ABUJA – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has recorded no fewer than 127 million National Identification Numbers (NIN) as of December 2025.
The figure was confirmed by the commission’s spokesman, Dr. Kayode Adegoke, in response to enquiries on the latest enrolment data. He noted that updated nationwide statistics would soon be published on the NIMC website.
Dr. Adegoke encouraged Nigerians to make use of the Commission’s digital platforms for new registrations, data corrections, and other NIN-related services.
Data available on the NIMC website as of October 31, 2025, showed that 123.9 million Nigerians had been enrolled at the time, with Lagos State leading the country’s enrolment figures at 13.1 million.
“The highest cumulative enrollment figure of over 13 million was recorded in Lagos State. Regional figures indicated an almost equal distribution across the North and South,” says the Commission.
The top 10 states are Lagos with 13.1 million, Kano with 11.5 million, Kaduna with 7.3 million, Ogun with 5.1 million, Oyo with 4.7 million, and Katsina with a total of 4.2 million.
Others are FCT Abuja 4.06 million, Rivers State 3.6 million, followed by Delta with 3.2 million, and Bauchi State with 3.2 million.
The states at the bottom are Kwara with 2.09 million, Imo state 2.09 million, Yobe 2.08 million, Enugu with 2 million, and Kogi state with 1.9 million.
The NIMC figures also indicated that a total of 54, 206,154 females were captured in the National database across the country as at October last year, while 69, 700164 males were recorded.
