The Nationwide Identification Administration Fee has confirmed that 127 million Nigerians had been issued Nationwide Identification Numbers as of December 2025.
The fee’s spokesperson, Kayode Adegoke, supplied the determine whereas responding to inquiries on the newest enrolment knowledge. He famous that the Fee will quickly publish up to date nationwide statistics on its web site.
Adegoke inspired residents to leverage NIMC’s digital platforms for brand spanking new registrations, knowledge corrections, and different NIN-related providers.
Information obtainable on the NIMC web site as of October 31, 2025, indicated that 123.9 million Nigerians had been enrolled at the moment, with Lagos State main with 13.1 million registrations.
“The best cumulative enrollment determine of over 13 million was recorded in Lagos State. Regional figures indicated an virtually equal distribution throughout the North and South,” the Fee acknowledged.
In response to the report, Lagos State leads nationwide enrolment figures with 13.1 million registrations, adopted by Kano with 11.5 million and Kaduna with 7.3 million. Different states with excessive enrolment numbers embrace Ogun (5.1 million), Oyo (4.7 million), Katsina (4.2 million), and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (4.06 million). Rivers State recorded 3.6 million enrolments, whereas Delta and Bauchi States every accounted for 3.2 million registrations.
On the decrease finish of the size, the states with the fewest NIN registrations embrace: Kwara (2.09 million), Imo (2.09 million), Yobe (2.08 million), Enugu (2 million), and Kogi (1.9 million).
The information additionally confirmed a gender breakdown of enrolments, 54,206,154 females and 69,700,164 males had been captured within the nationwide database as of October 2025.
The NIMC continues to push for elevated adoption of its on-line platforms to make sure that all eligible Nigerians are registered and that non-public knowledge stays correct and updated.