The National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) says it has enrolled about 223,000 Nigerians into the National Identity Database in Jigawa state in 2019. NIMC state Coordinator, Alhaji Aminu Jakada, made this known during an interview in Dutse on Tuesday. Jakada said the people were registered in the NIMC’s 40 enrolment centres across the state The […]
Prospective candidates for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have stormed the Lagos offfice of National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC) to register for their National Identification Number (NIN).
Abuja – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has directed its personnel across the country to give preference to, and enroll, all applicants sitting for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). The Director General, NIMC, Mr Aliyu Aziz, gave the directive on Thursday in a statement signed by the General Manager Corporate Communications, Mr […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Aliyu Aziz, Director-General, National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC) for a second term. Mr Abdulhamid Umar, General Manager, Operations and Corporate Communications of the organisation, said this in a statement he signed and made available to news men in Abuja on Friday. READ ALSO: Paramilitary trooper wounded in […]
Workers of the National Identity Management Commission and its management are heading for a collision course over unhealthy labour practices and poor staff welfare. The workers, under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has issued a 21- day ultimatum to the commission for […]
Mr Aliyu Aziz, Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has advised Nigerians to focus on getting the National Identification Number (NIN) rather than clamouring for the e-ID card. Aziz gave the advice in an interview in Abuja, saying that the commission’s main focus was providing identity to all Nigerians. “Let us focus on providing identity […]
Abuja – Hadiza Dagabana,General Manager Legal Service. National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says Nigerians should always follow due process and report cases of extortion while trying to collect their National Identity Cards to curb fraud. Dagabana said at the NIMC office in Abuja that the report circulating that the Commission demands money for collection of […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) commended Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and the General Public for embracing the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIN) for identification, which has led to the rapid growth of the National Identity Database (NIDB). NIMC in a statement on Wednesday signed Abdulhamid Umar General Manager, Operations/ […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that it has captured over 33 million Nigerians in its data base as at October 2018. Mr. Loveday Ogbonna, Head of Corporate Communication (NIMC), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Abuja, saying that the figure comprised of both […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has so far registered 1.7 million people in Kaduna State, the commission’s coordinator in the state, Abubakar Hassan, has said. Hassan who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna said the figure was however far below the eight million […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the United Bank for Africa (UBA) have entered into a partnership for the financial institution to adopt the National e-ID card as a payment card. The partnership is expected to revolutionise the nation’s financial inclusion drive and the Nigerian economic landscape. “This collaboration is seen as an important […]
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 Abuja. Chika said the figure comprised both […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Manager of NIMC on […]
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 allegedly being partial in […]
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 […]