LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said the agency is automating passport application process, in order to eliminate stress and delay for Nigerians. The Acting Comptroller General, NIS, Caroline Adepoju disclosed this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday. Adepoju noted that the Service is trying to…
LAGOS JANUARY12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service ( DCI) Mr Tony Akuneme, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) , when he paid an official visit to the Alausa…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris was yesterday 11th October 2022 conferred with the National Honours Award of the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic(MFR) by the President and Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, at the International Conference Centre Abuja. The honour is in recognition of his…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As part of the ongoing reform efforts to deepen staff skills and competences as well as improve on career prospects, the Service in conjunction with the International Centre for Migration Policy and Development (ICMPD) shall kick off a Four-Day Technical Working Committee meeting at the Lagos Sheraton Hotel on 26th-29th September, 2022….
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Isah Jere Idris has announced the promotion of 4526 Personnel of the Service who participated in the 2021 Promotion, Upgrading and Advancement exercise. Statement signed NIS Public Relation Officer, Amos Okpu for Controller General of NIS disclosed that the promotion is contained in a…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has called for enhanced operational partnership with the Service in the renewed war against perpetrators of economic and financial crimes in the country. He made the call during a meeting with the Comptroller General of Immigration Isah Jere Idris…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of Immigration Service Isah Jere Idris has approved a Posting Order of Sixty-Nine Senior Officers to Zones, Commands Formations across the country. The deployment is contained in a circular vide NIS/HQ/ADM/4423/170 and dated 1st August, 2022. In the Posting Order, Eight Assistant Comptrollers General (ACG) and sixty one Comptrollers…
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…