Tag: Immigration
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Covid-19: Another prominent Nigerian, Babandede tests positive
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service Muhammad Babandede, has tested positive to the corona virus disease, an official has disclosed. A statement by DCI Sunday James, the Service Public Relations Officer, disclosed that the Immigration boss had been on self isolation since he returned from the United Kingdom. He said: “As a top official…
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JUST IN: Abia Immigration Comptroller dies
Abia State Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. Banaebi Edward Ogba, is dead. Though information surrounding his death is still sketchy at the time of filing the report, it was gathered that Ogba died in Umuahia, the state capital on Wednesday. Reports have it that the staffers of the agency were in shock when the…
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Nigerian immigrants worst hit amongst those Trump now bans from entry to US
The US has announced it is expanding its curbs on immigration to include six more countries, including Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. Citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar will now be blocked from obtaining certain types of visas. People from those countries will still be able to visit the US as tourists.…
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Immigration arrests two Niger nationals with weapons at Katsina border
Two nationals of Niger Republic have been arrested at Kongolam border in Katsina state, the Nigerian Immigration Service announced on Saturday. According to the Public Relation Officer of the Service, DCI James Sunday, they were arrested in possession of Pistols, computers and phones. Sunday explained that their arrest was on the heels of the visit…
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BREAKING: [Xenophobia] Immigration hurdles delay arrival of 317 Nigerians from South Africa
The return of Nigerians trapped in xenophobic attacks in South Africa has been delayed for over five hours on account of Immigration hurdles posed by South African government, Chairman Nigerian Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disclosed. Speaking in an interview at the cargo wing of the Lagos International airport, she said the Air Peace…
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Alleged corruption: EFCC submits names of individuals on watch list to immigration
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has submitted the particulars of individuals on its watch list to the Nigerian Immigration Service in Ilorin. The commission added that those individuals were under its investigation. Prominent in the list is immediate past Secretary to the State Government Isiaka Gold; former Commissioner for Finance Ademola Banu; former…
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ECOWAS to establish migration academy in Nigeria
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, on Saturday said ECOWAS would set up an Migration Academy in Tugga, Kebbi State, to train immigration officers in the sub-region Babandede disclosed this in Kano on Saturday at the Passing out Parade of 396 cadets of the 44th Superintendent Basic Course in Kano. He…
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Passport Issuance: Immigration CG decries bribery, corruption amongst officials
The Comptroller General (CG), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, on Friday raised the alarm that some officers are still collecting bribes on passport issuance. Babandede, who disclosed this in Abuja during the official decoration of 48 senior officers promoted to the rank of Comptrollers of Immigration, warned officers to shun corrupt practices, adding that…
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Deportation: Nigeria, Ghana Immigration chiefs hold reconciliatory talks
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and its Ghanaian counterpart have begun reconciliatory talks over the recent deportation of four Ghanaian nationals by Nigerian authority. NIS Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James made this known in a Press Statement in Abuja on Saturday. He said that the Comptroller-General of NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede had played host…
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Immigration disowns fake job website, says it is not recruiting
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it is not recruiting, contrary to information on “some fake dedicated website”. NIS Comptroller-General, Mr Muhammad Babandede said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday and signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, Mr Sunday James. “The attention of the Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr…