Minister restates mandatory nature of digital ID for Nigerians
Nigeria’s Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Isa Pantami, has re-stated the need for every Nigerian to register for…
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Nigeria targets 200M for digital ID coverage while sectoral schemes expand
The Director General of Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Aziz, says plans by the country to reach all…
Nigeria to try again on data protection regulation, India seeks further consultation
Moves to put Data Protection Regulation (DPR) in place in Nigeria, China, and India have seen different developments this week….
NIMC says new digital identity verification channels can solve Nigerian passport backlog
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has called on the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to use alternative digital ID verification…
Nigeria counts on biometrics to recapture nearly 4K fleeing jail-breakers
Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said his ministry is working in collaboration with the Nigerian Identity Management Commission…
VerifyMe Nigeria plans regional expansion as biometrics startup IdentityPass raises $360K
VerifyMe Nigeria says it grew by ten times from 2020 to 2021, and has been growing by at least 40…
Nigeria state election suffers biometric voter verification failures, polls declared inconclusive
The governorship election in Nigeria’s Anambra state on November 6 was seriously affected by failure of the biometric voter accreditation…
Nigerian digital ID registrations reach 66M, SIM linkage deadline extended
Nigeria’s federal government says at least 66 million citizens and legal residents have now completed the enrollment of their biometrics…
VerifyMe Nigeria’s VeriFind surpasses 200K address verifications for KYC, AML in 2021
VerifyMe Nigeria says it has conducted over 200,000 Tier III digital address verifications this year using its real-time digital ID…
Pakistan blocks 732K SIMs issued without biometrics, Nigeria registers 180M
Pakistan says it has blocked 732,000 SIM cards that were registered without the owners going through the required biometric verification…
