Immigration Generates N438bn From Passport Issuance, Others   The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has generated N438.78bn as revenue from 2017 to date. This came as the total sum of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by the agency almost doubled from N38.53bn in 2017 to N74.69 (budgeted IGR) in...

Nigerians Abroad With Expired Passports Can Return, Says NIS The Nigeria Immigration Service has assured that Nigerians with expired passports returning to the country will be accepted for re-entry. This was contained in a memo addressed to all heads of missions, immigration attachés, airports comptroller and...

Immigration Begins Investigation on Extortion at Lagos Airport  The Nigeria Immigration Service says it has commenced the investigation of a case of extortion perpetrated by officers of the agency at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. On Monday, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Isah...

Despite FG’s Revenue Crunch, NIS Projected Passport Revenue Falls By 96%   The Nigeria Immigration Service has dropped its projected passport revenue from N27.18bn for 2021 to N1.03bn for 2022, an analysis of the proposed budgets of government-owned enterprises has shown. While N24.43bn was proposed as passport...

CBN Orders Banks To Accept Permissible IDs For Refugees       The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks and other financial institutions to accept Machine Readable Convention Travel Document issued by Nigeria Immigration Service; and the Refugee Identify Card issued by the National Commission for Refugees,...

Abuja Airport Records 239,114 Passengers In 2020 – NIS         A total of 239, 114 passengers passed through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja between January 1 and December 15, 2020, the Nigeria Immigration Service has stated. During the period, 625 Nigerians were deported and 24 repatriated...