April 19

• Nigeria: Immigration Repatriates 17 Nigeriens, Nabs 57 Okada Riders

  The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Kaduna State Command, yesterday arrested 20 Nigeriens and repatriated 17 of them, with another 57 Nigerians also arrested from an... Read more »

April 8

• Nigeria: Immigration Boss - First Lady Denies Alleged Plan to Impose Candidate

  First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan yesterday refuted report in an online media that she was manipulating the process of appointing a new Comptroller General of the Nigerian... Read more »

March 27

• Nigeria: Boko Haram - Immigration Deports 57 Nigeriens in Lagos

  The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has deported 57 illegal Nigeriens in Lagos following the arrest of some suspected members of Boko Haram and the discovery of bombs and two... Read more »

March 11

• Nigeria: NIS to Tackle Fraudulent Claim of Lost Passports - AC-G

  The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says it has adopted tough measures to tackle fraudulent claim of lost passport by Nigerians, especially those previously denied visa to some... Read more »

February 11

• Nigeria: NIS Will Install Biometrics Equipment At Border Posts

  The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it will install biometrics equipment across all the borders posts in the country, to check the influx of immigrants. Read more »

February 8

• Nigeria: Security Experts to FG - Close 1,487 Illegal Border Routes Now

  In view of the astonishing revelations of the recent discovery of no fewer than 1,487 illegal routes into the country, security experts have stressed the need for the federal... Read more »

February 5

• Nigeria: Issues in the Immigration Investigation Panel [opinion]

  For some keen observers of the Nigerian system, there might be little to worry about the recent presidential directive issued to the Controller General of Nigeria Immigration... Read more »

January 31

• Nigeria: Community Backs Obama's Stand On U.S. Immigration Law

  The Nigerian community in the United States has thrown its weight behind President Barrack Obama's call on the Congress to urgently and totally overhaul what he described as 'a out... Read more »

January 25

• Nigeria: Over 40 Nigerians Repatriated From UK, Spain

  More than 40 Nigerians have again been repatriated from the UK and Spain, a senior embassy official said yesterday in London. Read more »

January 21

• Nigeria: NIMC Project Will Ensure Harmonisation of Biometrics - DG

  The new project of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), will address duplication of biometrics by different government agencies in Nigeria, its Director-General, Mr... Read more »

• Nigeria: NIMC to Enroll Nigerians Living Abroad

  The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has worked out plans to enroll Nigerians living abroad in its new identity management project. Read more »

• Nigeria: South Africa - Visa Label Scarcity Worsens At Nigerian Embassy

  Businessmen and other investors in South Africa seeking visa labels to travel to Nigeria have been facing herculean problems in securing the vital document from the country's... Read more »

• Nigeria: Customs - Dikko and the Gains of Transformation [opinion]

  I was among those who were skeptical when Mr. Abdullahi Inde Dikko was first announced as the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service. In retrospect, I have tried to situate... Read more »

• Nigeria: Why FG Sacked Immigration Boss

  Details of the reason why the federal government sacked Rosemary Chinyere Uzoma as controller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) emerged yesterday. Insider sources... Read more »

• Nigeria: How Certificate Forgery, Fraud Led to Uzoma's Sack - Abba Moro

  Aside the allegations of scandalous and controversial recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), more shocking facts have emerged as to why President Goodluck... Read more »

January 16

• Nigeria: FG Fires Immigration Boss Uzoma, Rilwan Musa Takes Over

  President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved Mrs. Rosemary Chinyere Uzoma of her duties as the Comptroller General of Immigration Service and has appointed Mr. Rilwan Bala Musa to... Read more »

• Nigeria: Bala Musa Takes Over As Immigration CG

  President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday sacked Mrs. Rosemary Chinyere Uzoma as the controller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service. He hurriedly replaced her with Mr. Rilwan... Read more »

January 15

• Nigeria: Customs Collects N850 Billion in 2012, Lost Over N30 Billion to Waivers

  The Nigeria Customs Service collected total revenue of N850, 877, 698, 974 billion in 2012, out of the N872 billion target the federal government gave it for the year. Read more »

January 14

• Nigeria: Lucky Igbinedion Barred From Entering U.S.

  The US Department of State may have barred the former governor of Edo state, Mr. Lucky Igbinedion from, entering the United States of America because of money laundering. Read more »

January 2

• Nigeria: U.S. Travel Ban On Nigeria [editorial]

  In its latest travel advisory to its citizens, the United States Department of State described Nigeria as fluid and unpredictable. It admonished its citizens to desist from... Read more »

December 31, 2012

• Nigeria: 90 Percent of Nigerians in Switzerland Returned Home Voluntarily

  The Switzerland Embassy in Nigeria has said that 90 per cent of Nigerian illegal immigrants in Switzerland voluntarily returned to Nigeria this year. Read more »

• Nigeria: We Will Notify Nigerians Before Recruiting - Immigration CG

  Mrs Rose Uzoma, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), said that Nigerians would be notified before the commencement of the planned recruitment into the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Immigration Service Repatriate 16,738 Illegal Migrants in 2012 - CG

  No fewer than 16,738 illegal migrants were repatriated by the Nigeria Immigration Service in 2012, the Comptroller-General, Mrs Rose Uzoma, has said. Uzoma disclosed this while... Read more »

December 28, 2012

• Nigeria: Canada Reduces Waiting Time for Visa Applicants - Official

  The Canadian High Commission has reduced the waiting period for visa applicants from 60 days to 10 days. Read more »

• Nigeria: Waiting Period for Canadian Visa Now 10 Days

  The Canadian High Commission has reduced the waiting period for visa applicants from 60 to 10 days. Read more »