www.nimc.gov.ng | National Identity Management Commission : NIMC

NIMC operates and regulates matters of national identity in Nigeria with services covering National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment and issuance, National e-ID card issuance, identity verification as well as data harmonization and authentication.

How to Check NIN on Phone

If you have registered for the national ID card scheme but misplaced your National Identity Number (NIN), there is now a convenient solution for you. You can easily retrieve your NIN using your mobile phone.By utilizing this method, you no longer need to worry about remembering your NIN, as your …


How to Link your NIN to Sim

It’s no longer news that the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has ordered all Nigerians to link their National Identity Number (NIN) to their respective SIM cards or face termination of service from network providers.Following the NCC instruction, the major network providers in Nigeria (MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile) released easy …

How to Apply for NIN

What is NIN?The National Identification Number (NIN) consists of 11 non-intelligible numbers randomly chosen and assigned to an individual after completing enrollment into the National Identity Database (NIDB).Once a NIN is assigned to an individual, it can never be reassigned, given or used by another person, making it unique in …

NIMC Enrolment Centres for NIN

Following the publication of the procedure to apply for National Identity Number (NIN), we have been receiving series of queries on the list of enrolment centres.  We are glad to inform you that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has enrolment centres nationwide and outside Nigeria.All applicants residing in/outside Nigeria …