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  • Reps to investigate NIMC over identification number

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    The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Population to investigate the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) over the registration of Nigerians for the National Identity Number (NIN). The decision followed a motion of Urgent Public Importance moved by Rep. Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta) during plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila on…

  • Over 100 million Nigerians not captured on nation’s identification scheme – NIMC DG

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    The Director-General, National Identity Management Commission, 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. According to him, those with no identity…

  • NIMC issues 36.6m National Identity Numbers – DG

    NIMC issues 36.6m National Identity Numbers – DG

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    The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it has issued 36.6 million National Identity Numbers – NIN to Nigerians as at Sept. 11. Mr Aliyu Aziz, the Director-General of the commission, disclosed this at an interactive session with newsmen on Thursday, ahead of National Identity Day celebration in the country, slated for Sept. 16. Aziz…

  • NIMC extends registration to Nigerians in Saudi Arabia, Germany, other countries

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    By Gabriel Okoro, Abuja The National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded plans to extend the National Identification Number (NIN) registration to other countries including Saudi Arabia, Canada, Germany, Ghana, Senegal, Benin Republic, Mali, India, amongst others. This follows the successful deployment of enrolment Centres in South Africa, US, UK, earlier this year. This was…

  • NIMC begins data capturing of Nigerians in UAE, UK

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    By Gabriel Okoro, Abuja In line with the mandate by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure that all Nigerian citizens in Nigeria and the diaspora and Legal Residents in Nigeria are enrolled into the National Identity Database and issued the unique National Identification Number (NIN) to applicants upon successful enrolment, the NIMC has…

  • No going back on date to sync NIN with passport – FG

    No going back on date to sync NIN with passport – FG

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    The Federal Government says there is no going back on the April 29 date for the integration of the National Identity Number (NIN) with the new passport. The Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Engr. Aliyu…

  • Nigerians to start paying for nation Identity cards from 2022 – NIMC

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    The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says payment for issuance of National Identity Card would begin in 2022. NIMC Director General Mr Aliyu Aziz, said this at the lunch time reform seminar on National Digital Identity Ecosystem Strategic Road Map for enrollment of Nigerians and legal residents into National Identity Database (NIDB) in Abuja on…

  • 300,000 National ID cards ready for collection — NIMC

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    The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that over 300,000 national identity cards for those who enrolled in 2012 are ready for collection. NIMC Spokesman, Loveday Ogbonna, urged enrollees in the year 2012, up to August 2013 and who were yet to pick up their cards, to do so immediately. Ogbonna said that those…

  • National Identity Number registration is free – NIMC

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    Mr Loveday Ogbonna, Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says registration for the National Identity Number (NIN) is free. Ogbonna, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja, said that the commission has never charge anyone for NIN registration. Some residents in Kubwa, Abuja,…

  • 33m Nigerians enrol for National Identification Number

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    Mr Aliyu Aziz, Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says 33 million Nigerians have enrolled for the National Identification Number (NIN). Aziz said on Monday said that the commission had stepped up its strategy to fast-track the enrolment of more citizens and provide them with legal identification. ”NIMC has stepped up its operations,…