The Nigeria Immigration Service Special Border Command in Jibia, Katsina State, has retrieved 513 national identity cards and voter cards from some foreigners. The Controller of the command, Kelechi Ekeoba-Jones, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday at the newly established Jibia border command. He said that 202 voter...
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The Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Friday said that 16 Nigerians had been deported from Ghana for allegedly committing cyber crimes there. Dr Chukwu Emeka, the Controller of the Command, disclosed this during a news conference in Seme, Lagos State. According to Emeka, these are...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – A member of the House of Representatives representing Fagge Federal Constituency, Hon. Aminu Suleiman along side other applicants have applauded the Passport Control Officer (PCO) in charge of Gwagwalada Immigration NIS office, DCI Mohammed Muhamoud Adamu for adhering to due process in discharging his...
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has ordered the conduct of promotion examinations for deserving personnel of Immigration, Fire, NSCDC and Correctional Service to states, instead of only in Abuja. The minister said on Tuesday that the centre being used for the examinations by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and...
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has appealed to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to partner with it on issuance of travel documents to seafarers. The Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr Isah Jere, made the appeal during a working visit to NIMASA headquarters in Lagos on Thursday....
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed as fake, reports of alleged discriminatory charges for Passport, saying charges for the document are the same across the country. The reaction is contained in the Service verified Twitter handle, on Thursday. Some online media reports had claimed that there was huge...
Some Nigerians in Italy have commended the Federal Government for responding to their challenge of passport scarcity, noting that about 7000 had been captured for passport in the past 11 months. They made this known in separate virtual interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, at...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has pledged his commitment to sanitise the specialised services of professional service providers by improving the processing of visas, passports, marriages and citizenship applications. The Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Mr Afonja Ajibola, made this known in a...
The acting Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Idris Jere, has said plans are underway to recruit additional 5,000 personnel into the service. Jere, who stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Dutse on Saturday, said the gesture was aimed at addressing manpower deficit in...
The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that suspected bandits have killed one of its officers and injured two others in Birniwa Local Government Area of the state. The NIS Comptroller in the state, ACG Ismail Abba, confirmed this when he briefed newsmen about the...
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says there is no passport booklets shortage in Nigeria, as the Federal Government has cleared all backlogs of passport applications. This is contained in a statement issued by the Minister’s Media Adviser, Mr Sola Fasure, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the ministry...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Sunday said its operatives have intercepted and taken into custody three men suspected to be arms peddlers at Mfum, the border community along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. Mfum is a commercial border town in Ikom LGA of Cross River State,...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has called for enhanced operational partnership with the Service in the renewed war against perpetrators of economic and financial crimes in the country. Mr. Bawa made the call on Thursday during...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Isah Jere, has approved the redeployment of 69 senior officers to zones and commands formations across the country. Mr. Jere approved the postings in a statement issued by the NIS Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Amos...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the release of the official details of David Nwamini Ukpo to a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the order in a judgement delivered on Friday, directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS),...
The Nigerian Immigration Service(NIS) has clarified the man at the centre of the alleged transplant saga involving former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, Nwamini David Ukpo, is actually 21 and not 15 as alleged in many media reports. The Comptroller General of NIS, Isa Jere,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris has made a case for some deliberate actions to improve the current security architecture across the nation’s Blue Borders. Mr. Idris noted that the deployment of ICT solutions in Border security has become inevitable for...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has debunked some media reports alleging that the Service has arrested over 200 Chinese in a facility somewhere in Suleja Niger State. The NIS spokesman, Amos Okpu, debunked the report in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja...
It is a truism that many intending international travelers went through tough times in the year 2021 while trying to obtain passports from the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). While some were lucky to get the international travel document, others remain on waiting list after going through all the required...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere Idris, has declared the first batch of a-two-day Capacity Building Workshop for Public Relations Officers drawn from across Commands and Formations. The event held on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th November, 2021 at...