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NIS: Over 3.6m Nigerians Migrated in Two Years to Other Countries in Search of Better Opportunities

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has disclosed that over 3.6 million Nigerians migrated to other countries within a space of two years. The Controller, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, Mrs. Adeola Adesola Adesokan, disclosed this in a speech during the facility tour of the remodeled ‘E Wing Arrival’ at the airport. She said data from […]

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Visa on Arrival: Compromise on Security?

Many Nigerians were largely apprehensive when on December 11, 2019, President Mohammadu Buhari announced in Egypt that the country will begin to issue visa on arrival for all African nationals. While the news was received with elation by Africans, many Nigerians were circumspect. Ironically, tourism business promoters have been campaigning and urging the federal government […]

Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede Aviation

Immigration Stops 150 Illegal Migrants from Travelling through MMIA

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Command has denied 150 suspected victims of human trafficking from departing the country in the last three months. The Command has also issued over 58, 000 visa on arrival since January 2019 to date. Speaking during the unveiling of the upgraded Immigration office facilities, […]

FG’s Ease-of-Doing-Business Threatened by Visa Obstacles

Ethiopia, known for decades as a very conservative country was one of the first African nations to relax its visa process, introduced visa on arrival policy for certain countries and later expanded it to encompass all African countries. Today the landscape of Ethiopian major cities has changed with foreign investment in manufacturing, real state, transport […]

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NIS Issues over 13,000 Visa on Arrival in Six Months

The Nigerian Immigrations Service (NIS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) has issued about 13,000 Visas on Arrival since last February, toping it with 2,194 in the month of July 2019. The agency has also improved the process and has made it web-based to ensure transparency and redefined the applicants who are qualified to […]