Tag: immigration
UK announces unveiling of e-visa for travelers from Feb. 25
Abuja, Feb. 17, 2026 (NAN)The UK Government has announced that from Feb. 25 all Nigerian travelers applying for a UK Visit visa will receive...
UN rights chief decries U.S. treatment of migrants, as deaths in...
New York, Jan. 23, 2026 (NAN) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has raised alarm over what he described as the...
U.S. immigration officer shoots woman dead in Minnesota
Washington, Jan. 8, 2026 (dpa/NAN) Authorities reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot a woman dead during a controversial operation in...
U.S. scraps ban on immigration raids in churches, hospitals, schools
U.S. immigration and border officials will be able to arrest migrants at so-called “sensitive” locations again, after the Trump administration overturned policies limiting where...
Trump pledges to end inflation, curtail immigration
Donald Trump has pleaded to end inflation, lower costs, secure America’s border, and restore peace through strength as he was sworn in as the...
Immigration CG vows to fortify borders nationwide, tasks officers on diligence
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Kemi Nandap has pledged to strengthen border security and surveillance to combat security challenges...
Tinubu Appoints Kemi Nandap as Immigration Comptroller-General
Abuja, February 21, 2024: President Bola Tinubu has greenlit the appointment of Deputy Comptroller-General Kemi Nanna Nandap as the new Comptroller-General of the Nigeria...
Passport Applicants Allege Extensive Extortion by Nigerian Immigration Service Officials in...
Abuja, Nigeria - Applicants seeking international passports in Abuja have leveled serious accusations against personnel of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), alleging widespread extortion...
Immigration records peaceful election in Kwara
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says Kwara has recorded a peaceful 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara.
The Comptroller of the service in...
Elections: Immigration deploys 21,640 personnel
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has deployed 21, 640 officers and men for the forth coming general elections across the 36 states and FCT.
Comptroller...
Yuletide: NIS opens passport desks at airports for diasporans
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Isa Jere has directed the immediate opening of passport desks in all international airports in the country...
NIS hands over Libya-bound 17-yr-old-girl to NAPTIP
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons and Other Related Matters, a...
Immigration reopens passport application portal
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced the reopening of its passport application and payment portal.
This was contained in a statement by NIS Spokesman,...
Polls: FG closes land, sea borders
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the closure of the nation’s land and sea borders for Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
The closure...
UK introduces new visa application system
The British High Commission in Nigeria on Wednesday announced a new system of visa application whereby UK visa would be paid for online in...
Obama’s Kenyan-born uncle gets U.S. green card
A U.S. immigration judge ruled on Tuesday that President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle can stay in the United States as a lawful resident, despite...
