Tag: Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo tasks Immigration with improved services
The Minister of Interior urged workers to re-engineer and re-design the service collectively. He stressed the need to improve the…
Immigration boss orders investigation into passport racketeering
Passport Control Officers in the south east have been accused of demanding additional fees for international passports in addition to…
Minister Tunji Ojo to NIS: Clear all pending passport applications in 2 weeks
Tunji Ojo said said the order was in fulfillment of his promise to remove all bottlenecks in the acquisition of…
Passport: NIS boss declares state of emergency
By Ibironke Ariyo Ms. Caroline Adepoju, the Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Friday declared a…
How Buhari kicked passport touts out of business- NIS
According to him, Buhari’s tenure would be remembered for the improvement in the passport collection process, border security and staff…
Corrupt NIS officials frustrating issuance of passports – Aregbesola
Aregbesola said this in Oyo town on Tuesday while lamenting that few corrupt officials are undermining efforts of NIS to…
NIS pledges better vigilance ahead of Saturday’s election
Nigerians living in border areas are advised to conduct themselves well before and after the elections, as land borders would…
Why I focus on sports for immigration officers – Nkechi Ezugwu
“It is against this backdrop that we decided to establish a standard court for officers and men as well as…
Nigeria Immigration goes after human traffickers in Kebbi
The comptroller gave assurance that NIS would not allow any suspicious character or person profiting from human trafficking to escape…
NIS seizes 6,216 PVCs, National ID cards from migrants
NIS said the cards were seized in ongoing operations to ensure that migrants from neighbouring countries did not participate in…
7,500 passports awaiting collection in Oyo – Immigration Service
“We have about 7,500 uncollected passports in Oyo State and we do not want them to expire in our hands…
30,000 Passports uncollected nationwide as NIS Offices work Saturdays
Under a special arrangement to ramp up passport production, Passport Offices from December 3, 2022 to January 28, 2023, open…
NIS directs passport offices to work Saturdays
“The period for this exercise is expected to be every Saturday commencing from Dec. 3, 2022, to Jan. 28, 2023,…
NIS rescues 716 survivors of human trafficking in Katsina borders
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Special Border Command in Jibia, Katsina State has rescued no fewer than 716 survivors of…
18 foreigners arrested for allegedly possessing voters’ cards
The Comptroller warned migrants residing in Oyo State not to involve themselves in the 2023 general elections, saying they are…