Nigerian NIN

Nigeria’s national identification system providing a unique number for citizens and residents. As of 2025, over 120 million Nigerians have been registered for NIN, which is increasingly mandatory for accessing mobile phone service, banking, voter registration and other critical services. To learn more, visit the NIMC website.

These docs are for businesses, not ID holders. You can’t use them to verify your own ID. For help with your ID, contact the government office that issued it.

Adoption data

This section provides insights into the adoption of Nigerian NIN among users in Nigeria.


Adoption	120 million
Adoption source	https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/economy/1655118-nimc-reaches-120-million-nin-registrations-plans-register-nigerians-2025/
Adoption rate	67.02%
Coverage	179M
Status	Coming soon!

Provider ID

This is the unique identifier for this digital ID provider in the GBG Go system.


Provider ID	`nigeria-nin-lookup-2`

Compliance

This section outlines compliance and regulatory requirements for integrating this digital ID provider.

Compliance data	Status
Locality requirements	None
Scheme-level restrictions	None
Certifications	None

Supported attributes

The following attributes are returned when Nigerian NIN is used for identity verification:

Always returned attributes

The following attributes are always returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.

Field	Description
firstName	User’s first name
lastNames	User’s last name
dateOfBirth	User’s date of birth
sex	User’s gender
document type	Type of identity document
document number	Identity document number
nationalIdNumber	Matched national ID number
match firstName	First name from the matched record
match middleName	Middle name from the matched record
match lastNames	Last name from the matched record
match sex	Gender from the matched record
match dateOfBirth	Date of birth from the matched record

Sometimes returned attributes

The following attributes are only sometimes returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.

Field	Description
middleName	User’s middle name
phoneNumber	User’s phone number

Required input attributes

The following attributes are required as input to perform identity verification with this ID Provider.

Field	Description
firstName	Person’s first name
middleName	Person’s middle name
lastName	Person’s last name
phoneNumber	Person’s phone number
dateOfBirth	Person’s date of birth
gender	Person’s gender
nationalIdNumber	National identification number

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​Supported attributes

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​Required input attributes

Adoption data

Provider ID

Compliance

Supported attributes

Always returned attributes

Sometimes returned attributes

Required input attributes