Comptroller General of Immigration Service (CGI), Muhammad Babandede MFR has launched the enhanced e-Passport regime at the FESTAC Passport Office in Lagos. Represented by the Zonal Coordinator of Zone ‘A” Lagos, Nigeria Immigration Service ACG Doris Braimah, the CGI stated that the migration of the Station to the enhanced e-Passport regime is part of the ...

The Federal Government on Monday said it has uploaded about 150,000 stolen and lost travel documents to the INTERPOL Global System (IPSG) in Lyon, France. This makes Nigeria the first African country and 54th in the world to achieve this exercise. A statement by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), said that the exercise was carried ...

The Immigration Service (NIS) has developed a customised face mask for operatives of the service in order to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the country. The Comptroller General, NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede, confirmed this in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Mr Sunday James on Friday in Abuja. Babandede recalled that ...

CG NIS, Muhammad Babandede   The Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Command in Lagos, has apprehended seven girls allegedly being trafficked. The Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James made the disclosure  in statement on Sunday in Abuja. James said the girls were on their way to Cairo, Dubai and ...

  The Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Command in Lagos, have apprehended another 9 girls being trafficked. The girls were going to Lebanon, Cairo, Dubai and India on Ethiopian, Peace, Egypt and East Airlines. The service Public Relations Officer, DCI Sunday James made this known in statement on Saturday ...

CGI, Muhammad Babandede   The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is to investigate the allegation of bribery against it personnel along the Nation’s borders. The Public Relations Officer of the NIS, Mr Sunday James, made the denial in a statement on Friday in Abuja. An online media had alleged that “with just N200 bribe per immigration check ...

Comptroller General NIS, Muhammad Babandede   The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, and all officers of the service would undergo a drug test. The Service Public Relations Officer, Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. According to him, Babandede made the announcement at the third Conversion/Upgrading Course at the Premier ...

Comptroller General of NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede   Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Border Control at Kongolam, Katsina State, have apprehended 28 persons on the verge of being smuggled out of the country. NIS’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, in Abuja, said 19 females ...

President Muhammadu Buhari   The Federal Government has extended the duration of the ongoing ‘Exercise Swift Response’ across the nation’s borders till next year. President Muhammadu Buhari approved the extension of the exercise until January 31, 2020. Nigeria had closed all land borders with neighbouring countries in October, following an earlier closure of its borders ...

NIS boss Muhammad Babandede   The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has intercepted two Nigerien with pistols, computers and phones at Kongolam border, Katsina. NIS Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James made this known in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. According to him, the interception was as a result of the swift operation by the NIS ...