Tag: NIS
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Nigeria Immigration Service and Hire Purchase Passports – By Michael Owhoko
With a thriving and fertile environment for extortion and racketeering, process for obtaining the Nigerian passport has turned the booklet into a hire purchase document where applicants pay official cost at point of application, connoting preliminary downpayment, and thereafter compelled to pay a bribe as balance in installments or in full, depending on the deal…
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Nigerians in uniforms – By Francis Ewherido
It looks like some Nigerians become something else once they are in uniform. I am not talking about men in uniforms with guns only. I want to start with men in uniforms who are bloody civilians like the rest of us. After closing from work and when they are in their neighbourhoods, they are regular…
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NIS clears 60,000 passport backlog in four days – Interior Minister
Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has revealed that about 60,000 passport backlogs have been cleared within four working days.
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Immigration receives ultimatum to clear all outstanding passports
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has given the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) two weeks to clear the over 200,000 pending passport applications before it.
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Interior Minister vows to reform 4 services
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has promised to embark on comprehensive reforms in key sectors under his ministry to enhance their operational capabilities.
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Interior Minister reveals measures to protect Nigeria’s borders
The New Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has said that the Federal Government will deploy technology to protect the nation’s borders against any form of threat.
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Recruitment: NIS alerts applicants against fraudulent invitation letters
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has warned the general public especially applicants to be weary of fraudulent invitation letters for recruitment into the service. The warning is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday
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Recruitment: FG releases list of successful applicants into NIS, NSCDC
The Federal Government has released the list of successful candidates who applied for enlistment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). This is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary of the Civil Defence
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Why delays in passport issuances – Immigration
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has blamed discrepancies in National Identification Number (NIN) and the name filled in passport forms for delays in procuring passports beyond the recommended six weeks. The Comptroller of Immigration Service, Enugu Command, Mrs Azuka Halliday
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Passport reforms: Nigeria Immigration redeploys 15 comptrollers
The acting Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Mrs Caroline Adepoju has approved the immediate reposting of 15 passport officers in a bid to strengthen the ongoing passport reform process. This is contained in a statement issued by the Acting Public Relation