Tag: passport
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NIS probes allegations of passport racketeering in South East
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Caroline Adepoju, has ordered investigation into allegations of passport racketeering against personnel of the service in the South East.
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NIS to open more passport service points in UK, USA, others – CG
The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Caroline Adepoju, has said that the service would open more passport service points to meet the needs of Nigerians in the Diaspora.
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FG resolves passport production crisis in U.S. as Missions resume services
The Federal Government has resolved the passport production crisis in the U.S. as the three Missions have resumed passport services.
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FG opens e-passport offices in Italy, Spain, 3 others
The Federal Government has inaugurated additional enhanced e-passport facilities at selected Nigerian Embassies in Italy, Greece, Austria and Switzerland.
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Passport Processing: Nigerians laud Minister of Interior, NIS, for clearing corruption bottlenecks
The Federal Minister of Interior Dr. Olubunmi Tunji Ojo has received accolades from Nigerians in his efforts to sanitize the process of the issuance of international passports. The Minister was urged to go beyond overseeing the clearing of over 200,000 backlogs of passports by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to institutionalize efficiency and integrity in…
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NIS commences 24/7 passport issuance
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has commenced 24/7 production of passport booklets and issuance to applicants within a week after data capturing.
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Passports backlog and Minister Tunji-Ojo’s wave of ‘magic wand’ – By Ehichioya Ezomon
When someone does a good job, they deserve our praise, and our honour. Today, that praise, that honour goes to the Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, for a promise made and a promise kept. He’d pledged on September 7, 2023,
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FG gives two-week timeline for passport issuance
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced a two-week timeline for the issuance of passports, saying the era when Nigerians waited for months to get their passports was over.
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FG to boost daily production of passports to 24000 by NIS
The Federal Government has declared that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will boost its daily passport production to 24,000 as soon as current application backlogs are addressed. In a recent meeting with a delegation from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) in Abuja, the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, conveyed that roughly…
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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.