Tag: IMMIGRATION SERVICE
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Analysts commend FG’s projected $2b annual revenue from expatriates’ employment
About $2 billion in annual income has been identified by analysts as one of the potential benefits from the federal government’s initiative to make expatriates’ employment contribute more to the national purse. Some other benefits include increase in employment rate and lowering of the quest for foreign exchange. The planned initiative to bring working expatriates’…
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Immigration begins registration for issuance of 10-year E-passports
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced registration for the issuance of the 10-year E-passport. This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the service, James Sunday, on Monday when he took journalists round the capture centre in Abuja. He noted that about 720 applicants will be captured in a day. The new passport…
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2019: NIS retrieves more than 700 voter cards from non-Nigerians — Comptroller-General
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said on Saturday that it had retrieved more than 700 voter cards from non-Nigerians living in the country. Comptroller-General of NIS Mr Muhammad Babandede disclosed this at the 2018 NIS award presentation in Abuja. According to Babandede, the service is fully involved in the election process to ensure that no…