The Federal Government on Friday unveiled technologically driven reforms for international passport issuance for its citizens by setting a  96-hour processing timeline, insisting that the production of the travel document should not be seen as a privilege, but a fundamental right of its nationals. Besides the revolutionary timeline, the government said, it will effective February 2024 start the implementation of …

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said automation of passport applications is 99% complete and expected to go live next week. Tunji-Ojo disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. He said, “Automation of passport applications is 99 per cent done. We’ve done the testing, and we should be going live in the next week or …

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that 112,351 out of the  204,332 cleared passport backlog across the country were yet to be collected. The acting Comptroller-General of the service, Mrs. Caroline Adepoju Wura-Ola, who made the disclosure while briefing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, appealed to applicants, who had applied in any of the passport offices to check their respective …

The Federal Government has said it had taken steps to remove the bottlenecks associated with the issuance of the Nigerian passport within two weeks. Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said this while appearing last night on Channels Television’s programme: “Politics Today”. The minister said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration was passionate to deliver a roadmap with timelines to meet the target. He said …

Newly appointed Comptroller of the Lagos State command, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Bala Aliyu Dangana has said that passport seekers must desist from entreating the services of touts as their major aim is to exploit. Besides they have absolutely no role in the application, processing and acquiring of the document. He said that NIS is committed to eliminating touts …

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that about 97,000 passport booklets issued remained uncollected in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. This, it said, was due to third party applications and instances where some people dropped wrong contact information during their application. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday, NIS Public …

The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS), Caroline Adepoju on Sunday said that more passport offices would be created in Lagos state due to the high population of Nigerians and applicants in the state. She also warned immigration officers against passport racketeering and other unprofessional conduct, stressing that erring officers within the agency will be sanctioned. According …

Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, is to collaborate with the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, to improve the turnaround time for passport collection. The Postmaster General of the Federation, Adeyemi Sunday Adepoju on Thursday announced the collaboration when he led  Management on a working visit to the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Caroline Wura- Ola Adepoju, at the Service Command Headquarters, Sauka, …

Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Wuraola Adepoju has said that the service would open more passport front offices in the Lagos area to curb delays in passport processing and issuance. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, its Comptroller of Media and Publicity, Tony Akuneme said Adepoju made the declaration when she addressed top management …

No fewer than 80 officers and men of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) have gone on trial for indulging in the collection of illegal fees for the issuance of new passports and renewal of old ones. The Service Public Relations Officer, Comptroller of Immigration, Mr Tony Akuneme, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on …