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- 15 Oct 2018
Nigerian Passport to Carry 10-year Validity as from December –NIS
Mr. Mohammed Babandede, comptroller-general, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that the issuance of Nigerian passport with 10-year validity will commence in December 2018. Babandede…
- 20 Dec 2017
Nigeria Introduces Biometric Visa
Nigeria has started issuing biometric visa, the first in Africa, designed to effectively block people that should not enter the country. The introduction of biometric visa was announced by the…
- 17 Aug 2020
Reps Fume as Foreign Partners Pocket N72Bn NIS Revenue
House of Representatives Committee on Finance has asked Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to explain how some N72billion of over N80billion generated from the issuance of international passports and…
- 5 Feb 2019
FG signs MoU to Domesticate Passport Production
The Federal Government yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on domestication of production of Nigeria’s international passports. The agreement was signed between IRIS SMART…
- 1 Aug 2017
No Nigerian Passport without NIMC in 2018 -Presidency
Federal government has said that anybody that does not have identification number from the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC), from 1st January 2018 will not be issued with the…
- 5 Mar 2021
NIS Applauds FMCDE, for its Contribution on Data Command and Control Centre
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commended Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and Agencies it supervises for their immense contributions towards the establishment of the NIS…
- 28 Aug 2019
FG Bows to Pressure, Reduces Visa Fees for US Citizens
Federal government has announced a reduction in the amount payable by citizens of the United States of America seeking Nigerian visas. This comes 24 hours after the US authorities increased…