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BREAKING: FG To Increase Passport Fees Monday

BREAKING: FG To Increase Passport Fees Monday

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced an upward review of the fees for the Nigerian passport, effective from Monday, September 1. The spokesman for the Nigeria Immigration Service, A.S Akinlabi, made this known in…

Abdullahi Assumes Office As New Jigawa Immigration Service Controller

Abdullahi Assumes Office As New Jigawa Immigration Service Controller

The Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has received a new Controller, Mr Tahir Musa Abdullahi. Speaking with journalists shortly after assuming of office on Monday, the new Controller promised to promote…

EFCC Confirms Bobrisky’s Arrest, Sets To Face Bribery Allegations

EFCC Confirms Bobrisky’s Arrest, Sets To Face Bribery Allegations

Controversial Nigerian social media personality and crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, was re-arrested late Thursday night by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) while attempting to board an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight at…

NIS Confirms Bobrisky Arrest At Seme Border

NIS Confirms Bobrisky Arrest At Seme Border

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has named controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, as a person of interest in an ongoing investigation. In a statement issued on Monday, the NIS confirmed that Bobrisky…

Canada Announces New Measures On Temporary Foreign Workers

Canada Announces New Measures On Temporary Foreign Workers

On Monday, the Canadian government announced significant changes to its immigration policies, introducing stricter regulations that will reduce the number of temporary foreign workers allowed into the country. This shift comes as Canada faces its…

Ogun Immigration Deports 22 Illegal Immigrants

Ogun Immigration Deports 22 Illegal Immigrants

The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has repatriated 22 illegal immigrants from Benin Republic for causing disturbances across various Local Government Areas. The State Comptroller, Grace Adeoye disclosed this during her…

NIS Gives Reasons For Passport Fee Hike

NIS Gives Reasons For Passport Fee Hike

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has defended its recent decision to raised the fees for obtaining Nigerian passports, effective from September 1, 2024. In a statement on its official X account, the NIS outlined four…

Why I Tore My Husband’s Passport – Woman

Why I Tore My Husband’s Passport – Woman

Favour Igiebor, the Nigerian woman captured in a viral video tearing her husband’s passport has explained the reasons for her action. Igiebor in a video she posted on her family social media account, lamented her…

NIS Probes Torn Passport Incident At Lagos Airport

NIS Probes Torn Passport Incident At Lagos Airport

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced a probe into an incident at Lagos airport where a female traveller deliberately destroyed a Nigerian passport. The incident, which occurred at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA),…

NIS Suspends Officer For Soliciting Bribe

NIS Suspends Officer For Soliciting Bribe

On Wednesday, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) announced the indefinite suspension of one of its officers, Okpravero Ufuoma for soliciting bribe from a tourist. The officer, an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II (ASI 2) was…