Tag: Nigerian passports
Two-week deadline for new passports, backlogs: Minister Tunji-Ojo
He said the scarcity and delay around fresh passport issuance and renewal fuelled corruption in the sector.
We have 400 uncollected Nigerian passports – New York Consulate
Any applicant that meets the requirement would get his or her passport between six and eight weeks, noting that the…
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…
Aregbesola asks EFCC to go after passport racketeers
The Controller-General of the NIS, Mr Isah Idris pledged said that under his leadership, the service will maintain the six…
1.3 million passport booklets printed in 2021 – FG
Aregbesola stated that the ongoing passport reforms across the different passport offices in the federation would be a continuous process…
Scarcity of Nigerian passports ends March
The comptroller general said that the scarcity of passports was due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying global lockdowns,…
1.5m Nigerians affected by passport scarcity in Italy
NIDOE partners with the Nigerian community, professional organisations as well as public and private businesses in focused areas such as…
Immigration begins new passport applications in Oyo
The Oyo state command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced its resumption of receiving applications for new passports…
PSC to deactivate passports of COVID-19 violators
The Presidential Steering Committee, (PSC) on COVID-19 has announced that it would deactivate the international passports of Nigerians who flouted…
NIS boss orders Passport Offices open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m to clear backlog
Comptroller-General NIS, Muhammad Babandede, says passport issuing offices will stay open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
150,000 Nigerian passports stolen or missing: NIS
About 150,000 Nigerian passports or travel documents may have either been stolen or lost, according to Nigerian Immigration Service records.