…digital government, digital infrastructure, data protection, communications, identity management, business environment, internet governance and open government. He explained that the institutions were not competitors in the ranking but had been brought together to provide independent oversight and institutional assuran…

…has called on the Federal Government to use the recent partnership between the National Identity Management Commission and the Nigerian Postal Service to build a national address system that links every National Identification Number to a verified physical location. He argued that while Nigeria has invested heavily in…

…system would enable real-time registration, improve national planning, strengthen identity management and reduce fraud associated with paper-based documentation."Anybody giving you manual registration is leading you into trouble. We have stopped everything about manual registration. From now on, every registration must…

…progress on the National Diaspora Database, developed in partnership with the National Identity Management Commission, and urged Nigerians abroad to register their profiles. Highlighting achievements under the DHII, Dabiri-Erewa said diaspora physician associations had conducted medical missions across Nigeria’s six ge…

…a partnership between the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The initiative is expected to support technology-driven governance by improving the tracking of mining operations, strengthening enforcement, promoting data-driven decision-making and accelerating on…

…has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening collaboration with the National Identity Management Commission following the enactment of the National Identity Management Commission Act, 2026, describing the development as a major milestone in efforts to enhance electoral integrity through secure digital identity verifi…

…into a partnership with the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, the National Identity Management Commission, UNICEF and Barnksforte Technologies Limited to decentralise birth registration and legal identity services at the community level. According to Yusuf, the VitalReg platform is designed to integrate with…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Identity Management Commission to enrol every Nigerian in the national identity database before the end of 2026, the commission’s Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, says. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Coker-Odusote sa…

…pledges full implementation of NIMC's new Act By Progress Godfrey ABUJA - The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says Nigeria's National Identity Database has enrolled more than 136 million Nigerians and legal residents. Director-General of NIMC, Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote, disclosed this during a courtesy…

…SIM registration, and access to government programmes. The newly signed National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act, 2026, exclusively obtained by TechCabal, fundamentally changes that. Through nine major reforms, the law expands NIMC's statutory responsibilities to include digital identity, Public Key Infrastru…

…applicant's National Identification Number (NIN) through integration with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Following successful authentication, applicants complete account registration, verify their email through a One-Time Password (OTP), and undergo live facial capture to confirm their identity. Ap…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has recorded a major institutional breakthrough following the approval of its first-ever Scheme of