Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)

Seplat Energy has said that there is a court action initiated by the Nigerian government alleging a breach of immigration law by the company and some of its directors. “The suit is in relation to the immigration status of Mr....

April 04, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has rejigged the production process of passport booklets in the Rivers State command, to reduce the backlog and avoid rowdiness and undue pressure on the system. According to the NIS, Rivers...

January 10, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed four of its personnel and demoted 14 others for various offences. In a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, DCI Tony Akuneme, the Service said those affected...

January 09, (THEWILL) The Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Bayelsa State Command, rescued a 12-year-old boy, identified as Tobi Fred, from the Banigbe-Lokossa region of Cotonou, Benin Republic. During a patrol assignment at the Yenagoa Tollgate, the boy...

January 08, (THEWILL) -  The Abdulsamad Rabiu Initiative for Africa, an initiative of the Chairman of BUA group of companies, Alhaji Abdulsalam Rabiu, has offered the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) security sector grant of five...

July 17, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has denied media reports claiming that Yoruba secessionist agitator, Sunday Igboho, is trying to get a new passport and flee Nigeria. A report by a newspaper (not THEWILL) had cited a...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 27, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it would henceforth profile herdsmen entering the country, through  the Jigawa common border with Niger Republic. The NIS Controller in Jigawa,  Isma’il Abba, stated this while speaking at...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 18, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)  has placed an embargo on capturing and issuance of passports to applicants from Tuesday, May 18th to May 31, 2021. The Comptroller General of Immigration, Muhammed Babandede, made the announcement...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 07, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has rescued 10 suspected trafficked victims along the famous Babban Mutum Axis in Katsina State. The victims are: Austin Naney, Otto Happiness, Adelola EyinjuOluwa, Adams Zainab, Jamilu Zainab, Ogunnwa Yetunde,...