NIS Says 7,500 Passports Await Collection in Oyo The Nigerian Immigration Service says about 7,500 international passports are still awaiting collection in their Oyo State office. The Assistant Comptroller-General of Immigration, Dora Amahian, who is in charge of planning and statistics at the NIS headquarters, made...

Reps Question Firm For Insuring Immigration’s Grounded Aircraft       The House of Representatives on Wednesday grilled the management of Northlink Insurance Brokers Plc for insuring two grounded aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Immigration Service. The aircraft insured for N198.5m and for which a renewal premium of N13,409,800...

Visa-on-arrival Issuance Declines By 39.8%   The number of visas on arrival issued at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos in the last one month has dropped drastically due to the global outbreak of coronavirus, which has reduced foreign trips. Our correspondent gathered that the total number...

FG Generates N151bn From 11.53m e-Passport Booklets   Since the Federal Government started issuing e-Passports in 2007, the project which has been implemented with a private sector partner has fetched more than N151.45bn. Since the Federal Government started issuing electronic passports, it has garnered over N151.45bn through...

NIMC, Immigration To Enforce NIN On New E-Passports The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) have resolved to commence enforcement of the National Identification Number (NIN) on the new enhanced 10 years validity e-passport. President Mohammadu Buhari had on January 15th...