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Late 5: Party reveals plans to fence Nigeria, Russia thrash Saudi Arabia 5-0 in World cup opener and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP) has revealed plans to construct perimeter fence around Nigeria, change the name of the country and its currency, if elected into power in 2019. This information was made known at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday by the Acting National Chairman... Read More

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November 30, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 30th of November

Follow the links below to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: Over 40% of UNIZIK staff watch pornography at work – Vice Chancellor 2018 World Cup: Nigeria is not afraid to confront any team – Rohr Maina has 3 passports but has not travelled since 2013 – Immigration

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Court grants Abba Moro permission for foreign medical check-up

by Dolapo Adelana The Federal High Court Abuja Friday, granted a former Interior Minister, Abba Moro, permission to travel abroad for medical checkup. Moro, who is standing trial over alleged N676 million Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment scam, was granted similar permission on July 14, 2016 to travel for medical treatment. At today’s hearing, counsel to Moro, Mr. Akinlolu... Read More

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January 13, 2017

Opinion: 2017 Ministry of Interior budget analysis

This, being the fourth piece in my 2017 budget analysis series, will focus on the budget of the Ministry of Interior. The Ministry of Interior has a 2017 budget of 545,630,780,046. Of this amount, 63,261,062,486 is the total capital budget, with 482,369,717,560 being the total recurrent budget. The total overhead budget is 34,234,537,935 and the... Read More

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September 20, 2016

‘How human traffickers use donkeys, motorcycles to transport victims’

The Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kaduna State Command, Mohammed Yaro on Monday said human traffickers have devised a new method of transporting their victims to other countries through donkeys and motorcycles. Yaro said this while parading 11 victims of trafficking who were picked up in various areas of the state. He said the... Read More

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September 1, 2016

Immigration officer arrested for collecting bribe from applicants

The Nigeria Immigration Service has warned its officers to desist from fraudulent activities during the re-screening of the 2000 recruits who were dispersed in 2015. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the service PRO, DCI E.S King the Comptroller-General of Immigrations, CGI, Mohammed Babandede said an officer whose name was not disclosed has been arrested for collecting... Read More

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August 25, 2016

#NIS2000: The disengaged officers must undergo screening test – Comptroller-General

The Federal Government has insisted that those earlier dismissed by the Nigeria Immigration Service make themselves available for a test next week. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammed Babandede, told reporters on Wednesday in Abuja, that the exercise wasn’t a new development in the service. The Service had earlier announced in a statement that the decision... Read More

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August 23, 2016

We will go on with the re-screening of 2,000 dismissed recruits – Immigration Service

Unperturbed by their continued protests, the Nigeria Immigration Service on Tuesday said it would still go ahead with the re-screening of 2,000 dismissed officers in 2015. The Service spokesperson, Ekpedeme King, said the re-screening would take place as scheduled at the NIS Headquarters, Abuja, from August 29 to September 4. He said, “The background checks... Read More

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August 15, 2016

FG to begin re-screening of dispersed 2,000 immigration recruits

The Federal Government has said it would commence the re-screening of 2,000 recruits of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS who were not employed after their training in February last year. The spokesman of the NIS, Ekpedeme King in a statement on Monday said the decision was reached after an emergency meeting of the Civil Defence,... Read More

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We lack adequate facilities to secure seaports – Immigration

The Nigeria Immigration Service has lamented that its officials are inadequately equipped to secure the maritime domain. This was said by the Assistant Comptroller-General Immigration, Border Patrol and Marine Service Headquarters Abuja, Saro-John Uaebari, at a three-day capacity building workshop on interagency cooperation held in Lagos. The workshop was carried out in partnership with the... Read More

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Abba Moro, the cat with many lives – 7 things he’s been up to in the past 12 months

by Kolapo Olapoju Today, Sunday, March 15, makes it exactly a year since the ill-fated Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment exercise which claimed the lives of about 18 Nigerian youth and left hundreds wounded. Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, for some reason, managed to get away with the gross ineptitude that marked the exercise under his... Read More

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October 15, 2014

Immigration recruitment scam: Jonathan is yet to fulfil promise to victims family

by Kolapo Olapoju It’s been over seven months since the National Immigration Service tragedy occured around the nation, and several of the victims suffer still. Some of the victims of the 15 March Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment stampede in Benin, Edo, have accused President Goodluck Jonathan of not implementing the compensation promised to them. At... Read More

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August 27, 2014

Immigration service releases German-based Nigerian mistaken for terrorist

by S’ola Filani A Germany-based Nigerian with passport number A03211082, Ahmed Ibrahim, who was mistakenly detained at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos State, for being a suspected terrorist, has been released by the Nigeria Immigration Service. Ahmed Ibrahim, a chef based in Germany, who visited Nigeria for the last Ramadan was allegedly brutalized by officials... Read More

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New 64-page e-passport unveiled in Abuja

by Mayowa Aboah President Goodluck Jonathan has launched Nigeria’s new 64-page e-passport. The travelling document was launched on Wednesday, 30 July, by President Goodluck Jonathan, shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President said the pages of the traveling document had to be... Read More

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Hannatu Musawa: #NISstampede – We demand a proper inquiry

by Hannatu Musawa Indeed, the Nigeria Immigration Service is a very prominent governmental agency responsible for ensuring that non-citizens coming into the country are without any blemishes and have no ulterior motives for coming into the country. One would expect that such an establishment saddled with such a sensitive role would show adequate concern and... Read More

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#NISstampede: Impatience led to applicants’ death – Interior Minister

by Akan Ido The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro has blamed applicants who participated in yesterday’s Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment exercise saying the deadly stampede in some centres were caused by impatience. #NISstampede: This is how question papers were distributed by Immigration officials in Abuja (WATCH) Moro said many applicants failed to adhere to the... Read More

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December 17, 2013

Rejoice! Immigration Service to issue out passports within 30 MINUTES by 2014

by Oke Efagene As from next year, all applicants for the Nigerian passport will get it within 30 minutes. This new development was disclosed yesterday by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who said the move would help eliminate corruption in the ministry. He said it was also a part of the rebranding of the Nigeria... Read More

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September 8, 2013

Child trafficking: 2 women arrested in Cross River with 5-day-old baby

by Oge Okonkwo Two Cameroonian women, 47-year-old Ngala Nungu, and 54-year-old Mende Cecilia, suspected of child trafficking were arrested in Calabar while carrying a five-day-old baby by operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). According to the state NIS Comptroller, Samuel Igoche, the suspects include a legal practitioner. Igoche told newsmen that Mrs. Nungu claimed to have spent N1.5 million to... Read More

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103 Illegal immigrants arrested in Kaduna, face deportation

by Rachel Ogbu 103 illegal immigrants from Niger Republic have been arrested in Kaduna state. The Nigeria Immigration Service in Kaduna State on Monday said they are to be deported back to Niger. According to reports, the Comptroller of Immigration in the state, Hamman Yeri, while parading the aliens, said they were arrested at the... Read More

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October 11, 2012

TICKER: We use 100% imported materials for passports – Immigration

Even though Nigerians are proud of the new electronic passports being issued by the Nigerian Immigration Services, the organisation is burdened by the high cost of producing them as a result of the importation of all the needed materials. Speaking at the inauguration of a new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in Abuja on Tuesday,... Read More

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