•Immigration officers The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Lagos State Command, has arrested 125 foreign nationals over immigration-related offences, with 82 of them slated for repatriation. The operation, carried out in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force on March 30, covered parts of Lagos State, including Agege, Alimosho, Ebute Me...
•Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and Nigerian passports The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service to immediately withdraw and deactivate passports of Nigerians who have renounced their citizenship but still carry the documents. A statement yesterday by SA Media to the Minister of Interior, Alao Babatunde...
•Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and Nigerian passport The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced the rollout of an enhanced passport tracking feature. The update posted by the Service on X today followed rising public clamour over delays in passport issuance and collection. According to the Service, it had observed that hund...
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board has officially released the comprehensive list of physical verification centres for the 2025 recruitment exercise. This development is important for all shortlisted applicants under the Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Correctional Service, Federal Fire Service, and the ...
•Japa The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said it has stopped 294 Nigerians from leaving the country out of concern that they may have been engaging in smuggling activities, and denied entry to 332 undocumented migrants at the Seme border. Comptroller General of Immigration Service (CGIS), Kemi Nandap, who disclosed this yesterday during a o...
•Nigerian passports The Nigeria Immigration Service has announced plans to introduce a Single Travel Emergency Passport, a new biometric travel document designed to help Nigerians abroad whose passports are expired, lost, or stolen return home securely and verifiably. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Kemi Nanna Nandap, disclosed this du...
•Immigration personnel The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) to immediately conclude the ongoing upload of applicant information in the recruitment exercise for the nation’s paramilitary agencies. The directive follows mounting complaints from ap...
The federal government has announced shortlisted candidates for recruitments into the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigerian Correctional Service and the Federal Fire Service. The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) made the announcement on behalf of the go...
•Immigration officials The Nigeria Immigration Service NIS has announced the commencement of nationwide enforcement against foreigners who have overstayed their visas or violated immigration conditions, following the expiration of the federal government’s visa amnesty initiative. The amnesty programme, which was introduced on July 5, 2025, all...
•Nigerian Passport The federal government has approved an upward review of the fees for the Nigerian passport effective from September 1, 2025. This was disclosed in a statement issued today by the spokesman for the Nigeria Immigration Service, A.S Akinlabi. He said the increment aims to ensure the quality and integrity of the Nigerian Standar...
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