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Veteran Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as Kwam1, has reacted to allegation of seizing the passports of his band members each time they travel abroad.    Speaking during an interview with Goldmyne TV, KWAM 1 said it is embarassing that some of his band members abscond whenever …

The Federal Government has announced that Nigerians will have the option of getting their passports delivered to them at home, offices, and other places of choice from the beginning of next year.    Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the 2023 University of Lagos …

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that 112,351 passport booklets are yet to be collected by applicants as of 5th October 2023.   Speaking at a press conference at the Service headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, October 5, Acting Comptroller General (CG) of the NIS, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola said …

Nigeria’s minister of interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has stated that Nigerians would have to wait more than two weeks for an international passport anymore.   The minister, on September 7, gave the NIS a two-week deadline to remove all passport application backlogs. He added that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) had …

The Nigerian passport is less powerful than the passports of fellow African countries with smaller profiles. The Nigerian passport is statistically one of the least powerful in the world, according to the Henley Passport Index.

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says at least n 140,000 international passports are uncollected nationwide.   About 40,000 of the total 140,000 are in the Alausa passport office in Ikeja, Tony Akuneme, the NIS spokesperson, disclosed.   He explained that the majority of the uncollected passports had wrong phone contacts and …

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, says ahead of the 2023 General elections, voter cards are now more important to Nigerians than school certificates and international passports. Gumi, who said the votes will count in 2023 polls, noted that possessing a voter card is the only way to …

Lateef Tiamiyu at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court A 38-year-old Nigerian man who was caught with six false passports, a machine used to clone ATM cards and 17 magnetic strips has been jailed in Ireland.   Lateef Tiamiyu was sentenced to two years imprisonment by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Wednesday, November 23, …

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to allow Nigerians in diaspora to return to Nigeria with their expired International Passports.   Aregbesola gave the directive while responding to a complaint by a Nigerian-American citizen, Jamui Kasumu, at the Alausa Passport Office during his …

Delhi Police has arrested a Nigerian man allegedly involved in supplying fake passports and visas to foreign nationals for illegal activities.   The accused identified as Onwumelu Luke Chike,42, who is living in India on a forged passport and visa, was arrested on Saturday, July 2.    According to DCP Crime …