Touts who assist applicants at the passport offices in Lagos located at Alausa, Festac and Ikoyi rake in about N3.9 billion annually in connivance with some officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), THISDAY has learnt. THISDAY investigations gathered that the official cost of the passport, including the cost of lost case and change of […]
Many Nigerians are claiming the citizenship of other countries in West Africa in order to obtain passports from those countries to travel overseas, THISDAY has learnt. THISDAY gathered that among the Nigerians that do this include those whose passports have been seized by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Nigerians who are arranged by agents to […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos has disclosed that it issues between 500 to 1000 visa-on-arrival daily to foreign investors and tourists. A senior official from the Command who spoke on the condition of anonymity told THISDAY that visa was made open to enhance ease of doing business policy […]
There are indications that over 500, 000 Nigerians have emigrated from the country since 2016. This was disclosed by a source at the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS),who stated that the number could be higher because many Nigerians who travelled as visitors have stayed back and the NIS documents still captured them as visitors. The major […]
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has revealed that it has been engaging in series of battles with some Nigerians who try to facilitate the entry of some foreigners that did not meet visa conditions to be in the country. A top official of the agency, in a chat with THISDAY, alleged that before the current […]
