Enrollments for the National Identification Number by Nigerians at home and abroad rose to 123.9 million in October 2025.
This is according to the latest enrollment data released by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
At the end of 2024, the enrolment figure stood at 114 million.
This indicates that 9.9 million new NINs have been issued in the first 10 months of the year.
The NIMC data shows that the highest cumulative enrolment figure of over 13.1 million was recorded in Lagos State.
Despite the growth recorded in the NIN database, the October figure shows that NIMC is still far from the target it set for itself for this year.
In May, the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, had declared the agency’s ambitious plan to register 95% of Nigerians into the National Identity Database before December 2025.
This would mean capturing about 190,000 of the population based on the estimated 200 million head count of the country.
“What we have done in this regard is that we will commence the Ward Enrollment Exercise to capture at least 95% of Nigerians before December, year end,” the DG had said.
According to her, the mass enrollment drive would be powered by a combination of improved infrastructure, expanded registration centres, and robust public sensitization campaigns.
Nigeria, through the World Bank’s Digital Identity for National Development (ID4D) project, is currently striving to register all its citizens in the NIN database.