Tag: Immigration
Immigration grills Lagos airport officials over extortion allegations
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Isah Idris has on Monday, ordered an investigation of a case of extortion involving officers of the...
Immigration nabs Cameroonian, 2 others with pistols, ammunition, others in C’River
Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, in Cross River State have nabbed a Cameroonian and two Nigerians in possession of one Beretta, one...
Online tracking system to be introduced in passport application – FG
The Federal Government has unveiled plans to introduce a system online for the tracking and monitoring of passport applications by May 2022.
This was made...
Nigeria ranked third top birthplaces for black immigrants in US
A report on black immigrants in the US by Pew Research Center has revealed that Nigeria currently stands third on the list of top...
Immigration, Customs, others fail to remit N127.1bn – Audit
A total of 15 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies failed to remit N127.13bn revenue to the Consolidated Revenue Fund between 2017 and 2019, the Office...
New passport regime to commence June 8 – NIS
The Federal Government through the Nigerian Immigration Service has in response to the complaints by applicants in obtaining the Nigerian passport assured on a...
Immigration chief provost, Okiemute Mrere, shot dead in Imo
The Chief provost of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been shot dead.
Mrere was murdered on Saturday night along...
Nigerians in diaspora get FG’s temporary passports
A temporary passport has been provided to replace emergency travel certificates by the Federal Government has replaced the emergency travel certificate which according to...