Nigeria urged to adopt digital addressing system for better social welfare planning
A one-time postmaster general and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), Bisi Adegbuyi, insists that a digital…
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Chams Plc.
Chams Plv is well known for having championed identity management and other major initiatives in Nigeria, including BVN and INEC…
Nigerian digital ID firm says federal govt partly responsible for $100M loss
A Nigerian digital ID solutions company, Chams Plc., which has provided different services to the country’s federal government in the…
Nigerian digital ID system wrestles with persistent corruption and delays
Authorities in Nigeria are urging people not to pay bribes to third-party service brokers or National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)…
Kenya, Nigeria take steps to clear huge biometric passport, background check backlogs
The Interior Ministers of Kenya and Nigeria recently gave ultimatums to their collaborators to ensure that the huge backlog of…
Biometric ID is a tool for migrant instrumentalization in Nigeria, study argues
An academic study on migrants from five central and west African countries seeking refuge in Nigeria has found that biometric…
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…
Group urges Nigeria to deploy biometrics in upcoming census
Afenifere, a socio-political organization working on behalf of the Yoruba people in Nigeria, believes using biometrics during Nigeria’s planned population…
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…
Nigeria’s digital ID-issuing agency gets leadership change
Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, the Director General of the National Identity Management Commission – Nigeria’s digital ID-issuing body – has…
