Tag: Immigration
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Ex-Rivers Gov Peter Odili drags Immigration to Court over passport seizure at Abuja Airport
Former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili, has dragged the Nigeria Immigration Service, before a Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the seizure of his passport at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
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[TNG Exclusive] NIN: How NIS, NIMC officials extort passport applicants [Part 1]
NIN: How NIS, NIMC officials extort passport applicants
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Immigration to install 84 surveillance cameras at major border points to checkmate irregular migration
Emman Ovuakporie Apparently disturbed by irregular migration, the Controller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, said in Sokoto, that Service will soon embark on an e-project that will help nip in the bud that ugly trend. Babandede who emphatically said irregular migrants without valid documents should be prosecuted added that nobody is…
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Immigration raises alarm over mass movement of armed bandits from Borno to Zamfara for intensive Boko Haram training
By Emman Ovuakporie The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in a confidential memo to Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Yobe, Nasarawa formations had raised alarm over mass movement of armed bandits from Borno to their areas of coverage for intensive training. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the memo signed by A.A Auna, Principal Staff Officer to the Comptroller General…
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Taraba Immigration Comptroller is dead
The Taraba State Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Theman Doris, is dead. According to a press statement issued on Tuesday by the Taraba Deputy Comptroller of the service, H.K. Usman, the former Comptroller died on February 13. Before her posting to Taraba, she was the Comptroller ICT and worked with the Investigation Unit of…
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Appointment into Immigration not for rich kids only – CG
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service ( NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has said that appointment into the Service is neither for sale nor for the children of the rich. Babandede said on Saturday in Yola that the appointment was basically for those that are fit and qualified. The Immigration Boss was in Adamawa…
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Gunmen abduct Immigration spokeswoman
The Spokesperson of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Edo Command, Mrs Bridget Esene, has reportedly been abducted by gunmen, while on her way to church, in Benin, on Sunday, an official said. She was reportedly abducted by the gunmen, who trailed her to Iqueniro area, off Agbor Road, in the state capital, dragged her out…
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NSCDC gets new commandant; Immigration, NCS to follow suit
Highest offices in some of Nigeria’s top paramilitary agencies on Monday witnessed major changes following tenure expiration of their helmsmen In the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Hilary Kelechi Madu, a Deputy Commandant General has been appointed Acting Commandant General of the corps. Madu took over from the former CG, Abdullahi Gana, whose…
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BREAKING: Fire razes NIS headquarters in Abuja
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) headquarters in Abuja, the federal capital territory has been razed by fire in the early hours of Sunday. The Service which disclosed this in a statement on its official Twitter handle said the fire affected some of the offices in the headquarters. The fire, whose cause is still being investigated,…
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Trafficking: Immigration rescues 3-week-old baby in Calabar
The Marine Patrol team of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Cross River has rescued a three-week old baby suspected to be a victim of child trafficking at the high sea. The Cross River Comptroller of NIS, Mr Okey Ezugwu, who briefed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the incident in Calabar, said that…