•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...
•EFCC and Immigration officials during the repatriation of 51 foreign cybercrime convicts. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Immigration Service have repatriated 51 more foreign nationals convicted for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud. The latest group of deportees, according to the EFCC in a statement today, inc...
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has issued an important notice to applicants who submitted their recruitment applications before the recent upgrade of its portal. According to a press release dated August 1, 2025 and signed by the Secretary to the Board, Maj. Gen. (Rtd.) AM Jibril, all application...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has issued an advisory urging Nigerians to use their U.S. visas responsibly and in strict compliance with the stated purpose of their application. This follows concerns raised by the U.S. Government over the misuse of visas by some Nigerian citizens, reports NAN. In a statement issued today in Abuja, the [...
•Civil Defence officers during a parade The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced that its 2025 recruitment portal will reopen today, Monday, July 21, 2025, following a temporary suspension caused by overwhelming traffic on the system. The Board, in a statement, urged applicants who had already...
•NIS officials The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will inaugurate a new digital platform for the application of the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card (CERPAC) on August 1. This is contained in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Assistant Comptroller of Immigration (ACI), Mr Akinsola Akinlab...
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