The National Identity Management Commission has alerted Nigerians about a circulating online flyer claiming that a free NIN data correction portal has been launched, labeling it as fake.
On its official X handle on Saturday, the commission urged the public not to use the portal promoted in the flyer for any changes to their National Identification Number data.
“The public is hereby advised not to use the above for modifying their NIN data. All modifications should only be done via the official channel: https://selfservicemodification.nimc.gov.ng,”� the post stated.
The fake flyer, widely shared on social media, displayed the NIMC and Federal Government logos and falsely claimed that the Federal Government had instructed the commission to open a correction portal following a “high level of complain.”
It offered options such as name correction, gender correction, date of birth correction, among others, with links directing users to a “gvly.xyz” domain, which is not an official government website.
The flyer was marked “FAKE” in red, indicating that NIMC was recirculating it as part of its debunking notice.
NIMC has consistently emphasized that data modification services are only available through its official self-service portal.
