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…
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Digital ID enrollment efforts scale up in Kuwait, Nigeria
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Authority (NIMC) says it is intensifying efforts to get many more citizens and legal residents in…
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 House of Reps warns against rushed biometric passport domestication project
Nigeria’s lower chamber of Parliament (House of Representatives) has warned that the federal government risks incurring huge financial cost should…
Agency to engage new Nigerian govt on passage of delayed data protection bill
An unnamed official of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau has a told local daily Punch that the agency is planning…
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 to combine bank cards with national ID
Banking and identity are converging in Nigeria, where the government has told commercial banks to start issuing debit cards that…
Nigeria to set up digital CRVS system with $11M private sector funding
Nigeria’s federal government recently approved plans to digitize birth and death registrations and the sum of 5.3 billion Naira (US$11.5…
Nigerian banks given deadline to close accounts not linked to ID
Banks in Nigeria have been given 30 days to close accounts that have not been linked to a biometric Bank…
