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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, National Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Top Stories
Monday, December 23rd, 2013
By Emma Emeozor The harassment of Ghanaians by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service at the country’s border posts has become a major concern to the Ghanaian community in Nigeria. In a chat with Daily Sun on the sideline of the 2013 celebration of the National Association of Ghanaian Communities in Nigeria (NAGHACON) held in […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Monday, December 16th, 2013
The Minister of the Interior, Abba Moro, has urged the Nigerian Immigration Service to impress Nigerians by making passports available to applicants under 24 hours. He said this would not only endear the service to Nigerians but it would also prove that President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda was realisable. Moro said this during the inauguration […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo, State News
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
The suspects | credits: Olufemi Atoyebi A suspect, Pius Edward; his wife, Fausat; and her mother, have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command in connection with the theft of N13m from Bishop’s Court, an Anglican church in Bodija area of Ibadan. Edward, a security man at the church was said […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
THE Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, on Monday dismissed criticisms trailing the imposition of N1,000 processing fee on applicants seeking recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday, he argued that the criticisms were misplaced as the service has not done anything out of the […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), State News
Friday, August 30th, 2013
The Nigerian Immigration Service, Lagos State Command, has urged Lagosians to apply for their passports early in order to reduce delay in passport issuance. Deputy Controller Immigration, Joshua Ajisafe, gave the advice while addressing some applicants at the Passport Office, Alausa on Wednesday. He said the inauguration of the new office was a sign that […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI PORT HARCOURT — RIVERS State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service is to repatriate 106 illegal immigrants to their respective countries. Comptroller of the Command, Mr. Mike Longe, Monday, during the ongoing immigrants verification exercise taking place at the Command Headquarters, Port Harcourt, said the number of those affected could be more […]
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First Ladies, National Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Top Stories
Monday, April 1st, 2013
By Ben Agande Abuja — Office of the First Lady, Monday, said Dame Patience Jonathan’s visit to Germany and other European countries was for routine medical check-up and to visit her ailing mother, saying there was no need for negative insinuations in the media. A statement by the Special Assistant to the First Lady, Ayo […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
…Over moves to appoint new CG By CHRISTOPHER OJI No fewer than 30 senior immigration officers in the ranks of Assistant Comptroller-General (ACG) and Deputy Comptroller-General (DCG) of immigration service might be unceremoniously laid off if presidency goes ahead to appoint a junior assistant comptroller-general, as the new comptroller-general of the service. An Immigration officer […]
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Articles, Columnists, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi / Ibadan, Nigeria / Feb. 6, 2013 – Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence–Napoleon Bonaparte The news few weeks back asking the Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mrs. Rose Uzoma to proceed on her pre-retirement accumulated leave, continues to raise pertinent questions why those saddled with the responsibility of […]
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Cross River, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), State News
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru CALABAR— Cross River State Command of Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested a final year student of College of Education, Akamkpa, for alleged armed robbery and no fewer than 10 illegal immigrants in Calabar. State Comptroller of Immigration, Mr. Samuel Ogwiji, said the Monitoring and Surveillance team he set up carried out a […]
