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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) revealed on Tuesday that it issued a staggering 2,141,300 passports in the year 2023. The Controller-General of NIS, Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, disclosed this information during a diaspora virtual lecture series organized by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), with the theme, “New Passport Policy/Processes for Nigerians in the Diaspora Confirmation.”…
In a recent address to members of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ABAT Media Centre and social media influencers, Interior Minister Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo raised strong objections against the convoluted process endured by Nigerian women, particularly those who alter their names due to marriage, when seeking passport data modifications. The Minister dubbed the practice “absurd,”…
Nigeria Immigration Service Addresses Alleged Unprofessional Conducts at Passport Offices The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, has expressed her deep concern over reports of misconduct involving immigration personnel at various Passport offices across the country. In an official statement dated October 13, 2023, and shared on the Nigeria Immigration Service’s…
The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Wura-Ola Adepoju, has raised a concern regarding uncollected passport booklets, revealing that a staggering 112,351 passport booklets are still awaiting collection by applicants across all 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This revelation was made during a press briefing…
The Federal Government has announced a two-week processing timeline for passport applications, signaling the end of lengthy waits for Nigerian citizens to obtain international passports.
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) successfully processed a backlog of nearly 60,000 passport applications in just four working days, according to Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior. He made the announcement during a courtesy visit by Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The backlog clearance was a response to a two-week…