The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has launched a digital pre-enrolment platform designed to significantly reduce waiting times for Nigerians seeking to register for their National Identification Number (NIN). The new initiative allows applicants to fill out their demographic information online and schedule appointments before visiting enrolment centers for biometric capture. Speaking on the development, […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is playing a crucial role in building Nigeria’s digital public infrastructure (DPI). The commission has partnered with various government agencies to enhance identity management, payment systems, and data exchange, working towards the actualisation of this goal. The DPI framework leverages data from NIMC and the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System […]
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, have said that deoxyribonucleic acid test (DNA) will be conducted for registration of the new digital identity. The ministers said this on Thursday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The duo, along with the Director-General of […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says over 100 million Nigerians have no identity. The Director-General of the NIMC, Mr Aliyu Aziz, made the disclosure on Wednesday during a zoom meeting with editors. UK announces $2bn global coronavirus vaccine fund Aziz spoke on the topic: “Strategic Roadmap for ID Development.’’He said, “Over 100 million Nigerians […]
Mr. Ikenna Unegbu, a Director of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Imo State,has been arraigned in court for allegedly defiling a 2-year-old girl. Unegbu was accused of committing the said offence in his office on February 5, after taking the child from the mother on the guise of consoling her after being scolded for pouring […]
The Director General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Abubakar said over 100 million Nigerians have no official identity. The DG made this known on Monday in Kaduna, in a paper on Importance of National Identity to National Building, presented during the 6th General Assembly of Northern Traditional Rulers Council. NIMC to register all Nigerians […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it has so far registered 415, 772 in Nasarawa state. The state’s NIMC Cluster Head, Mr Ibrahim Abubakar, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia on Thursday. Abubakar said registration was still going in NIMC office in Lafia as well as […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says the renewal of National Identity Card will cost five thousand naira (N5,000) payable through remita. This was disclosed by its tweeter handle (@nimc_ng) monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, and confirmed by a staff of the Corporate Department of the NIMC. NIMC […]