New Chams Plc boss, Young may seek national ID card crisis resolution with NIMC
Industry analysts have predicted that the recent change of guard at Chams Plc which was propelled by the retirement of Mr Femi Williams and subsequent appointment of Mr Gavin Young as the new group chief executive officer may pave way…
Henceforth, it’s mandatory to register new SIM card with NIN—NCC
Barely 10 months after the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) made it mandatory for new applicants seeking International Passport must present their National Identity Number (NIN), secured from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has adopted…
‘MTN’s free N5, 000 Airtime smartest tactics to drive ongoing SIM update’
Public affairs analysts have saluted MTN Nigeria for coming up with strategic bait on its subscribers to embrace the network’s subscribers’ fresh registration of their Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards. In compliance with the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) directive to…
Ghana’s NCA plans SIM re-registration based on national ID card
As the Federal Government is yet to make it mandatory for the use of National Identity Number (NIN) for registration of new Subscriber Identity Module Card (SIM) cards, the Ghanaian telecoms regulator, National Communications Authority (NCA), this week, announced the…
How Mastercard failed Chams contract to deliver National ID card—Aladekomo
For many Nigerians that had been asking questions after struggling to register for their national identity Card, the reason why there had been no clear explanation by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on when they will get their real…
How delays from NIMC systems frustrated takeoff of 10-year passport scheme
More facts have emerged on why the planned takeoff of new 10-year international passport regime failed to begin on March 4, 2019 as scheduled. It would be recalled that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has vide a tease statement issued…
NIMC mute on differences between new ECOWAS ID, ongoing NIN registration
Many Nigerians who have either gotten their National Identity Number (NIN) from the National Identity management Commission (NIMC) or not, have been thrown into confusion following last week’s announcement by the Minister of Interior, retired Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, announced the…
NIN: Dearth of NIMC centres encourage business centres to extort N500 from Nigerians
A recent select states survey by Business Hilights Intelligence Unit (BHIU) on the ongoing registration to access the apparently compulsory National Identity Number (NIN) from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has revealed epileptic service delivery at the Commission’s designated…
Diamond Bank boss, Dozie says identity inclusion first before financial inclusion
The Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc, Uzoma Dozie, has raised fresh policy direction to the nation’s drive to financial inclusion, saying “It is not about financial inclusion but identity inclusion”. In an interview, Dozie averred that “Identity inclusion is…
Condition for 10 year Int’l passport pushes up NIN registration traffic
The strategic compulsory use of National Identity Number (NIN) in the process of obtaining a new International Passport or renewal has led to steady rise in registration for NIN access. NIN is the personal biometric number generated during the process…
