Tag: NIS
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Nigerians with expired passport can return home – Immigration
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday said that Nigerians in diaspora with expired passport would no longer require visas to visit home. The Service, however, stated that they must show their expired Nigerian passports to ensure they were truly from Nigeria.
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Japa: Why Nigerians are fleeing to foreign countries – NIS
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has disclosed that the alarming rate of Nigerians fleeing to foreign countries is driven largely by social, economic and security concerns.
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Foreigners nabbed with illegally obtained voter’s cards in Oyo
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command, says it has arrested and repatriated 18 foreigners for allegedly possessing voter’s cards.
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Corruption stinks in passport offices as Nigerians knock NIS for extortion
Nigerians have raised the alarm over the inability of the electronic passport application system of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to curb extortion of applicants across the nation, instead incidences of bribery are increasing. Passport applicants affected by the reign of corruption at immigration made known their plight during an anti-corruption radio programme, PUBLIC…
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ASUU Strike: NANS suspends protest in Kaduna-Abuja road
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has shelved its plans to block major highways especially the Kaduna-Abuja road. The student body cited security reasons and need to respect constituted authority as reasons for suspending the strike.
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No passport booklets shortage in Nigeria – Minister
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says there is no passport booklets shortage in Nigeria, as the Federal Government has cleared all backlogs of passport applications.
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Allow Nigerians with expired passports to return home – Aregbesola orders NIS
The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to Nigeria with their expired International Passports. Aregbesola gave the directive on Wednesday, in Lagos, while responding to a complaint by a Nigerian-American citizen, Mr Jamui Kasumu, at the Alausa Passport Office during his…
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“Release Ukpo’s biodata to Ekweremadu, wife” – Court orders NIS, others
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Identify Management Commission (NIMC) and some banks to release the biodata information of David Ukpo to the detained former Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice. Justice Ekwo gave the order in a ruling on…
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Ekweremadu: Immigration confirms age of touted organ donor
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the age of Nwamini David Ukpo, the touted organ donor in the saga involving Senator Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice to be 21. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the Comptroller General of NIS, Isa Jere made the confirmation while speaking to newsmen on Sunday.
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Nigerian collects passport two weeks after calling out NIS for delay, extortion
A Nigerian man Fagemi Remi, unable to pay for his tuition abroad due to delays with getting his passport renewed, has now collected his travel document barely two weeks after he called out the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) FESTAC branch office for exceeding the average three weeks processing time for passport renewals/reissue. Remi had applied…