immigration
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Defence
Immigration CG vows to fortify borders nationwide, tasks officers on diligenceÂ
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Kemi Nandap has pledged to strengthen border security and surveillance to combat security challenges bedeviling the country. Addressing Comptrollers of the 36 states including the FCT on Tuesday in Abuja, the NIS CG emphasised the need for effective border control measures to prevent illegal activities, including smuggling and terrorism. Nandap…
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Nigeria
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 Immigration Service (NIS), effective March 1, 2024. DCG Nandap assumes the role, succeeding Mrs. Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, whose tenure concludes on February 29, 2024. Prior to her elevation as Comptroller-General, Nandap served as the Deputy Comptroller-General…
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Featured
Passport Applicants Allege Extensive Extortion by Nigerian Immigration Service Officials in Abuja
Abuja, Nigeria – Applicants seeking international passports in Abuja have leveled serious accusations against personnel of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), alleging widespread extortion and misconduct. Despite the recent directive from the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to cleanse the immigration system, these allegations indicate that little has changed in the passport application process. Applicants who spoke during separate…
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Featured
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 the state, Mr Aminu Shamsuddin, confirmed the peaceful conduct of the exercise in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Monday. Shamsuddin noted that the election was peaceful, saying Kwara…
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Election
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 General, NIS, Isah Jere, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Mr Tony Akuneme. Jere said the service approved the deployment of the personnel to be…
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Featured
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 to attend to Nigerians in diospora coming home during the Yuletide. The directive is contained in a statement by the NIS spokesperson, Mr Tony Akuneme, in Abuja on Monday. According to Akuneme, this is in order…
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Africa
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 17-year-old girl from Oyo State who was arrested in Kebbi while she was allegedly on her way to Libya. A girl was traveling alone when she was arrested by immigration personnel in Yauri, Kebbi. Here’s what…
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News
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, Mr Amos Okpu, in Abuja on Tuesday. The Comptroller-General of the service, Mr Muhammad Babandede, said the portal became effective from 12 midnight on Tuesday. Babandede said the portal would allow eligible applicants to apply…
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NEWS
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 was announced by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, in statement he issued in Abuja. According to the statement, all borders will effectively be closed from midnight of March 25 to midnight…
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NEWS
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 US dollars. In a statement signed by its Press and Public Affairs Officer, Rob Fitzpatrick, the commission said that the new system would begin on December 16. Fitzpatrick said in the statement: “From December 16, 2013,…
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Africa
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 his decades dodging deportation and a 2011 drunk-driving arrest. Judge Leonard Shapiro said his decision was based on a federal law granting green cards to foreigners who arrived to the United States before 1972, as…
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