Labour Party has called on the relevant federal agencies to tighten the nation’s borders and fish out illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries in order to ensure a free and fair presidential election on 25 February. A Labour Party spokeperson, Barrister Osa Director told newsmen that it came to the party as a rude shock and embarrassment to witness the Nigerian …

The Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service, Mr Tony Akuneme, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria when he paid an official visit to the Alausa Passport office, Ikeja, Lagos state. Akuneme also said about 40,000 of the …

Applicants for Nigerian passports have raised alarm over the inability of the electronic passport application system to curb their being extorted across the offices of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). They complained that incidences of bribery have rather been on the rise. Some passport applicants affected by the reign of corruption at the NIS expressed their plight on Wednesday in …

The Kebbi State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has rescued and handed over a 13-year-old girl, Temitope Marvellous to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). While handing over the girl to NAPTIP officials in her office, the state Comptroller of Immigration, Rabi Bashir Nuhu told journalists that the girl was intercepted by patrol …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Seafarers’ Travel document, which is meant to deepen their existing interagency collaboration. This agreement was reached when NIS Comptroller General, Mr Isah Idris Jere led senior officials of the Service on a working visit to the NIMASA Management. …