Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has issued a warning to the public regarding fraudulent online recruitment advertisements for the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Federal Fire Service (FFS). In a statement by its secretary, Ja’afaru Ahmed, the Board said recent online publications have purportedly outlined recruitment timelines for both services, creating confusion and misleading potential …

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mrs Kemi Nandap, has directed all Zonal Heads, State Command Comptrollers, and Divisional Immigration Officers nationwide to intensify surveillance at the borders. She also announced the “temporary suspension of all leave applications”. The directives were contained in a statement titled, ‘Planned protest: CGIS expresses readiness to secure Nigeria’s borders’, by the service public …

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has suspended one of its personnel Akomolafe Michael at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos over charges of alleged drug trafficking. Spokesman of the service, Kenneth Udo, disclosed this in a statement, yesterday in Abuja. According to him, the officer has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos. He said: “The Service wishes …

Beginning from June 2024, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) will start home delivery of passports in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kano, and Abuja, the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has assured. The minister spoke on Friday when he inspected the electronic gates at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport’s new terminal in Abuja. He noted that the delay in implementing home delivery …

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has placed former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello on watch list. The NIS called for Bello‘s arrest at any point of exit or entry into the country by security agencies. In a letter by an Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, D S Umar on behalf of the Comptroller-General, Kemi Nanna Nandap, the Service said Bello was facing trial …

The rush by Nigerians to leave the country for greener pastures reached its crescendo in the new year as 32,462 persons have so far applied for international passports and uploaded their documents from the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)π site between 8 and 21 January 2024. Of these applications, 15,113 have reportedly been approved for biometric capture and production, which is …

Ahead of Monday’s commencement of automated passports issuance, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) officers began training yesterday in Abuja. Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who kicked off the training, assured that the process would eliminate all forms of human interference and graft. Tunji-Ojo said that the training would fine-tune the knowledge of the personnel and make them efficient in service delivery. He added …

The Federal Government has charged personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to go beyond the timely issuance of passports and ensure the efficient discharge of their core mandate of policing the country’s vast borders. Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo at a meeting with senior officers of the service including the Comptroller General, Deputy Comptrollers General, Assistant Comptrollers General, …

No fewer than nine Nigerians who attempted to stowaway to Europe through The Gambia have been received by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Command. The stowaways had claimed that they were lured into the voyage by some of their friends who were lucky to make it to Europe through the same path. It was …

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) will open a Passport Front Office in the Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, today (Friday). The Igbogbo Passport Office will decongest the Ikoyi Passport Office and reduce the processing and waiting time for passport applications. Speaking with The PUNCH in a telephone interview on Thursday, the Passport Control Officer (PCO), Nigerian Immigration …