By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has broken its silence on the arrest of convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, popular social media personality. The NIS spokesman, Kenneth Udo confirmed the arrest of the cross dresser in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Udo said...
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has addressed concerns surrounding Visa-On-Arrival (VOA) applications, prompted by recent payment platform upgrades by Nigerian financial institutions. The NIS Comptroller General, Kemi Nandap said this in a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Kenneth Udo on Saturday in Abuja. Nandap assured...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has sought the support of the Jigawa government towards establishment of three additional e-border stations in the state. The Assistant Controller-General of the Service, in charge of North-West, Haladu Usman, stated this during a courtesy visit to Gov. Umar Namadi, on Tuesday in Dutse....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), has disowned an online publication on recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). A statement by the Secretary to the board, Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, said that the information did not emanate from the board....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigeria Immigration Service has ordered the immediate repatriation of a Zimbabwean cleric, Mr Eben Nhiwatawi for allegedly violating immigration laws. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Mr Kenneth Udo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. It would be recalled...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says the recently announced increase in international passport fees is to enhance quality, faster process and access. Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, NIS Comptroller in Adamawa stated this on Monday in Yola, at the inauguration of an exercise to sensitise the people of the state to...
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap has pledged to lead the fight against corruption and restore the service’s dignity, amid recent allegations of misconduct by some officers. Nandap made the pledge during the opening of a two-day sensitisation workshop on Building a Value Culture in the...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched an investigation into a viral video showing a female traveller destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos State. The NIS spokesperson, Kenneth Udo, who confirmed this in a statement on Monday...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has placed the sponsors of the “mayhem” that greeted the #EndBadgovernance protests on its watchlist. The protests assumed violent dimensions in some states, leading to destruction and looting. But the NIS Comptroller-General Kemi Nandap who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during a briefing...
The Federal Government has tightened security at all the nations borders ahead of the planned nationwide protests scheduled for Aug. 1. Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS), Kemi Nandap, said this in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Kenneth Udo on Saturday in Abuja....
The Seme Area Command of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Saturday evening received 66 trafficked Nigerians from Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 66 trafficked Nigerians arrived Seme-Krake Joint Border Post office of immigration at about 4.00.p.m. NAN also reports that there are 59...
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (CGIS), Kemi Nandap, has urged border communities to be vigilant and to provide useful information to authorities on suspected illegal immigrants. Nandap made the call on Friday while addressing Kongolam border community in Katsina State, as part of her assessment tour...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has warned Nigerians to beware of fake and invalid employment letters in circulation purportedly issued by the service. The NIS made this known in a statement issued on Thursday by its Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Kenneth Udo, in...
The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Kemi Nandap has said that 107,646 produced passports remained uncollected nationwide. The Service Public Relations Service (SPRO) Mr Kenneth Udo said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The CG however, appealed to applicants whose passports have been produced to...
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has donated a border patrol vehicle to the state Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Governor Idris presented the Hilux vehicle to the Comptroller-General of Immigration (C-G), Mrs Kemi Nandap, when she paid him a courtesy visit on Friday in Birnin Kebbi....
The police have detained a female police officer, who was the aide-de-camp to the embattled former Kogi State Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello, over allegations of being part of the security aides that obstructed the arrest of the former governor in Abuja. The ADC was arrested alongside other police...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has placed the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello under its watch list. It would be recalled that Bello was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged financial crime to the...
The Nigeria Immigrationaaad Service (NIS) has ordered investigation into an alleged assault of a journalist, Seun Falomo and personnel of the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Agency (OYSRTMA) by some immigration officers. The NIS Comptroller General, Kemi Nandap gave the order in a statement by the Service Public...
The Nigeria Institute of Sports (NIS) on Thursday in Lagos said it would introduce Arm Wrestling as part of programmes within its mandate of training, research and sports development. The Director-General of the institute, Prof. Olawale Moronkola, made this known when he received the President of the Arm...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has restated his commitment to enhance and provide full support to the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in the state to ensure effective border management and optimal performance for improved peace. The governor stated this on Friday when the...