Tag: Nigeria Immigration
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‘We didn’t recruit new staff’ – Immigration gives reason for delay in issuance of passports
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Thursday, said It has adopted measures to clear the backlog of passport applications trapped by the COVID-19 lockdown. The Comptroller-General, Mr Isah Jere, represented by Mr Tony Akuneme, the
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Nigeria Immigration extends new passport regime by 1 week
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has extended the commencement of the new Passport regime earlier scheduled for June 1 by one week. Spokesperson for the agency, Mr Amos Okpu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The service had announced the suspension of receiving and processing of all…
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Nigeria Immigration gets new spokesperson
The Controller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Mohammed Babandede, has appointed Mr Amos Okpu, an Assistant Controller, as the service’s new Public Relations Officer. Babandede made the announcement at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Okpu replaced Mr Sunday James, who was posted to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, as controller in-charge of the…
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Nigeria Immigration gives update on passport production
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, says the service has increased its production capacity to beat the May 31 deadline set to clear backlog of passport applications. Babandede announced this while briefing newsmen on the NIS passport reforms and recruitment exercise on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the passport production centres…
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Nigeria Immigration suspends processing of new passports
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has announced the suspension of receiving and processing of all fresh passport applications nationwide until June 1. Babandede, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, said that a new passport regime would take effect from same date. He said that the suspension was to allow for…
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NIS refuses departure of 58 Nigerian Medical Doctors
Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, has refused departure of 58 Nigerian doctors. The Spokesman of the service, Mr Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. James noted that the doctors attempted traveling aboard…
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No fee is charged for NIS recruitment – CG
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has warned applicants against patronising fake recruitment sites as no fee was charged for NIS recruitment. The Comptroller General, NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede, gave the warning in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPEO), Mr Sunday James, on Tuesday in Abuja. Babandede issued the warning while reacting to…
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Nigeria Immigration transfers officers to Borno, Yobe over #Bopdaddy challenge
The Nigeria Immigration Service has disciplined five of its female officers by transferring them to Borno, Yobe, Kano and other States far away from their current duty posts for participating in a social media competition known as #Bopdaddy challenge. According to a document posted on social media by Sahara Reporters, the five officers are –…