The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has launched a self-service solution that allows Nigerians to register for the National Identification Number from the comfort of their house through a smartphone. The platform was launched at the commemoration of the 5th Identity Day by the Commission and the Ministry of Interior on Saturday in Abuja. At the launch, the commission’s Acting …

The acting director general/CEO of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote has assured Nigerians of a seamless registration process for the National Identification Number (NIN) across the nation and also in the diaspora. She said in a statement issued in Abuja that NIN registration remains free for all eligible citizens while reaffirming the commission‘s commitment to ensuring …

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has only been able to meet 47.6 per cent of the Federal Government’s monthly target of 2.5 million registrations in the first eight months of the year, according to The PUNCH. This is as the number of Nigerians with National Identification Numbers (NINs) increased to 102.39 million in August despite a slowdown in the …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Abubakar Aziz to commence a 90-day pre-retirement leave from Thursday. Engr. Bisoye Coker-Odusote is to serve as the acting Director-General/CEO. The leave will lead to his retirement from service on 24th November, according to a statement on Tuesday. In November 2015, the then …

Enrolment into the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC‘s) National Data Base (NDB) for the National Identity Number (NIN) moved from 101,013,279 million in June to over 101.647,882 million last month, according to NIMC figures yesterday. The figures have continued to be on the rise. It was 100,021,186 in May. As usual, the highest cumulative enrolment of over 11 million was …

Nigerians applying for passports will be charged N1,000 in Nigeria for the verification of their National Identification Number (NIN). In a statement by its Head, Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke on Monday, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said the fee is to improve the quality of service, accuracy, and speed of passport services through timely verification of NIN. It stated that …

Telephone lines that are yet to be linked with the subscribers to the National Identity Numbers (NIN) have been deactivated. About 72.2 million such lines will be affected by the new measure. This follows the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, a decision that was anchored on improving the worrisome security situation in the country. Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other criminal …