The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has addressed concerns surrounding Visa-On-Arrival (VOA) applications, prompted by recent payment platform upgrades by Nigerian financial institutions. The NIS Comptroller General, Kemi Nandap said this in a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer…
The Seme Area Command of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Saturday evening received 66 trafficked Nigerians from Ghana. The 66 trafficked Nigerians arrived Seme-Krake Joint Border Post office of immigration at about 4.00.p.m. There are 59 women including children and…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has decried non collection of passports by applicants in the country, saying 107, 646 produced passports are awaiting collection. This is just as it appealed to applicants whose passports have been produced to go for…
Suspected bandits ambushed and brutally killed two immigration officers at the Kangiwa border in the Arewa local Government Area of Kebbi State. The attackers launched a deadly assault on the officers at the entry point in Gari Garba, approximately…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kebbi Command, has handed over two mothers suspected to have been victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The Comptroller of the NIS in the state,…
The Nigeria Immigration Service has cleared the passport backlog of 204,332 in five weeks. The collection of passport had become an inconvenience for many Nigerians who had complained of delay in collection thereby affecting their tourism plans. Recall that the…
The Acting Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Adepoju, on Friday, announced a state of emergency on Passport issues in the country. Adepoju said during her working visit to Lagos that there was an urgent need to address the…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA Lagos Command) said it issued 53,644 Visa on Arrival (VoA) to foreigners that passed through the terminal in 2022. This is because the command has added two additional VoA offices,…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says Kwara has recorded a peaceful 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara. The Comptroller of the service in the state, Mr Aminu Shamsuddin, confirmed the peaceful conduct of the exercise in an interview…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has deployed about 1,000 personnel for the upcoming general elections in Kwara. The Comptroller of NIS in the state, Mr Aminu Shamsuddin, confirmed this in llorin on Tuesday on the Command’s preparation for…
