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102.39m Nigerians now have NIN - NIMC
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NIN enrolment hits 101m

Enrolment for the National Identification Number increased to 101 million as of June 26, 2023, this is according to the National Identity Management Commission’s most recent data. Given that the country’s overall enrollment stood at 100 million at the end of May, this indicates that the country saw a total of one million new enrollments in […]

102.39m Nigerians now have NIN - NIMC
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NIN registration hits 100 million in 2 years- NIMC

The National Identification Number registration is now over 100 million people, according to the National Identity Management Commission. According to Nairametrics, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, revealed this on Thursday. The announcement disclosed that there are now more than 100 million NIN members, up from 61 million two years ago. “Only 39 million […]

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FG mandates NIN for business registration

The federal government has announced that Nigerians wouldn’t be able to start businesses without the National Identification Number. Alhaji Garba Abubakar, the registrar of the Corporate Affairs Commission, made this announcement on Monday in Abuja at the monthly reform seminar hosted by the Bureau of Public Service Reform. He stated that it is crucial to […]

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NIN registration hits 80.7 million weeks after SIM ban

The Nigeria Identity Management Commission has issued 80.7 million National Identification Numbers, exactly 19 days after the agency deactivated about 72 million telecommunication subscribers for failing to comply with the Federal Government’s NIN-Subscriber Identity Module policy. The data on NIMC’s portal showed that the number of issued NINs hit 80.7 million on April 23, 2022, […]

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SIM-NIN: Telcos lose N76bn, subscribers stranded

Telecommunication companies have lost about N75.78bn as subscribers struggle to link their National Identification Number to the Subscriber Identity Module, about 22 days after the Federal Government directed telecom companies to bar defaulting consumers from making outgoing calls. On April 4, the Federal Government directed telcos to restrict outgoing calls on all lines that had […]