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National Identity Number (NIN)

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UNECA identifies 11 priorities for digital ID use in Nigerian state

A blueprint that highlights key areas in which digital identity can deliver high value for the development efforts of Nigeria’s…

 

Nigerian banks, Agric program to require digital ID from customers, beneficiaries

Nigeria’s digital ID, the National Identification Number (NIN), is increasingly getting solicited for different authentication use cases. Recently, the Central…

 

Duplicative biometric databases in Nigeria, India face criticism

A database dubbed the National Education Repository and Databank (NERD) put in place to manage a student loans scheme in…

 

Nigeria’s former digital ID chief says more funding needed to push expansion efforts

The outgoing director general of Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, says there is need for…

 

Nigeria launches cash transfers with biometric ID verification for 15m households

Some Nigerians who are expected to benefit from a government cash assistance scheme aimed at cushioning the efforts of fuel…

 

Nigeria reaches 57% in special birth registration drive targeting 12M children

The National Population Commission of Nigeria (NPC) says its teams have attained 57 percent coverage of a digital birth registration…

 

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…

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