LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) yesterday held a one-day senior management meeting with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), development partners, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and Port Health Services as part of efforts to flag off the second phase of NIS Training Strategy Implementation Programme…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has elevated a total of Ninety-Eighty senior Officers of the Service to their new ranks following their successful performance in a promotion exercise conducted for senior Officers in December 2021. Their elevation is contained in a letter from the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board vide…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Murtala Mohammed International Airport Command has discovered a handgun Pistol Barretta in possession of an in-bound passenger aboard United Airlines from Houston United States of America. Lagos Airport Comptroller, CIS Kemi Nandap in statement signed by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration Service Public Relations Officer, for Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Amos…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The acting Comptroller General of Immigration Isah Jere Idris has made a case for some deliberate actions to improve the current security architecture across the nation’sBlue Borders. He opined that the deployment of ICT solutions in Border security has become inevitable for the country and called for enhanced funding. The acting Comptroller…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The acting Comptroller General of Immigration Isah Jere Idris has approved the immediate removal of two operatives from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command (MMIA) Ikeja for unprofessional conduct. A press statement signed by Assistant Controller Of Immigration Service Public Relations Officer, Ammos Okpu for the Acting Controller General of Immigration…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has denied media report on the alleged arrest of 200 Chinese by its operatives in a facility some where in Suleja Niger State. A statement signed by Assistant Controller of Immigration Service Public Relation Officer, Amos Okpu on behalf of the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration confirmed…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 200 Chinese workers were on Thursday morning arrested by officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service at a construction site in Niger State. The arrested Chinese are staff members of Sinohydro, a subsidiary of Power Construction Corporation of China, the engineering firm handling the $1.3 billion Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris has reiterated management’s commitment to building and sustaining excellent service delivery structures across all service windows while urging Personnel to continue to treat all those who come to obtain any facilities at any of the Service’s Windows as Kings and Queens. The Acting Comptroller…