The Borno Government is to partner with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to enhance border surveillance and control ahead of the forthcoming general election. The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Usman Kadafur, made this known when he received the Comptroller-General…
The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Isah Jere has given automatic promotion to 60 junior members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, Borno. Jere paid an unscheduled visit to the camp of the JTF in maidugiri during…
Barth Ndubuwah,Port Harcourt Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has hailed the current campaign for the need to patronise made in Nigeria products. Comptroller of Immigration, Rivers State Command, A.J Kwuasau made the commendation over the weekend at a one-day sensitisation workshop…
The Federal Government has unveiled plans to train 250,000 data protection officers on enhanced management of data across organisations to safeguard the privacy of citizens. Dr Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, (NDPB) made this known…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it is committed to issuing passports between three and six weeks post biometric capture, where there are no technical hitches or application irregularities. The NIS spokesperson, Mr Tony Akuneme, in a statement in Abuja,…
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service ( DCI) Mr Tony Akuneme, said this in an interview when he paid an official visit…
About Four personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have been dismissed from service and 14 others demoted for various offences committed. The spokesman of the NIS, DCI Tony Akuneme, in a statement issued on Tuesday explained that the personnel…
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Bayelsa, on Thursday raised the alarm on the increased use of ECOWAS Travel Certificates (ETC) by human traffickers to evade suspicion and arrest. The NIS said it uncovered the new strategy used by human…
The Passport Control Officer (PCO) in charge of Ikoyi Passport Office of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Lagos, Mr Olugbenga Ayegbusi, on Tuesday urged applicants to process their international passports without involving racketeers. Ayegbusi said this in an interview…
Mr Christopher Baikie, the outgoing Comptroller of Immigration in Cross River, has advised Nigerians against irregular migration to save themselves from the trauma associated with it. Baikie made the call in an interview with the Newsmen on Tuesday in Calabar.…
