NIMC has released a new app for identity verification, and it comes up in searches alongside older tools that worked differently. Here is what NINAuth actually is.
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What NINAuth does
NINAuth is NIMC's digital identity verification app. It lets you verify identity digitally and download a copy of your own NIN slip, at free, from ninauth.nimc.gov.ng.
The idea behind an app like this is to let you, or an organisation checking your identity with your consent, confirm details digitally rather than relying only on a physical slip.
Our guide to downloading your slip for free walks through that specific process step by step.
When it launched, and what else was reported then
NINAuth was formally launched on 30 Oct 2025, at the State House in Abuja. NIMC had presented it at an earlier press event that year, which is why some reports describe it as existing before the formal launch date.
At the launch, the President said federal ministries, departments and agencies would be required to adopt NINAuth for staff and data verification. That is a policy direction for government bodies rather than something that changes what an individual user does in the app day to day.
Separately, reports around the same period described an older self-service portal returning errors, and an earlier NIMC mobile ID app disappearing from the app stores. NIMC has not tied these events to NINAuth directly in what we found, so treat them as separate reports rather than a stated replacement.
If you used an older NIMC app and it stopped working, NINAuth is the current one to try instead, even without a stated link between the two.
The scale NIMC cited at launch
At the launch, NIMC cited 126.7 million total enrolments to date, and about 1.3 million daily verifications across its systems. Both figures describe NIMC's wider operation rather than NINAuth's own usage specifically.
Figures like these give a sense of how much identity data NIMC handles day to day, which is part of why an app dedicated to verification made sense at this stage.
Our reissue cost guide is worth a look too, if what actually brought you here was replacing a slip rather than the app itself.
Where to download it
Get NINAuth from Google Play or the Apple App Store, or visit ninauth.nimc.gov.ng directly. Avoid any link you are not confident is genuine, given how identity-related apps attract imitators.
Check the publisher name shown in the app store listing matches NIMC before you install anything asking for identity details. A search result promising the app from an unfamiliar site is a reason to double-check rather than click straight through.
Common mistakes
- Confusing NINAuth with older NIMC apps or portals. NIMC has not stated that NINAuth replaces them, even where other issues were reported around the same time.
- Downloading from an unofficial link. Use Google Play, the Apple App Store, or ninauth.nimc.gov.ng directly.
- Assuming every NIMC statistic quoted at the launch describes NINAuth itself. Some describe NIMC's wider operation.
- Skipping the app because an older one disappointed you. NINAuth is a separate, more recent release.