the chair positions of its DC Global IT Forum. The top managers Gabriele Viebach and…
- 17 Aug 2020
NIMC, Identity Management Crisis in Nigeria and the Way Forward
By Gbenga Odegbami Identity management is important and cannot be overemphasized. It is so strategic that almost all the past government administrations in Nigeria since 1976 have considered it a…
- 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…
- 27 Dec 2017
MLF Launches Social-financial Media Platform
Many registered members of the My Liberty family ( MLF ) scheme (Libertarians) have become first time millionaires. The Chief Executive Officer of MLF Mr. Ben Adesokan, stated this in a statement on…
- 25 Feb 2020
NIMC to Register al Nigerians in 5 Years
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has set a target of capturing the entire population on its database within the next three to five years, thanks to the World Bank credit of $430 million…
- 21 Aug 2025
NITDA Commends Social Media Giants for Protecting Users
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has commended Google, Microsoft, and TikTok for their strong commitment to online safety and compliance with Nigeria’s Code of Practice for…
- 9 May 2017
#NCSAbuja2017 Focuses on Technology as Catalyst for Achieving SDGs
Experts in the Nigeria’s technology industry are to converge on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, with a focus on technology as catalysts for achieving the United Nations Social Development…
- 12 Jul 2026
FG Secures Fresh $208.3m World Bank Loan for Cash Transfer
Federal government has secured a fresh $208.3 million financing from the World Bank to strengthen Nigeria’s cash transfer programme targeted at poor and vulnerable households as the country continues…
- 19 Nov 2021
Coca-Cola Foundation, Whitefield Foundation Announce E.Q.U.I.P, to Empower 60,000 Nigerian Women and Youth
The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded a grant to Whitefield Foundation, a registered non-profit social enterprise, to launch E.Q.U.I.P – an initiative to drive women’s empowerment and youth…
- 30 Nov 2025
A Professor, a Podium, and a Promise to the Poor: How Yilwatda Turned a Convocation Lecture into a National Wake-Up Call
By Abimbola Tooki Convocation lectures are usually remembered for polished grammar, polite applause, and the ritual dash for refreshments. The one delivered at Federal University of Wukari was…
- 23 Jun 2021
Use of NIN Exposes over 500,000 Fake UTME Candidates - JAMB
The use of the National Identity Number (NIN) in registering for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has exposed the yearly humongous fraud committed by candidates,…
- 22 Jul 2022
UN Commends Sterling One Foundation on the Africa Social Impact Summit
Mr. Matthias Schmale, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, has commended the Sterling One Foundation for creating a convening to accelerate growth towards the 2030…