In October 2017, Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (the Commission) which was established under the National Identity Management Commission Act 2007 (the Act) issued regulations titled “Mandatory Use of the National Identification Number Regulations, 2017” (the Regulations). The Act contains a list of transactions that require the use of a national identity number (NIN) and empowers the Commission to make additions to the list. Section 1[1] [u] of the 2017 Regulations includes among transactions that now require a NIN “the filing and registration of criminal and civil actions in courts or other arbitration processes;”