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First time passport applicants still need to come for biometrics in the office - NIS
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First time passport applicants still need to come for biometrics in the office – NIS

The Nigerian Immigration Service has stated that people who are applying for passports for the first time still have to go to a passport office to get their biometrics captured. This was stated by the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Wura-Ola Adepoju, during an interview with Channels Television. She however stated that from […]

Nigeria to earn N2.5tn from blue economy - NIS boss
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Nigeria to earn N2.5tn from blue economy – NIS boss

The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Caroline Wura-ola Adepoju, has disclosed that if the Blue Economy is used effectively, Nigeria has the potential to produce N2.5 trillion. According to The Times, she stated the fact that 80% of products and services entered the country by water transportation and expressed worry about the contamination of […]

First time passport applicants still need to come for biometrics in the office - NIS
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All passport backlogs have been cleared — Nigeria immigration

The Nigeria Immigration Service has encouraged Nigerians who have applied for and have not yet picked up their international passports to go to the passport offices because the backlog has been cleared. The Guardian reported that this information was provided in an exclusive interview with  a Deputy Comptroller of Immigration and the Immigration spokesman, Dotun Aridegbe, […]