To ensure effective service delivery and smooth management of the National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment for Nigerians in the diaspora, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has upgraded the enrolment platform.

The upgrade, which has been completed, will, amongst many other benefits, provide a seamless, robust, more secure, efficient and effective NIN service delivery to Nigerians in the diaspora.

Consequently, NIMC diaspora front-end partners (FEPs) have been onboarded on the upgraded system with intensive training to equip the FEPs with the prerequisite knowledge on the application and effective management of the new system.

NIMC’s Head of Media, Dr Kayode Adegoke, in a statement, said that while all the Diaspora FEPs are required to obtain and activate their NIN enrolment licences on the upgraded platform within the next 48 hours, diaspora applicants can access enrolment services from the compliant FEPs.

Checks by The Guardian showed that NIMC, as of June 2025, has issued 121 million NINs to Nigerians, where 1.53 million were handed to diasporans (male, 948,413 and Female, 579,861).

The Commission apologised for any inconvenience the platform upgrade process might have caused and has set up a dedicated service team to resolve all issues related to diaspora enrolment. Diaspora applicants experiencing issues with NIN enrolment should please reach the Commission via [email protected] timely resolution.

Meanwhile, NIN enrolment is ongoing across all the centres in Nigeria, with applicants expected to locate the nearest enrolment centres on the NIMC website –www.nimc.gov.ng- and proceed for enrolment.

Nigerians at home or in the diaspora can also modify their NIN data through the https://selfservicemodification.nimc.gov.ngportal.

NIN holders are equally enjoined to download the NIMC NINAuth App on either iOS or Google Play Store to instantly verify their NINs, approve who sees their information, take total control of their data and enjoy seamless verification and authentication.

Already, NIMC has introduced a new access control policy for users of its NIN self-service modification portal, warning that users may face account lockouts if guidelines are not strictly adhered to.

NIMC noted that the new measures are aimed at strengthening identity protection and improving the integrity of the self-service system.

The Commission explained that access to a user’s self-service modification account is now tied to the specific browser and device used during the initial registration, saying any attempt to log in from a different browser or device may result in access denial.

“Your self-service account is uniquely tied to the browser and device used during registration. Access to your account is therefore limited to that specific browser on that particular device,” NIMC stated.

Further, the Commission cautioned users against clearing their browser cache, noting that doing so may reset the browser and trigger a lockout from the account.

“Once an account is locked, users are allowed a maximum of five unlock attempts. After this limit is exhausted, no further unlock requests will be processed.

“This measure is part of the Commission’s continued efforts to safeguard the identity of users on the self-service modifications portal,” the statement said.

According to the advisory, the new policy will affect all applicants seeking to modify their NIN records, such as corrections of name, date of birth, or other personal data, via the self-service platform.