Nigerians who wish to correct their NIN date of birth on the National Identification Number (NIN) database will now have to pay N28,574, following a sharp hike in service charges by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The new NIN date of birth correction fee, which represents a 75 per cent increase from the previous […]
The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, and banks are trading blame over the frustrating experiences of Nigerians with the National Identity Number, NIN, modification process. Bank customers who spoke to our correspondent about the difficulties they experienced in consummating banking transactions said that the modifications made to...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that Nigerians will need to pay for the new multipurpose national identity card, citing limited government revenue as the primary reason for the decision. Speaking during a two-day roundtable for journalists in Lagos, Dr. Peter Iwegbu, Head of Card Management Services at NIMC, sa...
•A sample of the national identity card. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that 110 million Nigerians have been enrolled into the National Identification Numbers (NIN). The Director General of the Commission, Mrs Abisoye Coker-Odusote, stated this at the 6th National Identity Day celebration in Abuja yesterday, r...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said 95 million Nigerians need to enrol for the National Identification Number (NIN). This was revealed by the Head of Corporate Communications at the commission, Kayode Adegoke, on X over the weekend. According to him, for NIMC to meet the 200 million target by 2025, 95 million Nigerians ...
The National Identity Management Commission has revealed that the new national identity card is a single, multipurpose card and not three separate cards. The Head of Corporate Communications at NIMC, Kayode Adegoke, disclosed this on Friday in a note titled “Key Facts About the Proposed New General Multipurpose National Identity Card”. On Apri...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has unveiled the fees that Nigerians will have to pay to modify their data on their National Identification Number (NIN). Recall that NIMC recently announced that corrections can be made to name, date of birth and phone numbers incorrectly registered with their NIN on a newly launched mobile a...
The National Commissioner, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr Vincent Olatunji, has ordered a full-scale investigation in respect of allegations of unauthorised access to the personal data of enrollees in the database of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). A statement signed by Head of Legal, Enforcement and Regulati...
•NIN SIM Telecommunication subscribers as well as students applying for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations yesterday besieged the Alausa, Ikeja enrolment centre of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). They were at the commission’s office in their thousands ...
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