Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Adamawa State Command, has arrested two suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate and recovered ₦34 million in cash believed to have been earmarked as ransom.

Federal Government dispatches a dedicated Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Intervention Team to the United Kingdom to bring passport enrolment and processing closer to Nigerians in the diaspora. Special exercise will handle pending passport applications, fresh enrolments and renewals...

July 9 (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has suspended Online Integrated Solution (OIS Services) from handling Nigerian visa applications in the United States, directing all prospective applicants to submit their applications directly to the Embassy of Nigeria...

February 05, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has inaugurated 108 Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) desk officers across its formations nationwide, as part of renewed efforts to entrench integrity, accountability and ethical governance within the Service. The inauguration,...

December 05, (THEWILL) — The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Kemi Nanna Nandap, has declared a nationwide red alert across all Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) border formations following the deadly attack on the Bakin Ruwa Checkpoint under the Tuga Border...

November 05, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched a nationwide Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) campaign aimed at curbing irregular migration and protecting vulnerable citizens from trafficking and exploitation. The initiative, introduced under the leadership of the Comptroller-General...

July 21, (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has reopened the online recruitment portal for Nigeria’s key paramilitary agencies, including the Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). THEWILL had reported that the Civil Defence, Correctional,...

January 13, (THEWILL) – The investigative hearing by the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise, aimed at probing the operations of the Nigeria Customs Service and border management, was stalled on Monday due to the absence of...

August 28, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Government has repatriated Eben K. Nhiwatawi, a Zimbabwean Bishop, over Immigration Infractions. In a statement on Wednesday, the Public Relations officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kenneth Udo, said the repatriation of the...

August 11, (THEWILL) – As the first organisation that most travellers entering the country interact with officially, the Nigeria Immigration Service is more than an image maker. Its portfolio is so large that only a bad official will trifle...