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NIS clarifies Visa-on-Arrival application process

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…

NIS promotes, decorates 346 officers in Kwara

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has promoted and decorated 346 officers in the Kwara Command. Mrs Iyabode Okuwa-Idris, Comptroller, NIS, Kwara Command, during the exercise on Wednesday in Ilorin, urged the new officers to be active and diligent in their…

NIS warns against fake recruitment adverts

The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, on Wednesday warned Nigerians on the increasing number of fake recruitment advertisements circulating online. This is contained in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officers (SPRO), Mr Kenneth Udo, on…

NIS bows to pressure, returns Sowore’s passport

…AAC decries unwanted arrest, demands end to harassment, release of protesters By Sodiq Adelakun Nigerian authorities have bowed to pressure and released activist Omoyele Sowore, returned his passport, caving to intense pressure from human rights groups, activists, and the international…

NIS opens investigation into tearing of passport saga

By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said it has launched a formal investigation following the circulation of a video on social media, showing a female traveler destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport…

NIS Seme receives 66 trafficked Nigerians from Ghana

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…