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NIMC registers 31 million Nigerians for National Identity Number

Ihesiulo Grace 26 July 2018 0

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that it has captured over 31 million Nigerians in its data base as at July 2018. The Head of Corporate Communications, NIMC, Mr Loveday Chika, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in

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Nigeria to grow identity enrolment to 70m by 2019 ―Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2018 0

THE President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said his government, through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), plans to grow the national identity database to 70 million by December 2019. He said this would be achieved through the ongoing harmonization of identity schemes across the country. The President made the disclosure while declaring open, the 3-day

Politics

Jigawa inaugurates enlightenment committee on National Identity

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2018 0

The Jigawa State government has inaugurated a nine-member committee to enlighten its citizens to participate in the National Identity Database. Alhaji Isma’il Ibrahim, the spokesman, office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Adamu Fanini, made this known in Dutse on Saturday. Fanini, while inaugurating the committee, was quoted as saying that the […]

Crime

406 NIMC Workers Operate with Forged Documents

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2015 0

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has uncovered alleged falsification of documents, involving 406 workers, who it alleges “have been benefiting financially from fraud.” The agency said the affected staff were involved in the procurement of fake appointment, promotion, conversion and upgrading letters. A statement, signed on Wednesday, by the General

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Ondo NIMC Workers Call for DG’S Sack over Alleged Shoddy Verification Exercise

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2015 0

Workers of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Ondo State, on Tuesday, protested and expressed bitterness over an alleged shoddy verification exercise currently going on in the commission. The workers, who chanted solidarity songs, also called on the Federal government to immediately sack the Commission’s Director General, Chris Onyeneman for

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NIMC Staff Shut Headquarters over Planned Retrenchment

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2015 0

Staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), on Tuesday, took to the streets, in Abuja, in protest against an alleged plan by the agency to retrench over 1,000 staff members. The aggrieved workers shutdown the headquarters of the commission in Abuja, barring people who either wanted to collect their National Identity Cards, or register […]