The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has officially refuted online reports alleging that specific regions of the country are being blocked from obtaining international passports. In a statement released on Saturday, February 7, 2026, the Service described the claims as “entirely false” and a “gross misrepresentation” of its current administrative reforms. Signed by the Service Public […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched a centralised passport personalisation system that can produce up to 5,000 passports daily. This is a sharp increase from the previous 250–300 capacity spread across multiple centres. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the development on Thursday during an inspection of the new Centralised Passport Personalisation Centre […]
The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Thursday inspected the newly completed Centralised Passport Personalization Centre in Abuja, saying that the facility will ensure faster delivery of passports and permanently eliminate backlogs. He stressed that the centre would enable Nigerians to obtain passports within one week, and in many cases, within 24 hours of […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced an upward review of passport application fees, with the new rates set to take effect on September 1, 2025. The announcement was made on Thursday by ACI AS Akinlabi, the service public relations officer of the NIS. Under the revised structure, a 32-page passport with five-year validity will […]
By Ukpono Ukpong The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched the Contactless Passport Renewal System across Europe, marking a major milestone in its commitment to modernizing public services for Nigerians in the diaspora. Announcing the development on Wednesday, the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, described the initiative as a bold step toward eliminating bureaucratic […]
…promises seamless passport regime By Ukpono Ukpong The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has taken swift action to address the shortage of passport printers at the Nigerian Consulates in Atlanta and New York, United States. This development follows the receipt of a petition calling for an urgent resolution to the lingering issue affecting Nigerians […]
By Ukpono Ukpong The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has initiated a formal investigation following the circulation of a video on social media that shows a woman tearing up a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. The incident, which has sparked widespread outrage, is being treated with the utmost seriousness […]
By Joy Obakeye As part of ongoing measures to raise the bar of efficiency in passport operations in the country, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has flagged off the construction of the proposed Abeokuta Passport Office in Ogun State as well as commissioned the Passport Front Office in Kano, Kano State, which will significantly make […]
Remember when Okwilague Shamac Ibrahim said that he had the natural talent to make a ground-breaking film? Well, his dreams continue to come true as the film Passport dominates Nigerian theatres and breaks the internet. The narrative of Oscar and Funke, two people on varying poles of the melancholy sphere both of whom were yearning […]
By Ukpono Ukpong The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has charged the acting Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Idris Jere, to find a lasting solution to the difficulties Nigerians go through in the issuance of passport. Aregbesola said that President Muhammadu Buhari was concerned on the difficulties especially, Nigerians in diaspora […]
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, says the service has increased its production capacity to beat the May 31 deadline set to clear backlog of passport applications. Babandede announced this while briefing newsmen on the NIS passport reforms and recruitment exercise on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the passport production centres […]
Success Nwogu Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, on Tuesday, said it has suspended receiving and processing of all fresh passport applications nationwide till June 1st, 2021 when a new system for them would have taken effect. He said the suspension of receiving and processing of the fresh applications was to allow for clearance […]
After months of delays in passport issuance, Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola announced on Saturday that the Nigeria Immigration Service was working to ensure that all pending passport applications were processed by May 31. He also stated that beginning June 1, passports will be issued within six weeks, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a factor […]
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja Nigerians in South Africa under the umbrella of Nigeria Union, South Africa have protested what they called “excruciating” cost of passport replacement and renewal. In an open letter to the Consul General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, Abdulmalik Ahmed, they lamented that they were charged unreasonable fee of R2, 000 and R120 for […]
Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of an FCT High Court Maitama, on Wednesday ordered for the release of the international passport of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd). Baba-Yusuf gave the order, following an application by Ahmed Raji ,SAN, Dasuki ‘s counsel, praying for the release of the passport dated and filed on Feb. […]
Port Harcourt – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has urged people and residents of the state to acquire their National Identity cards for eligibility for long-term visas introduced by the Federal Government. The Governor, who made the call on Tuesday in Port Harcourt at the roll-out of the enhanced E-Passport, lauded the Nigeria Immigration Service […]