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No religious group on passport portal, Immigration warns Nigerians

The Nigeria Immigration Service has refuted claims that the name of a religious organisation appears on its official passport payment portal, describing the allegation as false and misleading. Nairametrics reported that this was disclosed on May 4, 2026, in Abuja by the Service Public Relations Officer, DCI Akinsola Akinlabi, through an official press statement issued […]

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Trump’s photo to appear in US limited edition passports

An image of Donald Trump will soon appear in some United States passports, officials said Tuesday, shattering another norm as the president aggressively puts his personal stamp on government institutions. There are few precedents anywhere in the world, let alone in a democracy, of displaying sitting leaders’ pictures in passports, and Trump would be the […]

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New British passport under King Charles III enters circulation

The first British passports bearing the coat of arms of King Charles III have officially entered circulation, marking a significant transition in the design of the United Kingdom’s travel document. The Home Office has described the newly introduced passport as the most secure British passport ever produced. The British government has clarified that all existing […]

US passport slips to 10th in global power rankings
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US passport slips to 10th in global power rankings

The United States passport has fallen to its lowest-ever position in the 20-year history of the Henley Passport Index, now ranking 10th in the world. Once the world’s most powerful passport in 2014, the U.S. now trails behind 33 other countries when tied scores are taken into account. The index, compiled quarterly by London-based firm […]

Top ten weakest African passports in 2024
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Top ten weakest African passports in 2024

An online free information guide to worldwide visa, VisaGuide.World, has released the rankings of the ten weakest African passports in 2024. While some African nations offer their citizens robust travel privileges, others face significant limitations, constraining international mobility. Passports from these countries often provide restricted visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to other nations, creating substantial hurdles […]

Nigeria ranked third African country with most visa rejections
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Nigeria ranked third African country with most visa rejections

Entrepreneurs in five African countries are among those most affected by Schengen visa rejections, a recent report by Henley and Partners. The report highlights that Africa accounted for seven of the top ten countries worldwide with the highest Schengen visa rejection rates in 2022. “Africa accounted for seven of the top ten countries with the […]

JAPA: Overstay your visa, face permanent ban, US warns Nigerians
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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 […]

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Nigeria to start non-physical passport application March 8

Alex Omenye The Federal Government has announced its finalized arrangements to commence full non-physical passport applications and their subsequent delivery to applicants using courier services. “Starting March 8, Nigerians will no longer have to come to our offices for their biometric,” the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed on Monday’s Channels Politics Today. “They can […]

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FG to implement online biometric passport issuance system 2024

The federal government has revealed its plan to digitize the passport application process by implementing a full biometric system for passport application and collection by February 2024. The Times reported that this revelation was made by Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in a statement at the recently concluded sixth Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit, which was hosted by Nigerians in […]

Nigeria produced 4.5m passports in four tears - NIS
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Nigeria produced 4.5m passports in four years – NIS

  The Nigeria Immigration Service has revealed that a total of 4,591,055 passports have been produced by the agency between August 2019 and May 2023. It also stated that there were no fewer than 4,736,075 applications for passports within the period under review. According to data obtained from a Ministry of Interior document, 470,363 passports […]

Passport issuance made simpler for Nigerians -Immigration boss
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Passport issuance made simpler for Nigerians -Immigration boss

The Nigeria Immigration Service’s interim comptroller general, Isah Idris, has said that the new passport reforms his government implemented had made it simpler for Nigerians to apply for and receive passports. In light of this, he stated that Nigerians could anticipate further improvements that would result in simpler processing of the travel document. At the […]

Passport issuance hits 1.059m as more Nigerians relocate
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Passport issuance hits 1.059m as more Nigerians relocate

  Findings have revealed that the number of passports issued by the Nigeria Immigration Service rose by 38percentt between 2020 and 2021. According to the PUNCH, this is an increase from 767,164 to 1,059,607 passports issued in 2020 and 2021 respectively. According to data obtained from the NIS, the passport types ranged from standard, official, […]

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