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…
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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…
Biometric credentials issued and promoted by governments from Brazil to Lagos
New biometrics identity credentials have been proposed or launched around the world as government digital identity schemes continue to roll…
Nigeria’s digital ID strides hailed, but more work needed to hit 148M enrollments by 2024
A report published by the national daily Nigerian Tribune has examined the progress so far made by the country’s government…
Nigeria deploying biometrics to prevent manipulation in upcoming population census
An official of Nigeria’s National Population Commission (NPC) has disclosed that advanced digital technology, including biometrics, will be used in…
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