The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. Melaye was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday morning. The lawmaker was on his way to Morocco at the time security personnel accosted him. In an interview with NAN, Sunday James, spokesman of the service, […]
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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Nasarawa State Command has confirmed the repatriation of 44 immigrants living in the state without valid documents. Mr Aliyu Malik, Comptroller of NIS in the state confirmed the development to newsmen in Lafia, on Friday. The command had recently arrested 59 immigrants in the state on suspicion that they had […]
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The Nigerian Immigration service (NIS) on Friday told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that Sylvester Ngwuta, a suspended justice of the Supreme Court used two similar standard international passports interchangeably. Tanko Kutana, a Senior Staff of the service made the claim while being crossed examined by counsel for the defendant, Kanu Agabi (SAN). Ngwuta was […]
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The federal government says starting from 2018, no Nigerian will obtain or renew their international passports without having the national identification number (NIN). Mohammed Babandede, comptroller general of the Nigeria immigraition service (NIS), said this on Tuesday while addressing state house correspondents after a meeting of the database harmonisation committee. He said the development is part […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) will launch a control centre for online border monitoring by next year and also activate complaints centres. The Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr. Mohammed Babadede, unfolded the plan on Monday in Abuja during the decoration of 41 senior officers, including 14 Assistant Comptrollers General of Immigration. He also decorated 38 […]
Continue ReadingU.S. President-elect Donald Trump has softened his initial immigration threat to build a wall along the United States border line with Mexico. Speaking with New York Times on Tuesday, Trump said he might have to build a fence, rather than a wall, in some areas of the U.S.-Mexican border to stop illegal immigration. This is […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government of Nigeria had on the 20th of July, 2016 deported three (3) Koreans namely Lee Yoo Song, Lee Byeung Woo and Moon Een Soo for Immigration related offences. The Hon. Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahaman Dambazzau (Rtd) in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 45(2) and (3) […]
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Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong reportedly left his duty post on Monday to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the suspension of the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr David Paradang. Paradang was on Friday suspended with immediate effect, while the service’s deputy comptroller general, Martin Abeshi, takes over. Governor Lalong did […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the suspension of the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, David Parradang, with immediate effect. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Interior, Mr. Yusuf Isiaka Alhaji, on behalf of the permanent secretary of the ministry on Friday in Abuja. In the […]
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