Passport

The Federal Government has approved an upward review of the fees for the Nigerian passport effective from September 1, 2024. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesman for the Nigeria Immigration Service,…
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched an investigation into a viral video showing a female traveller destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The NIS spokesperson,…
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Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is a Nigerian engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician. Before his appointment as minister of interior by President Bola Tinubu, he served as a member of the House of Representatives representing Akoko North…
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 Some Nigerians who applied for international passports have accused personnel of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Abuja passport office, of massive extortion. The applicants said in spite of recent directive of the Minister of…
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The Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, has ordered an investigation into some complaints of misconduct leveled against personnel of the Service in some Passport offices across the…
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The Federal Government says Nigerians will have their passports delivered to them at home, offices, and other places of choice beginning next year. Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said this on Monday in Lagos while speaking at…
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The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has confirmed the clearance of about 60,000 passport backlogs in four days out of over 200,000 pending passport applications. This is consequent upon the directives given to the…
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The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says clearing all passport backlogs shouldn’t take more than two weeks, adding that there is no excuse for passport delay in Nigeria. Tunji-Ojo made this known during a live appearance on…
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About 80 officers and men of the Nigerian Immigration Service have gone on trial for indulging in the collection of illegal fees for the issuance of new passports and renewal of old ones. The Service Public Relations Officer, Comptroller…
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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) ha stated t released the international passport it seized from a former Rivers Governor Peter Odili in obedience to the order in its judgment of October 18, 2021. NIS’ lawyer, Jimoh Adamu told a…
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