Nigeria: Recruitment Tragedy - President Queries Moro, Parradang
Leadership, 18 March 2014
Heads may soon roll in the Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) following the unprecedented tragedy that happened during last Saturday's recruitment… Read more »
Nigeria: Moro Regrets Death At Immigration Recruitment
This Day, 17 March 2014
The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro said he was really sad by the death of young Nigerians seeking employment during the stampede at the recruitment exercise conducted by… Read more »
Nigeria: Recruitment Tragedy - FG Will Get to the Root of the Incident - President Jonathan
Leadership, 17 March 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said government would get to the root of Saturday's Nigeria Immigration recruitment tragedy which resulted in the death of about 20 applicants… Read more »
Nigeria: Jonathan Grills Minister Over Recruitment Deaths
Premium Times, 17 March 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday summoned the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, as well as the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Parradang. Read more »
Nigeria: Minister Denies Responsibility for Job Applicants' Deaths
Premium Times, 16 March 2014
Nigeria's interior minister, Abba Moro, has denied responsibility for the deaths of more than a dozen job applicants at Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment centres across the… Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Job Test Tragedy - Over 16 Feared Dead
Vanguard, 16 March 2014
Over 125,000 applicants in Abuja and Lagos alone chasing 4,500 jobs! 16 feared dead in the scramble. Thousands fainted from stampede and exhaustion. Read more »
Job Applicants Die in Stampede.
Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment Tragedy - Matters Arising
Premium Times, 17 March 2014
"If we can't provide for today's 100 million or so young people, how will we take care of double that number?" Read more »
Nigeria: Jobseekers Killed in Stampede
This Day, 16 March 2014
The employment test for recruitment into the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) conducted across the country Saturday turned deadly as stampede at three centres claimed the lives… Read more »
Nigeria: 16 Killed in Stampede for Jobs in Nigeria
VOA, 16 March 2014
Nigerian officials say at least 16 people were killed in stampedes when a half-million people were invited to apply for fewer than 5,000 government jobs. Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment Tragedy - 23 Feared Dead
Leadership, 16 March 2014
It was an indication of system failure across the nation yesterday. Twenty-three Nigerian job seekers who left their homes to sit for the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)… Read more »
Nigeria: Job Applicants Die in Stampede
Daily Trust, 16 March 2014
Only 526, 650 Nigerians applied for appointment into the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Minister of Interior; Comrade Abba Moro has revealed on Sunday. Read more »
Nigeria: Stampede Mars Immigration Recruitment in Rivers
Vanguard, 15 March 2014
A stampede marred the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment in Rivers. Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment Exercise - Death Toll Rises to 16 Nationwide
Leadership, 16 March 2014
Sixteen persons were confirmed to have died during the nationwide job recruitment test organised by the Nigeria Immigration Service on Saturday. Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Stampede - Two Dead, 11 Injured in Minna
Premium Times, 15 March 2014
The deaths in Minna brings to 13 the number of casualties in Immigration recruitment stampede across the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Stampede in Gombe, Kano, Benue As Thousands Participate in Nigeria Immigration Recruitment Test
Premium Times, 15 March 2014
Thousands of job applicants were trapped in stampedes Saturday at different venues for the Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment test in Kano, Benue and Gombe States. Read more »
Nigeria: Angry Applicants Condemn Nigeria Immigration Over Recruitment Chaos
Premium Times, 15 March 2014
Angry applicants for the Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment held Saturday across Nigeria, have expressed concern over the poor conduct of the exercise, which has resulted in… Read more »
Nigeria: NIS Tragedy - Labour, NHRC Demand Sack of Moro
Vanguard, 17 March 2014
OUTRAGED by weekend's tragedy which claimed at least 16 job applicants, including four pregnant women who turned up for the aptitude test for employment into the Nigeria… Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Stampede - PDP Mourns Victims, Demands Immediate Investigation
Leadership, 16 March 2014
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for immediate investigation of the death of some Nigerians who died during stampede at the recruitment exercise at the National… Read more »
Nigeria: Blood, Sorrow and Tears As Job Seekers Perish At Immigrations Recruitment Centres
Premium Times, 16 March 2014
It was a tale of blood, sorrow and tears as the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, conducted recruitment examination for tens of thousands of unemployed youths who trooped out for… Read more »
