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🇳🇬 Nigeria

NIN

The Nigeria NIN (National Identification Number) service provides a method for checking and confirming person idenitity using their NIN. It utilizes the provided 11-digit NIN to query the official national database. The service returns a detailed response including the NIN holder's registered identity data (full name, date of birth, address, and gender) upon a successful match.

post/services/ng/nin

Request body

nin_numberstring

The Nigerian National Identification Number (NIN), a unique 11-digit identifier issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)

Example request

{
  "nin_number": "38109457262"
}

Response

OK

The request was successful, and our system returned an expected response.

Example response

{
  "validation": {
    "valid": true
  },
  "data": {
    "nin": "38109457262",
    "first_name": "Josh",
    "middle_name": "David",
    "last_name": "Coffey",
    "dob": "1976-02-21",
    "phone": "441172345678",
    "email": "josh.coffey@example.com",
    "gender": "M",
    "residence_country": "GB",
    "profile_image": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/4gHYSUNDX1BST0ZJTEUAAQEAAAHIAAAAAAQwA[...]",
    "address": {
      "country": "GB",
      "district": "Westminster",
      "address": "45 High Street, Flat 2A"
    }
  }
}