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National Identity Number (NIN)

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Nigeria celebrates ID Day with digital ID self-enrollment app launch

Nigeria launched a new app with contactless fingerprint biometrics to allow people to carry out self-service enrollment to the country’s…

 

Nigeria to strengthen digital ID enrollment operations to ease access to govt services

The acting director general of Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has expressed her determination to improve conditions…

 

Nigerians urge new NIMC boss to expand digital ID coverage, streamline enrollment

The new director general of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Bisoye Coker-Odusote, has been called upon to expand digital…

 

Identity accessibility among barriers to financial inclusion for Nigeria’s rural women

Hindrances to the uptake of digital identity by women, especially in the rural parts of Nigeria, are among the factors…

 

Nigeria issues 5M more digital IDs in six months, plans special cards for the elderly

Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has revealed that it enrolled 5,935,362 people for the National Identification Number (NIN) from…

 

Nigeria now has a data protection legislation after years of back and forth

Nigerian President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on Wednesday June 14 signed into law the country’s Data Protection Bill, weeks after it…

 

Nigeria popularizes tokenization for ID verification, assures of data protection

The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) has been explaining the ease with which Nigerians with a National Identification…

 

Nigeria reaches 100M digital IDs issuance milestone, eyes World Bank target

Nigeria’s Digital Economy Minister Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami is being praised for spearheading efforts which led Nigeria to issuing 61…

 

Nigeria closes in on 100M digital IDs issued as enrollment pace declines

Nigeria is approaching 100 million national biometric digital IDs issues, reaching 98.7 million National Identity Numbers (NINs) by April 28,…

 

Next for Nigeria’s NIN: location tracking and smart cities

The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has launched a call for proposals from the country’s academics with the aim of developing…

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