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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Monday, May 11th, 2015
While many Nigerians may have known visa fees of different European and American countries, not many take interest in what the country charges other nationals for the document. But the fact is that the Nigerian Immigration Service has a long list of the fees on its website, indicating clearly the differences in terms of countries, […]
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Headlines, Kwara, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), State News
Thursday, February 19th, 2015
The suspects | credits: Success Nwogu For 21-year-old Musa Isa, who is from the Niger Republic, his major mission to Kwara State, Nigeria was to work and get money to feed himself and later marry. Isa was one of the 120 illegal immigrants arrested and paraded by the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kwara State Command, on […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
A total of 7,836 Nigerians were prevented from travelling out of the country by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) within the first six months of 2014. In addition, another set of 4,896 were deported from various countries of the world within the same period, the NIS Public Relations Officer, Chukwuemeka Obua, said on Wednesday, […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Jide Ojo The Nigeria Immigration Service has come a long way since it was carved out of the Nigeria Police Force in 1958. The Immigration Department, as it was known then, was entrusted with the core immigration duties under the headship of the Chief FederalImmigration Officer. During this period, only the Visa and Business Sections […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Monday, August 18th, 2014
By CHRISTOPHER OJI on August 18, 2014 · National, Trending Mr. David Shikfu Parradang, Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), is seen by his officers and rank-and-file as a welfarist who does not handle the well being of his workers with kid gloves. Within one year of holding sway, Parradang has lifted […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday inaugurated Nigeria’s new 64-page e-passport with a call on Nigerians to protect the image of the country by shunning uncomplimentary statements and actions. Jonathan launched the traveling document shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He and Vice President Namadi Sambo […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Thursday, July 24th, 2014
Katsina —The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, said it had arrested a human trafficking kingpin, Muntari Hamidu, 30, and rescued five victims in Katsina State. The state Comptroller of NIS, Mr Emmanuel Ogbumuo, who disclosed this at a news conference, yesterday, in Katsina, said the suspect had been on the watch list for a long time. […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), State News
Sunday, July 13th, 2014
Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. David Paradang The Nigeria Immigration Service, Lagos State Command, has warned residents of Lagos to desist from hiring illegal immigrants in the state. It added that those suspected of doing such would be made to face the law. The Comptroller of Immigration in charge of the command, Mr. Julius Ogbu, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Friday, April 18th, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 18, 2014 – The initial response of the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, to the death of twenty one young job applicants, including four pregnant women, at the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment test, at different stadia in the country epitomized the government of Goodluck Jonathan. His earlier […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Wole Soyinka
Friday, April 18th, 2014
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka some academics and researchers have expressed worry over unchecked influx of foreigners into Nigeria’s territory. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Thursday at the end of a three- day colloquium organised by the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding. Soyinka, who is […]