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June 14, 2023 No Responses

Nigerian Restore Immigration Documents of Seplat Energy CEO, Roger Brown

Seplat Energy has announced that the Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have restored the Working Permit, Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card (CERPAC) and other Visas for the entry or stay in Nigeria of the Company’s Chief...

March 21, 2021 No Responses

Immigration Seeks Rapid Response Offices In Two Bauchi LGAs

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has urged the Bauchi state government to establish a Rapid Response offices in Alkaleri and Toro Local Government areas, to track illegal immigration into the state. Dr Lawal Abubakar, Assistant Controller General (A...

March 17, 2021 No Responses

Immigration Generates N49.6b, $20m In 2020

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday said its revenue dropped by almost 40 per cent in 2020 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Comptroller-General of the agency, Mr Muhammad Babandede, stated this while presenting the NIS 2020 Annual.....

December 1, 2020 No Responses

NIS Lauds LADOL’s Indigenisation Policy, Transfer Of Technology

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has commended the management of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic Base, LADOL Free Trade Zone for promoting transfer of technology from foreigners to Nigerians. Emmanuel Arogundade, the new comptroller of Immigra...

September 26, 2020 No Responses

China Explains New Visa Guidelines

The Chinese Foreign Ministry and the National Immigration Administration has issued new Visa guidelines as part of measures to prevent and curtail epidemic. The Embassy of China in Nigeria in a statement posted on its Facebook page on Friday said:“Effe...

August 24, 2020 No Responses

Jamoh Harps On Inter-Agency Collaboration, Visits Comptroller-General of Immigration

Intensifying the quest for cooperation among relevant government agencies in a bid to secure Nigeria’s maritime domain, the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has visited Comptroller-General...

July 10, 2020 No Responses

Immigration Refuses Departure Of 58 Nigerian Medical Doctors To UK

Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, has refused the departure of 58 Nigerian Medical Doctors to United Kingdom. The Spokesman of the service, Mr Sunday James, in a statement on Frid...

April 24, 2020 No Responses

Immigration Extends Suspension Of Passport Processing, Migrants e-Registration

The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has ordered the extension of the temporary suspension of processing of passport and migrant e-registration from the 23rd April to 23rd May. Babandede gave the order in a s...

April 21, 2020 No Responses

Trump To Suspend All Immigration To US

United States President, Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US to fight the coronavirus. On Twitter, he cited “the attack from the Invisible Enemy”, as he calls coronavirus, “as...

October 28, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria To Introduce Visa Categories

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) will soon introduce various categories of visas for the country as part of its visa reform. The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI) Mohammad Babandede disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)....

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Deports Seven Koreans

The Nigerian Government has deported seven nationals of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) back to their country. Mr Sunday James, Public Relations’ Officer (PRO), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in A...

July 15, 2019 No Responses

NIS Generates N39.06b Local Revenue

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) generated N39.06 billion in 2018 as against N35.72 billion it generated as local revenue in 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. The bureau said this in its “Immigration Statistics of 2018”, obtained fro...

March 5, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Suspends Issuance Of 10-Year Passport

Citing need to finalise integration of the National Identity Number (NIN) with the new passport, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has postponed the issuance of the new 10-year enhanced e-passport till April 29. Muhammad Babandede, Comptroller-Genera...

November 13, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Immigration Service Elevates 4,797 Personnel

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday said it had promoted 4,797 officers and service men as part of comprehensive campaign to boost the morale of its personnel. The Comptroller General, Alhaji Muhammad Babandede, disclosed this at the inauguration o...