Microsoft engaging with Nigeria ID4D on capacity building, consulting on data protection
Microsoft says it will work with Nigeria’s ID4D agency to help build domestic capacity to advance the country’s data protection…
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VerifyMe Nigeria CEO calls for greater collaboration to enhance KYC compliance
Industry operators and stakeholders involved in the know your customer (KYC) chain in Nigeria must close ranks if there is…
Nigeria ID4D to facilitate digital ID issuance for people living with disabilities
The Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (Nigeria ID4D) project has pledged to create the enabling environment for more people living…
Nigerian group calls for extension as up to 11M fail to complete biometric voter registration
Nigeria’s National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is facing heat from civil society groups to extend once more the deadline for…
Nigeria’s Edo state emulates Lagos on biometric resident ID cards to fight insecurity
The Governor of Edo State in southern Nigeria, Godwin Obaseki, has unveiled plans by his administration to issue biometric identification…
Youverify adds $1M to seed funding round to tackle fraud with biometrics
Lagos and San Francisco–based biometric identity verification firm Youverify has secured a $1 million seed round extension bringing its total…
Stakeholders underscore importance of data protection legislation for Nigeria
Stakeholders who gathered recently in Nigeria’s capital Abuja for a consultative meeting on the country’s data protection draft legislation have…
NIN numbers, corruption, forex, lack of booklets: Nigeria’s passport woes to be investigated
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is to establishing an ad hoc committee to investigate why there is a shortage of booklets…
Nigeria issues 700K biometric bank verification numbers between April and July
Figures attributed to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) indicate that a total…
Nigeria’s electoral commission pushes biometric voter registration deadline to 31 July
The Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) has set 31 July, 2022, as the deadline for the continuous biometric…
