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February 25
Nigeria: How Nigerians Can Legally Migrate to Germany - Ambassador
Germany's Ambassador to Nigeria, Annett Günther, speaks on different bilateral issues and areas of cooperation between the two countries Read more »
January 09
Nigeria: After Encounter With Nigerian Immigration, U.S. Professor Robbed, Then Extorted By Police Officers
The US-based professor is now accusing police officials of extorting him in an attempt to recover his stolen gadgets in Lagos. Read more »
December 20, 2023
Nigeria: Over 1,000 Nigerians Stranded in UK - IOM
Many of the Nigerians are unable to return home because they lack the means to come back, while others are ashamed, he added. Read more »
December 07, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Expresses Concern Over Increasing Emigration of Nigerians
''Nigeria boasts one of the highest global population growth rates, with the World Bank anticipating a potential doubling of Nigeria's population within the next 25 to 30 years." Read more »
November 01, 2023
Nigeria: 7,000 Pharmacists Emigrate From Nigeria in Two Years
President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Cyril Usifoh, says the 7,000 pharmacists left Nigeria in search of better practice environment abroad. Read more »
October 29, 2023
Nigeria: Unskilled Animal Husbandry, Pastoralists' Migration, Others Hamper Milk Production in Nigeria
Nigeria's per capita consumption of milk is eight litres, below the global average of 44 litres, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) thus leaving a deficit of… Read more »
October 15, 2023
Nigeria: Passport - NIS Boss Orders Probe of Alleged Misconduct of Immigration Officers
The NIS boss expressed concerns about alleged acts of misconduct of some officials over non-compliance with ministerial directives on the timeline of passport administration. Read more »
October 05, 2023
Nigeria: Immigration Service Clears Backlog of Over 200,000 Passports
Early in September, the minister vowed to sort the existing backlogs of about 204,000 in two weeks. Read more »
September 11, 2023
Nigeria: UK Establishes Visa Centre in Enugu
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State made a request in June for the establishment of the centre. Read more »
August 01, 2023
Nigeria: Investigation - How Desperate Nigerian Seeking Asylum Lied to America
The US and Canada are often sympathetic to asylum applicants claiming to be fleeing their home countries due to sexual orientations. Read more »
July 06, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Pledges Support for Nigeria's Census, Says 'Extreme Poverty' Causing Internal Migration
"I hope that during the demarcation you did, you would have noticed the migration of people to urban centres because of the extreme poverty and unemployment." Read more »
June 29, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Immigration Service Promotes 7,000 Personnel, Redeploys 12 Comptrollers
"It will be recalled that 12 Comptrollers were recently redeployed to different states, including FCT, Kano, Jigawa, Ondo, Ogun, and Mfum Border Control, among others." Read more »
June 23, 2023
Nigeria: 97,000 Passports Uncollected Across Nigeria - Immigration Service
Mr Akuneme said that the service recently found out that Lagos State had half of the uncollected passports. Read more »
June 21, 2023
Nigeria: British Student Visa Policy Against Dependants Not Targeted At Nigerians Only - Envoy
"Nigerian visitors constitute over 10 per cent of the people coming to London and the UK." Read more »
June 19, 2023
Africa: Why Nigerian and African Immigrants Are No Longer Most Successful in America
The African Times/USA found the claim that Nigerians are the most educated immigrants in the US as unsubstantiated and patently false. Read more »
May 09, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian Woman Faces Deportation After 37 Years in the U.S.
The woman faces deportation after a crucial ruling in a US court. Read more »
April 20, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Withdraws Immigration Lawsuit, Says Seplat
The action puts to rest a knotty labour dispute between Seplat Energy and a couple of its staff, which has blown out of proportion to involve the immigration service. Read more »
April 13, 2023
Nigeria: Seplat Energy Reacts to Lawsuit As Nigerian Government Alleges Breach of Immigration Law
The lawsuit is the latest phase of the clash between Seplat Energy's CEO Roger Brown and some stakeholders. Read more »
February 07, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Immigration Contradicts Ministry Over Planned 'Commercialisation' of Residency Permit Processes, Others
The statement by NIS also amounts to 'insubordination' as the ministry that was responsible for the advertorial has not denied the report. Read more »
February 01, 2023
Nigeria: Polls - Buhari Directs Immigration Service to Tighten Border Security
"President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that Nigerian borders should be made impenetrable to foreign bodies who might want to come in and manipulate the election process or engage… Read more »
November 20, 2022
Nigeria: Brain Drain? UK Witnessing Increased Visa Applications By Nigerians - Official
"We have labour shortage in the UK at the moment. But we have to balance that because we do not also want to be responsible for a massive brain drain from Nigeria. Read more »
November 02, 2022
Nigeria: New Opportunities for 'Fleeing' Nigerians As Canada Targets 1.45 Million Immigrants By 2025
Mr Fraser said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government aims to welcome 465,000 permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025. Read more »
October 18, 2022
Nigeria: UK Plans Immigration Cut, Potentially Affecting Nigerians
The secretary said that there were too many students coming into the UK and need to be cut down. Read more »
October 15, 2022
Nigeria: Li-PAC and the Advocacy to Curb Security Threat Migration in Nigeria
Security threat migration is the movement of one form of security threat from one geographical location to another. Read more »
September 02, 2022
Nigeria: UAE Treatment - Be Honest With Visa Applications, Nigerian Govt Tells Citizens
"It is therefore instructive for prospective visa applicants to indicate clearly their visa preferences without any ambiguity and also respect the immigration laws of other… Read more »
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