The Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. Others mentioned in the suit are the Comptroller General (C-G), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has extended the deadline for the linkage of the National Identification Number, NIN, to Subscriber Identity Module, SIM. Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy disclosed that the deadline was extended by three months. By Pantami’s disclosure, the new deadline is now March 31, 2022. Pantami’s directive was contained in […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has introduced a suite of digital Tokens to replace the aging NIN slip and polycarbonate card. Isa Pantami Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, said this at stakeholders workshop on the National Identification Number (NIN) Tokenization Solution organised by National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Abuja. He said government adopted […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed that Nigeria needs to get the ongoing linkage of SIMs to National Identification Numbers (NIN) right. Buhari expressed that getting it right would determine the success of the ongoing war against insecurity. The President had stated this while speaking during the launch of the National Policy for the Promotion of […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has extended the deadline for linking Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) with valid National Identity Numbers (NIN) by a month. This was contained in a statement by spokesperson of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke. He disclosed that the deadline was extended from April 6, 2021 to May 6, 2021 after […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has again extended the ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise by eight weeks. It said the new deadline was now April 6, 2021. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr. Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate, Nigeria Identity Management Commission, NIMC. “The ongoing National Identification Number […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that the use of National Identification Number (NIN) is now a mandatory requirement for registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by candidates, Tribune reports. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who made this disclosure, on Thursday, in Abuja during 2020 Ministerial press briefing, ordered the Joint […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has extended the deadline for citizens to register and link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their SIM cards before February 9, 2021. This information was posted on the official Twitter handle of the NIMC (@nimc_ng). The NIMC had initially given a January 19 deadline for those with NIN and […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says the national identity number (NIN) is mandatory for diplomats who will be resident in the country for more than two years. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Adeluyi, technical assistant to Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, said an enrollment centre will be set up at the […]
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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said the mobile application designed for digital identification is not yet approved for public use. The application allows citizens to log in with their national identification number (NIN) and registered phone number. After a successful login, the application is expected to display the full details of the citizen, […]
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