UNICEF suggests issuance of national ID numbers at birth in Nigeria
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advised that one of the ways through which the Nigerian government can have…
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)
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Nigeria undertakes reforms to strengthen national digital ID legal framework
Legislation that will usher in a new dispensation for legal and digital identity management in Nigeria is being studied in…
Digital rights advocates say Nigeria’s NIMC has work to do on data mishandling
In the past weeks, there has been a flurry of reports about the commercialization of personal data by some websites…
World Bank revises Nigeria’s digital ID project as country fails to meet critical targets
Some implementation adjustments have been made to the Nigeria Digital Identity for Development (Nigeria ID4D) project sponsored by the World…
Nigeria’s NIMC fights off data breach accusations, flags 5 data harvesting websites
The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) is struggling to stand up to recurrent threats and accusations of data…
Nigeria’s digital ID authority unveils new measures to uphold data security
The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) has outlined new measures that align with its push to make data…
NIMC says ‘a lot of work’ ahead as Nigeria digital ID issuance passes 107M
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says 107.3 million national identification numbers (NINs) have been issued as of this month,…
Nigerian government in talks to harmonize biometric, ID databases and credentials
Nigeria’s push to issue universal legal and digital identity has resulted in a many more people who can prove who…
NITDA, NIMC collaboration on PKI, DPI development hailed as timely
A recently announced collaboration between two government agencies in Nigeria to develop and integrate Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Digital…
Nigerians decry duplicative biometric capture for SIM registration, ID cards, SIM-NIN linkage…
The distress of Nigerians over repeated episodes of biometric capture for different identification purposes has been highlighted by local outlet…
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