Crisis may be brewing at the headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Abuja with the retirement of the acting Comptroller General, Isa Idris Jere, as those to succeed him are also due for retirement in the next few weeks, THISDAY learnt yesterday Jere was last Wednesday, directed by the Governing Board of NIS […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has attributed its inability to meet the six weeks target for the issuance of fresh passport or three week re-issuance to challenges posed by National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in obtaining National Identity Number (NIN). Immigration has also advised intending applicants to ensure that their details in their passports and […]
More than 5000 passport applications have been abandoned at Ikoyi Passport Office since the resumption of issuance on June 8, 2021, THISDAY has learnt. THISDAY also learnt that everyday applicants throng to the office and leave without positive response from the Nigerian Immigration Service officials. One of the applicants who wished to renew his passport […]
Since the past three years there have been steady influx of undocumented people from neighbouring countries in West Africa into Nigeria, especially in Lagos. Chinedu Eze writes on the security implication and what Immigration is doing to check the illegal movement. The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) is facing a huge challenge in South West Nigeria, […]
The Nigerian Immigration Service finally introduced the new international passport with 10 years duration on April 29, 2019. It was flagged off in Abuja and it is expected that in the next few weeks, it would be introduced at the Ikoyi Passport Office, Lagos, which is the busiest passport office in Africa, according to Immigration. […]
