Tag: passport
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Obi Cubana spends second day with EFCC, passport allegedly seized
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has allegedly confiscated the passport of a popular club owner and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, who was detained on Monday for alleged money laundering and tax fraud. It was gathered that the seizure of his travel document was to stop him from leaving the country while under…
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Court orders Immigration to release ex-Rivers gov’s passport
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to immediately release the international passport of the former governor of Rivers State Peter Odili.
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Passport seizure: El-Zakzaky, wife drag FG to court, demand N4bn damages
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, have filed a suit at the Federal High Court Abuja, challenging the
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Passport racketeering: Immigration sends serious warning to offenders
Passport racketeering: Immigration sends serious warning to offenders
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Ex-Rivers Gov Peter Odili drags Immigration to Court over passport seizure at Abuja Airport
Former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili, has dragged the Nigeria Immigration Service, before a Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging the seizure of his passport at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
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NIS reopens passport application portal
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced the reopening of its passport application and payment portal. This is contained in a statement by NIS Spokesman, Mr Amos Okpu, in Abuja on Tuesday. The Comptroller-General of the service, Mr Muhammad Babandede, said the portal became effective from 12 midnight on Tuesday. Babandede said the portal would…
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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 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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Passport: NIS sets deadline to clear all existing application backlogs
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said all existing passport application backlogs across all issuing centres would have been cleared by May 2021. This was announced at an NIS interactive media briefing on the current challenges in passport administration and issuance held at the Service Headquarters in Abuja. Clearing of all existing Passport application backlogs…