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Defence
NIS investigates torn passport incident in MMIA, Lagos
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched an investigation into a viral video showing a female traveller destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The NIS spokesperson, Kenneth Udo, who confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja said that the individual had been identified and invited for further investigation. According to Udo,…
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Defence
NIS suspends officer over alleged bribe solicitation
 The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has suspended (*Okpravero Ufuoma*), an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II (ASI II) for allegedly soliciting financial gratification from a traveller. NIS’s Comptroller General, Mrs Kemi Nandap, made this known in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Kenneth Udo on Thursday in Abuja. According to Nandap, the officer’s conduct, captured in a…
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Defence
NIS intercepts 6 suspected victims of human trafficking in Badagry
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said it has intercepted six suspected to be victims of human trafficking along Kankon-Owode Road, in Badagry, Lagos. Comptroller Abdullahi Adamu, the Controller, Seme Command of NIS, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Seme-Krape office, Badagry, Lagos. Adamu said that the suspected victims were intercepted by combined efforts of…
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Defence
NIS hands over 4 trafficked women to NAPTIP in Katsina
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Jibia Border Command, has handed four intercepted suspected victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for rehabilitation. The Command’s Comptroller, Mr Haruna Zakirai, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Daura, Katsina State. He said that the four suspects, all females,…
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Featured
NIS Seme receives 66 trafficked Nigerians from Ghana
The Seme Area Command of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Saturday evening received 66 trafficked Nigerians from Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 66 trafficked Nigerians arrived Seme-Krake Joint Border Post office of immigration at about 4.00.p.m. NAN also reports that there are 59 women including children and seven young men among the 66 returnees. Speaking…
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Defence
NIS to unveils user-friendly e-visa channel
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Kemi Nandap has announced plans to inaugurate a more accessible e-Visa application channel for short visits in line with the Nigeria Visa Policy 2020. Nandap said this in her address delivered at the graduation ceremony of the 12th Command Course of the Immigration Command and Staff College, in Sokoto. A statement by the…
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Featured
107,646 produced passport booklets uncollected nationwide, says CG
The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Kemi Nandap has said that 107,646 produced passports remained uncollected nationwide. The Service Public Relations Service (SPRO) Mr Kenneth Udo said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The CG however, appealed to applicants whose passports have been produced to go for pick-up at the various Passports Issuing Centres across the country.…
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Defence
Interior minister describes NIS control centre as pride to Nigeria
Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has described the newly built Command and Control Centre of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), as a project of pride to the nation. Tunji-Ojo made this known on Wednesday while inspecting the new facility alongside the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi…
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Security
Anambra task force recovers 9 home-made bombs, 4 walkie talkies from gunmen
The Anambra State Joint Security Force, has extended its manhunt for criminals attacking security formations in the state to Ogbaru forest. SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra, made the disclosure in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Onitsha. According to him, troops of the Nigerian Army and the Navy lent considerable firepower to…
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Security
There’ll be no room for criminal minded travellers- NIS CG
Mrs. Kemi Nandap, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), says no space will be given to any criminal-minded travelers across the country. Nandap gave the assurance in a statement by the service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr. Kenneth Udo, on Wednesday in Abuja. The CG extended heartfelt felicitations to all Muslim officers and men of the NIS,…
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General News
Makinde condemns alleged assault on OYRTMA officers
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has condemned the alleged assault on two officers of the State Road Traffic Management Authority (OYRTMA) by Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) personnel. Makinde, while visiting the residences of the affected officers, Nurudeen Abiola and Taiwo Adeagbo, at Oke’badan and Binukonu areas in Ibadan, described the incident as unacceptable. He noted that the officers were…
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Security
Nigerian Immigration Service gets new spokesman
The Comptroller General (CG), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, has approved the appointment of Kenneth Udo, a Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCI), as the new Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO). This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday by the Acting Public Relations Officer, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Kenneth Kure. Kure noted that Udo succeeded Adedotun Aridegbe, who had since been…
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Defence
Border reopening: CGI directs personnel to resume duty
The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Kemi Nandap, has directed all personnel deployed to the Nigeria-Niger border to resume work. Nandap gave the directive in a statement signed by the Acting Service Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Kenneth Kure, on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CGI order followed an earlier order by the Federal…
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Metro
Students Loan: Institutions to benefit in stages
The Federal Government says beneficiaries of the Student Loan Scheme will be in stages: from federally owned institutions to state schools, then to private schools, and later to vocational skills. Dr. Akintunde Sawyer, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Education Loan Scheme (NELFund), made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. He said initially…
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judiciary
Alleged unlawful detention: Court orders CBN to pay German N63.7m, $10000 awarded against FG
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay a German, Martin Gegenheimer, the sum of N63.7 million and $10, 000 awarded against the Federal Government for alleged unlawful arrest and detention by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, ordered the CBN to deduct the amount from…
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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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