Last Saturday a woman, Favour Igiebor, tore up her husband’s international passport on arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos before security operatives and other travellers. She had returned from Europe alongside her husband and children and landed at the Lagos airport. Shocked and enraged security officers, including that of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) accosted her […]
Stories are rife about how some foreign airlines maltreat passengers with the Nigerian passport. Many Nigerian travellers have alleged that some foreign airlines that operate into the country treat them with disdain because they carry Nigeria’s green passport. A recent incidence showed how a Nigerian lady did a video to narrate how she was treated […]
The inability of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to provide the National Identification Number (NIN) to Nigerians seeking international passport and renewal, is delaying the processing of passports, THISDAY investigation has revealed. It was learnt that the development has left many passport applicants stranded and unable to obtain or renew their international passports. NIMC, […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has concluded plans to introduce special visa on arrival, known as Business Trust Visas for foreigners who are coming into the country for the purpose of investment. Currently the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Command of NIS said it issued 53,644 Visa on Arrival (VoA) to foreigners in 2022 and intends to double this […]
The federal government has stopped issuance of international passports after shutting down the platform at the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in the midnight of May 17 to last till May 31, 2021. THISDAY learnt that the new regime, which would start on June 1, 2021, might entail increase in the cost of passport fees and […]