Nigeria: PDP Regrets Deaths At Immigration Recruitment, Calls for Urgent Probe
Premium Times, 16 March 2014
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday regretted the deaths of job seekers during stampedes in some states of the country and called for an immediate investigation into… Read more »
Nigeria: Sporadic Shooting Mars Immigration Recruitment Exercise in Ogun
Premium Times, 16 March 2014
The recruitment exercise by the Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, took a dangerous dimension on Saturday when security officials, in trying to control… Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment - Tambuwal Says Death of Nigerians "Unfortunate"
Premium Times, 16 March 2014
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has described as "unfortunate," the death of some Nigerians on Saturday at recruitment centres of the Nigeria Immigration… Read more »
Nigeria: Stampede - Tambuwal Says Death of Nigerians "Unfortunate"
Leadership, 16 March 2014
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has described as "unfortunate" the death of some Nigerians on Saturday at recruitment centres of the Nigeria… Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment Deaths Direct Consequence of PDP Misrule, Says APC
Premium Times, 16 March 2014
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it is greatly distressed at the deaths of more than a dozen job seekers at the venues of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, job… Read more »
Nigeria: NIS Job Stampede - APC Asks Minister of Interior to Resign
This Day, 16 March 2014
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded that the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro should own-up responsibility for the avoidable deaths recorded at recruitment exercise… Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment Tragedy - Eminent Nigerians Demand Sack of Minister Abba Moro
Premium Times, 17 March 2014
Following the deaths of about 20 people across the country during Saturday's job recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS; several Nigerians have called for the… Read more »
Reports say that 7 persons may have died and several others injured following a stampede at the National Stadium, Abuja. One of the ... see more »
Nigeria: Family of Dead Immigration Applicant Cries Out - Job Agency Tricked Our Sister, NIS Killed Her
Leadership, 17 March 2014
Sorrowful-looking parents and other family members of applicants who died at the National Stadium, Abuja, while seeking employment into the Nigeria Immigration Service have pleaded… Read more »
Nigeria: Immigrations Recruitment - Don't Go to Your State to Write Test - Minister
Vanguard, 14 March 2014
The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro has denied the rumour that the ministry has instructed applicants to write the Nigeria Immigrations Service (NIS) aptitude test scheduled for… Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment - Four Dead in Port Harcourt
Premium Times, 15 March 2014
At least 12 people were taken to the hospital in Port Harcourt. Four applicants fainted in Imo State. Read more »
Nigeria: Four Job Applicants Discharged From Hospital
Leadership, 16 March 2014
Four applicants who sat for job test of the Nigeria Immigration Service admitted at the Rivers Government owned Braithwaite Memorial Hospital have been discharged. Read more »
Nigeria: Jobseekers Killed in Stampede
Premium Times, 15 March 2014
At least seven job seekers died on Saturday at the Abuja National Stadium while scrambling to secure seats for a recruitment test into the Nigerian Immigration Service. Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Records Smooth Recruitment Exercise in 31 States, Says Report
Leadership, 16 March 2014
The Nigeria Immigration Service on Sunday said the recruitment tests, it carried out nationwide, was successfully conducted in 31 states of the federation. Read more »
Nigeria: Seven Feared Dead in Immigration Recruitment Stampede
Daily Trust, 15 March 2014
7 seven people are feared to have died in the stampede that occurred today at the venue of the Nigeria Immigration Servcice recruitment examination at National Stadium Abuja. Read more »
Nigeria: Confusion Mars Immigration Recruitment in FCT
Leadership, 15 March 2014
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment in the FCT on Saturday was marred with confusion. Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment Stampede - Hospital Confirms Four Dead in Port Harcourt
Daily Trust, 15 March 2014
Hospital authorities at the Rivers government-owned Braithwaite Memorial Hospital in Port Harcourt have confirmed that four candidates died during a stampede at the Nigeria… Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment Stampede - Abuja Eyewitness Account
Premium Times, 16 March 2014
One of the candidates that made it into the Abuja National Stadium alive to write the recruitment test for the Nigeria Immigration Service have spoken about the stampede. Read more »
Nigeria: Immigration Recruitment - Seven Feared Dead in Stampede, Says Minister
This Day, 15 March 2014
No fewer than seven prospective applicants of the ongoing recruitment exercise of the Nigeria Immigration Saturday died in stampede during the conduct of the exercise, while scores… Read more »
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