Tag: immigration
FG reduces visa fees for US citizens
The Federal Government has cut down on its visa application charges for citizens of the United States from $180 to $160.
Nigeria previously charged...
Immigration arrests 9 girls at Lagos airport over suspected trafficking
Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Airport Command, Lagos have arrested nine girls who were to be trafficked through the airport to Lebanon, Cairo,...
Loyalty to Nigeria non-negotiable – Aregbesola
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbosola, has said that the
loyalty of Nigerians to the country is non-negotiable.
Speaking on Thursday in Benin at the opening ceremony...
Smuggling of migrants now criminal offence – Immigration
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has criminalised
the smuggling of migrants in the country.
Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mohammad Babandede, told Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, during...
Immigration intercepts two Nigeriens carrying guns, electronics
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has intercepted two Niger nationals with pistols, computers, and phones at Kongolam border, Katsina State.
NIS spokesman, Sunday James, made...
Nigerian jailed in UK for taking knife into immigration centre to...
Inner London Crown Court on Thursday jailed a Nigerian
for eight weeks for appearing at an immigration office with a knife in order to
be deported.
The...
40 immigration officers, others graduate from UNILAG’s Chinese Institute
A total of 40 officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) were among the 552 students of the Confucius Institute of the University of...
Coming to America, by Wale Bakare
Place: Atlanta Airport
Date: 30/05/2019
Time: 02.00Hrs
Immigration Officer
(IO): Passport Please!
Passenger: (With a
wide smile at seeing a black immigration officer. The jazz was working already as promised....
Immigration quizzes Dokpesi in Abuja
Founder of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, has
been interrogated by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Abuja.
Sources say Dokpesi was told to come with his...
OAP, Dotun, forced to change hair colour before passport renewal
Cool FM On-Air Personality, Dotun, has complained about being forced to change his hair colour from blonde to black by the Nigerian Immigration Service...