Verify identity in Nigeria with the National Identification Number.
Trinsic verifies Nigerian users against the National Identification Number (NIN), including biometric match, drawing on a registry of more than 100 million people. Accept it for remote identity verification in Nigeria through one Trinsic API, alongside the eIDs of 50-plus other countries.
Digital identity verification, live in Nigeria
Nigeria’s National Identification Number (NIN) covers more than 100 million people, and Trinsic verifies users against it through lookup, match, and biometric match. Trinsic handles the provider registration and assurance mapping so you receive one normalized, signed result.
Trinsic offers Nigerian ID acceptance now
Connect through Trinsic once and accept the NIN, alongside the eIDs of 50-plus other countries, through a single integration.
Aggregation
One integration, every Nigerian ID
NIN lookup, NIN match, and NIN biometric match for Nigeria, plus government wallets, bank IDs, and mobile driver’s licenses across 50-plus countries, all through one integration.
Interface
Nigerian IDs, normalized to one result
Trinsic runs the Nigerian verification flows and returns verified attributes in one normalized result, so a check in Nigeria looks the same to your systems as any other credential in the network.
Regulation
High assurance, compliance-ready
The NIN is built to strong assurance standards, and Trinsic maps that assurance to what your use case needs. Nigerian identity verification is a strong fit for KYC and customer due diligence, using an identity the customer already holds.
Live now
Demo Nigerian verification today
The NIN is live in the Trinsic network today. Book a demo and verify a Nigerian user in seconds.
Nigeria is one market in a planet-wide network
With Trinsic, the NIN sit alongside government wallets, bank IDs, and mobile driver’s licenses from 50-plus countries, all through the same API.
Trust tops our priority list
The NIN is built on strong assurance and strict privacy rules, and Trinsic is built to match.
Zero-access encryption
Customer verification data can’t be accessed at rest, even by Trinsic.
Consent & data minimization
Request only the attributes a use case needs; honor the wallet’s consent and selective-disclosure model.
Assurance you can map
We translate Nigeria’s assurance model into one framework you can map to your own risk decisions.
Certified & audited
SOC 2 Type II and GDPR-aligned, with reports and attestations available on request.
Resources
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Nigeria, answered
What is the National Identification Number (NIN), and can I accept it?
Which Nigerian IDs can I accept?
Do I have to register with each provider directly?
What assurance level do Nigerian IDs provide?
Can Nigerian IDs satisfy KYC and AML checks?
How do I get started?
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