Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has debunked as baseless an online report claiming that a specific region of the country has been disqualified from passport issuance. The Service in a statement by its spokesman, DCI AS Akinlabi, categorically saif the report is entirely false and a gross misrepresentation of the...
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A tense night unfolded along the Tuga border corridor in Kebbi State on Thursday as gunmen suspected to be bandits staged a deadly raid on the Nigeria Immigration Service’s (NIS) Bakin Ruwa checkpoint, leaving three officers dead and the facility in ruins. The NIS confirmed the incident in a...
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), ‘Jibiya Border Command’ in Katsina State, has rescued no fewer than 150 suspected victims of human trafficking from January to date. The Comptroller, Mr Haruna Suleiman-Zakirai, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of a two-day...
Officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) at Abuja airport have reportedly seized the international passport of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central in the National Assembly. In a live Facebook broadcast on Tuesday morning, the senator revealed that the seizure was allegedly carried out on the orders...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has released the list of candidates shortlisted for the upcoming Computer-Based Test (CBT) in the ongoing paramilitary recruitment exercise. The shortlisted applicants are those who applied for positions in the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Nigeria Immigration...
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has introduced a new initiative, the Post-Amnesty Voluntary Return and Documentation Programme (PAVRDP), aimed at undocumented foreign nationals who missed the deadline for visa regularisation under the Expired Visa Amnesty, which concluded on September 30, 2025. This was announced in a statement issued on Friday...
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has shifted from decentralized passport production to a single, centralized system, marking a historic change after 62 years. On Thursday, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior, announced this development during an inspection of the new Centralized Passport Personalization Centre at NIS Headquarters in Abuja....
In a landmark ruling, the Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced five Thai nationals to three years in prison for high-level cybercrime, with the option of a N1 million fine each, and ordered their deportation upon completion of their sentence or payment. Justice Emeka Nwite delivered the verdict on...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Federal Government to immediately reverse the recent passport fee increase announced by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), labeling it as unjust and harmful to vulnerable citizens. In a statement released on Sunday, SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, condemned the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Borno State have pledged to collaborate with the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) to curb the proliferation of illegal small arms and light...
Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced a whopping 1.91 million applications for various positions in the paramilitary agencies during the current recruitment exercise. This data was made available on the board’s recruitment website, (https://recruitment.cdcfib.gov.ng/), on Monday. Before the online application began, the CDCFIB had...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has extended the deadline for online applications to join various paramilitary agencies to August 11. The board’s secretary, retired Maj.-Gen. Abdulmalik Jubril, announced this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. “The board is pleased...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has issued a caution to Nigerians holding U.S. visas, advising them to adhere strictly to the terms and conditions of their visa applications. This advisory follows concerns raised by the U.S. Government over the misuse of visas by some Nigerian...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Service Board (CDCFIB) has deferred the online recruitment process for paramilitary agencies until July 21, 2025. This is contained in a statement released on Thursday, July 17, 2025, the Board’s Secretary, retired Maj.-Gen. Abdulmalik Jubril, Jibril explained that the...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja- The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced a change in the opening date of its recruitment portal. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the portal, initially set to open on June 26, 2025, will now go live on Monday, July 14, 2025....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire & Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced a recruitment drive for suitably qualified Nigerians to join its paramilitary services. The Secretary of the Board, AM Jibril disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to the statement, interested...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– Anambra industrialist, Chief Ebuka Onunkwo, has commended the Nigerian immigration Service (NIS) officer, Mr. Ugochukwu Orji, who arrested a fleeing suspected ritualist at Seme border. Chief Onunkwo, who is the Managing Director of Seahorse Lubricant Limited and aspirant for the Anambra South Senatorial District bye-election,...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has received the immigration officer, Prince Ugochukwu Orji, who apprehended the suspected runaway Enugu ritualist and Kidnapper, Obi-Levi Obieze. Orji refused to take the N10 million bribe offered by the suspected to enable him flee the country and escape arrest for his alleged involvement...
Enugu State Government has said the arrested suspected ritualist and kidnap kingpin, Obi-Levi Obieze, will face the full weight of the law. The government also commended the vigilance of the officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) who apprehended Obieze along Badagry-Seme road. This is contained in a statement...
By UKA NWAFOR, Abakaliki – A Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Officer, Prince Orji Ugochukwu (Facebook name: Okeosisi Ugo), has demonstrated remarkable integrity by rejecting a substantial bribe of N10 million and an iPhone from a notorious ritualist, Ezeani, also known as “Ichie Billion” or “Ezeani, dey play, dey show.”...