Immigration Boss Declares Customer Service Week Ceremony Open, Insists On Quality Service Delivery

LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The acting Comptroller General of Immigration Isah Jere Idris yesterday  declared a week-long Customer Service Ceremony at the Headquarters Abuja. A statement signed by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Amos Okpu  made  available to NewsRangers disclosed that the event which shall be holding across all Commands and Formations including Nigeria Immigration Offices abroad…

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NIS Reiterates Strong Commitment To Staff welfare As NIMCO Elects New EXCO

LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Acting Comptroller General, Isah Jere Idris has said that the Nigeria Immigration Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (NIMCOS) remains one of the the best structure for the Service to drive its staff motivation and welfare programmes. The acting Comptroller General stated this on Saturday during the 3rd Annual General Meeting of NIMCOS held…

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Nigeria Immigration Intercepts 189 Suspected Victims Of Human Trafficking

LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris  yesterday announced the interception of 189 Boys and Girls suspected to be victims of human trafficking by the Lagos Border Patrol Command at Seme. Speaking at the Zone ‘A’ Headquarters of the Service in Lagos, the acting Comptroller General said that the youths…

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Nigeria Immigration Service Announces Major Senior Staff Deployment

LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Acting Comptroller General of Immigration Isah Jere Idris has approved a major senior staff shake-up involving six Assistant Comptrollers General and Twenty-Six Comptrollers. A press statement signed by Assistant Controller of Immigration Service Public Relations Officer, Amos Okpu  for Acting Controller Generation of Immigration made available to NewsRangers   stated that the…

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Nigeria Immigration Partners Int’l Centre For Migration For Sustenance Of Quality Work Force

LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As part of efforts to build and sustain quality workforce, the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS has entered into a joint Capacity Building collaboration with the International Centre for Migration and Policy Development (ICMPD) in an event held yesterday, December 14, 2021 at the Service Headquarters Abuja. A statement signed by Assistant Controller…

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Nigeria Immigration Transfers Passport Officers After Comptroller’s Undercover Inspection

LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The passport control officer at the Ikoyi passport office under the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ibrahim Liman, a deputy comptroller of immigration, has been removed. The development is a follow-up to a recent undercover investigation by the NIS acting comptroller general, Isa Idris, who disguised on October…

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Nigeria To Adopt e-Border Monitoring, Control System On Land Borders, Seaports, Int’l Airport

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will soon adopt electronic border (e-border) monitoring and surveillance for its seaports, international airports and land borders, the Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has said. Babandede said the e-border control system will checkmate trans-border criminals, banditry, border crimes and related offences. The NIS boss explained that the technology…

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Immigration re-Opens Seme,Illela, Maigatari And Mfum Land Borders

LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In compliance with the directive of the Federal Government, the Management of the Nigeria Immigration Service has reopened the following four (4) Land Borders namely Seme (South-West), Illela (North-West), Maigatari (North-West and North-East), and Mfum (South-South) in the first phase, since the closure of land borders on 20th August 2019. In a…

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