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How to Link Your NIN with Your SIM/Phone Number?

MTN Users

To link your NIN with your MTN phone number, simply do the following:

Visit: https://mtnonline.com/nim/ using your phone or Internet ready PC, fill the e-form  with your name, phone number, NIN and email address. On clicking Submit you will receive and OTP message via SMS you are required to use the OTP within 5 minutes to complete the NIN update.

The MTN NIN linking page appears as shown in the image above.

See also; How to check my NIN via USSD (using your phone)

Note: at the moment other network providers are yet to provide SIM link channel for NIN linkage.

Bulletin1247.online we Keep you updated as soon as Glo, Airtel, 9mobile commenced this NIN SIM linkage.

How to quickly check your NIN without the National ID Card or the Slip?

N.B:- to retrieve NIN vis USSD cost N20.

1. On your mobile phone dial *346# (it must be the registered phone number with NIMC)

2. In the prompted message displayed on your phone do one of the following - dial 1 to retrieve you NIN or dial 2 to Cancel the operation.

3. A message containing your NIN will display on your phone copy it, keep it safe for personal use.

How to register for National ID Card or NIN?

Visit any NIMC office near you and apply for your National Identity Card. You must go with the following one valid ID card, Birth certificate or declaration of age sworn in a competent Court of law, other information are your regular bio data.

See List of NIMC offices near you.

Terminologies used above:

NIMC - National Identity Management Centre.

NIN - National Identification Number

SIM - Subscriber Identity Module or Subscriber Identification Module. SIM is an integrated circuit that securely stores the international mobile subscriber identity.

USSD - Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, is a communication service controlled by mobile network operators.

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