Tag: Passport
Immigration: Why we increased passport fees
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says the recently announced increase in international passport fees is to enhance quality, faster process and access.
The NIS Comptroller...
FG increases passport fees to N50,000, N100,000
The Federal Government has approved an upward review of the passport fees as part of its efforts to maintain the quality and integrity of...
Immigration summons woman for tearing husband’s passport at Lagos airport
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has summoned a woman for tearing her husband’s international passport shortly after their arrival from abroad at the Murtala...
Immigration officer jailed for passport fraud
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in the Apo area of Abuja has sentenced a staff of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Quadri Ismail...
Nigeria’s automated passport application process begins January 8
The automated passport application of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) would go live in Abuja on January 8.
Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the...
Minister to NIS officials: We’ve responsibilities beyond passport processing, we must...
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has urged the officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service to help the NIS take its place of...
FG gives 2-week timeline for passport issuance
The Federal Government has announced a two-week timeline for the issuance of passports, saying the era when Nigerians waited for months to get their...
UK passport officers begin strike over pay, pensions
British Passport Office workers have commenced a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions, and conditions.
More than 1,000...
UK passport officers to embark on strike for 5 weeks
Most of Britain’s passport office workers will embark on strike for five weeks starting in April 2023 in a pay dispute, potentially disrupting the...
Ekweremadu: We’re investigating organ donor’s passport ― Immigration
The Nigeria Immigration Service has said it is investigating the authenticity of the passport of a 15-year-old boy, Ukpo Nwamini David, allegedly trafficked to...
