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No Region Barred – NIS Clarifies Passport Reforms, Assures Equitable Service Nationwide

Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL -
February 07, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed reports suggesting that a particular region of the country has been barred from passport issuance as false and misleading. The Service assured Nigerians on Saturday, February 7, 2026, that...
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BREAKING: Tinubu Appoints DCG Kemi Nandap As New Immigration Boss

Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL -
February 21, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DCG Kemi Nanna Nandap, to serve as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), effective from March 1, 2024. The appointment was disclosed in a statement issued...
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NIS Launches Joint Border Security Against Illegal Movement Of Farm Produce Outside Nigeria

David Owei, THEWILL -
February 11, (THEWILL) - The Assistant Comptroller General/Zonal Coordinator Nigeria Immigration Service, Zone C, Headquarters, Bauchi, covering the North-East and Plateau (Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Yobe and Plateau States), ACG James Sunday, has launched a security operation tagged Operation...
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E-Passport: Group Faults Interior Minister Over New Automated Passport Issuance

David Oputah, THEWILL -
January 11, (THEWILL) - A Transparency Group, Action Against Corrupt and Institutional Fraud (ACIF), has faulted the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Ojo, over the newly launched automated passport application process to expedite passport acquisition for Nigerians, declaring it...
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NIS Decorates 98 Promoted Officers In Rivers, Inducts 54 New Personnel

David Owei, THEWILL -
December 19, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Rivers State Command, has decorated 98 newly promoted Senior and Middle Cadre Officers in the Command. The NIS in Rivers State also inducted 54 newly recruited personnel after their convocation and...
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NIS Takes Campaign Against Trafficking Of Persons, Japa Syndrome To Schools In Rivers

David Owei, THEWILL -
December 09, (THEWILL) - The Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Rivers State Command, James Sunday, on Friday, alongside his management team, visited schools in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with the campaign against the dangers of Smuggling of Migrants...
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Tinubu Approves Appointment Of Immigration CG, Six Deputy Comptrollers-General

Musa Diso, THEWILL -
December 04, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju as the substantive Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Secretary to the Board of the Civil Defence, Nigeria Immigration, Fire and Correctional...
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OPINION: Of Migrant Tax Policy And Nigerian Situation

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November 26, (THEWILL) - The ongoing plan by the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Interior and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), to roll out a policy that will drag expatriates into its revenue-generation net has dominated...
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Over 3,000 International Passports Abandoned In Kwara – NIS

Musa Diso, THEWILL -
October 23, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said over 3000 international passports are awaiting collection by applicants in its Command in Kwara State. The outgoing Comptroller of Passports in the Command, Baba Aliyu, who disclosed this to...
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Immigration Clears 60,000 Passport Backlogs In Four Days – FG

Aina Ojonugwa, THEWILL -
September 13, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government says the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has cleared about 60,000 passport backlog within four working days. THEWILL recalls that Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Thursday, September 7, ordered the NIS to clear...
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Ikire Killings: Police, Residents Trade Blame As Two Die, Officers Injured In Osun

The violence erupted on Monday at the Naira and Kobo area of Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area, along the Ibadan-Ife Expressway, amid an alleged struggle for control of the motor park. While the Osun State Police Command described the incident as an armed attack on its patrol team by suspected political thugs, residents and political actors in the community have accused the police, particularly the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), of involvement in the shooting.
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