By Aluta News Dec 1, 2023 The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Caroline Adepoju, has said that the service would open more passport service points to meet the needs of Nigerians in the Diaspora. Adepoju said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on FridayContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 5, 2023 The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to partner with the Indian Government on total eradication of fake Nigerian passports into India. The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, said this in a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Press and Public RelationsContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 20, 2022 The Passport Control Officer (PCO) in charge of Ikoyi Passport Office of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Lagos, Mr Olugbenga Ayegbusi, on Tuesday urged applicants to process their international passports without involving racketeers. Ayegbusi said this in an interview with the News AgencyContinue Reading
By Aluta News Nov. 26, 2022 The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has directed passport offices across the country to work on Saturdays to clear backlog of passport applications. This is contained in a statement made available by the Service’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Tony Akuneme, in Abuja on Saturday. AkunemeContinue Reading
By Aluta News . Nov. 22, 2022 Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday in Abuja debunked claims that Nigeria’s international passport booklets are in short supply. Aregbesola said this at the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration Scorecard 2015-2023 4th edition Series organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 10, 2022 The Federal Government will sanitise international passports processing and tackle racketeers both within and outside the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) , Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola has said. Aregbesola made this known on Tuesday at the Roll Out of the Enhanced Electronic Passport and the commissioning of theContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 6, 2022 Nigerians in New York, U.S, have written the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola on the scarcity of passport booklets in Nigerian Consulates and embassy in the U.S. In the letter, jointly signed by Mr Francis James, a board member of the Organisation for theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 27, 2022 The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York has announced that the Consulate will start issuance of passport with 10 years validity to its nationals. The Consul-General, Amb. Lot Egopija, who disclosed this at a virtual 4thTown Hall for Nigerian nationals within the New YorkContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 2, 2021 The Acting Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Isa Idris, says the backlog and the scarcity of international passports will end by March. He spoke at a virtual media interaction that part of the measures of clearings backlog and curbing scarcity was theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 14, 2021 Nigerians living in Italy have appealed to the Federal Government for the regular supply of international passport booklets to the Nigerian mission in Italy to enable citizens to renew their passports. The National Union of Nigerians Associations in Italy, (NUNAI) made the appeal inContinue Reading
