The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has asked the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to make the National Identification Number (NIN) a basic requirement for asset declaration in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja, disclosed plans to grow the country’s digital database to 70 million in 2019. He made the disclosure at a conference organised by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), in collaboration with ID4Africa Movement. The theme of the conference was: “Harmonisation of identity schemes and its response to current demand.”…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos branch has said it would engage Lagos state government on the controversial land use charge, taxation, land documentations and other topical issues in its law week programme scheduled to commence May 5, 2018.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has denied suspending the issuance of cards.

The inaugural annual general meeting of Fintech Association of Nigeria held on January 26, 2018 amongst other things saw the emergence of the new members of the executive/governing council of the Association.

Over 28million people have been enrolled by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the commission, Aliyu A. Aziz, disclosed this yesterday. He said the enrolled citizens, who also include legal residents, have been given their National Identification Numbers (NIN).   The DG disclosed that the commission has also set…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has endorsed five regulations to support the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIM). The endorsement was a follow-up to an approval by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Minister of Justice in November 2017. The gazetted guidelines are: “Mandatory Use of the National Identification…

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday says it has commenced national e-identity cards registration of 100,000 displaced persons in Borno.

Former Head of Interim National Government (ING), Chief Ernest Shonekan, has said that the country has a great future and all hands must be on deck to make it work.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has expressed its readiness to partner with private and public sector organisations to capture data and issue unique identity numbers to Nigerians within the next two years. The Managing Director of the Commission, Aliyu Aziz said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday…

At 98, Pa Akintola Williams’ love for Nigeria still burns. The doyen of the Accountancy profession demonstrated it yesterday at the Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island...

The Federal Government’s mandate to the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to enrol Nigerians and maintain a centralised National Identity Database is getting closer to being fully implemented as the Commission finalises arrangements to license private and public sector organisations for data capturing to speed up the enrolment process for issuing the National Identification Number…