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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Jigawa State Command has rescued 10 suspected victims of human trafficking in the state.   The NIS Comptroller, Mr Tahir Musa, who disclosed this during a news briefing in Dutse on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, said that the victims were intercepted on Sunday at Tsamiyar Kwance area, Babura Local Government Area of the state.   …

A local watchman and three contractors were killed on January 10, after suspected terrorists attacked the Kebbi State’s facilities of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).   NIS Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, adding that the incident occurred at the Kangiwa border in Kangiwa Local Government Area of the state. He mentioned that no …

A local watchman and three contractors were killed on January 10, after suspected terrorists attacked the Kebbi State’s facilities of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).   NIS Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, adding that the incident occurred at the Kangiwa border in Kangiwa Local Government Area of the state. He mentioned that no …

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced changes to its immigrant visa process, set to take effect on January 1, 2025.   In a statement shared on its official X page on Tuesday, Dec. 10, the embassy revealed that applicants with scheduled interviews will now be required to visit the Consulate General in Lagos twice during the visa process. …

Nigeria Immigration Service has denied asking married women to attach their husbands’ passport data pages or proof of their husband’s identity before they can renew their passports.   A Nigerian writer had taken to social media to call out the service. In her post, the lady who is in the process of getting a divorce stated that she began renewing …

A Nigerian writer has taken to social media to ask the Nigerian Immigration Service why a married woman must attach her husband’s passport page or proof of her husband’s identity before she can renew her passport.   In a post shared on X, the Nigerian writer who is in the process of getting a divorce, stated that began the process …

Justice T.G. Ringin of the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State has convicted and sentenced two police officers: Yusuf AbdulKarim Bature and Musa Philip and an Immigration officer, Nasiru Mohammed to seven years imprisonment each for employment fraud to the tune of N1.640,000.   The trio were sentenced on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.    Bature and Philip were …

Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch has vowed to introduce stricter immigration policies as she warned that the UK ‘cannot sustain’ the current numbers. Badenoch admitted that the past Tory governments failed to curb migration effectively but vowed to address the issue “without fear.” “Immigration is at a pace too fast to maintain public services,” she said. “For …

The Controller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Edo State Command, Martins Moye, has raised alarm over the rising number of irregular migrants entering Nigeria.  He spoke at the 2024 Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) enlightenment campaign against irregular migration in Benin City, Edo State.  The theme of the event was “Say No to Migrant Smuggling. If You Must Migrate, Migrate Safely, …

A federal judge has struck down a Biden administration program that would allow unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens to get legal status and U.S. citizenship, declaring the policy illegal.   U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker, an appointee of President-elect Donald Trump, found the program violates U.S. immigration law, agreeing with a lawsuit filed by Texas and more than a dozen other …