Navy arrests 8 Stowaways aboard Abidjan-bound Vessel in Lagos
The Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT patrol team has arrested eight stowaways onboard a container vessel Natal. “In a remarkable display ...
Tag: Nigeria Immigration Service
Minister directs Service Providers to Clear Passport Backlogs within 2 weeks
A directive has been sent by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to all the service providers working with the ...
Nigerians don’t have to queue endlessly for Passports – Interior Minister
Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has charged the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola to come up ...
NIS: 15 Comptrollers to be reposted nationwide over Passport reforms
...Alausa, Festac offices in Lagos affected In a bid to strengthen the passport reform process in Nigeria, the acting Comptroller ...
NIS boss declares state of emergency over passport booklet scarcity
...pays unscheduled visit to Lagos’ Alausa office A state of emergency has been declared over the persistent scarcity of passport ...
Immigration officer retrieves $5,000, credit cards, other items at Lagos Int’l Airport
A Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officer attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Command has retrieved lost items, ...
Lagos to have more Passport Offices – Immigration
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has said more passport offices will be opened in Lagos State to curb delays in ...
Human traffickers caught in new Alimosho passport office in Lagos
Some trafficking syndicates attempting to obtain international passport for girls with the purpose of taking them out of Nigeria for ...
Immigration Service Processes 9.31m Passports In Seven Years
The Nigeria Immigration Service processed and issued at least 9.31 million passports from 2015 to 2022. It also processed over ...
148,000 Uncollected Passports Won’t Be Destroyed — Immigration
Over 148,000 passports have been awaiting collection nationwide since 2020, according to data from the Nigeria Immigration Service. The NIS ...
