Tag: Passport Issuance

SERAP faults FG over Int’l passport fee hike

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SERAP faults FG

…Says its unlawful The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged the Federal Government to urgently reverse the new passport fees announced by the Nigeria Immigration Service. In a statement issued yesterday, SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, described the increase as arbitrary, unlawful, and discriminatory against poor Nigerians. The group said decision would amount to a denial of access to passports for millions of socially and economically vulnerable Nigerians. The statement read: “Millions of disadvantaged Nigerians cannot realistically afford to pay the increased fees. “These Nigerians should not be…

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FG announces upward review of passport fees

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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), yesterday announced an upward review of the standard passport fees. According to the Service, the decision to review the fees for obtaining a standard passport stems from the need to uphold the quality and integrity of the Nigerian passport. In an issued statement yesterday, signed by the Service’s Public Relations Officer, ACI A.S Akinlani, the NIS said the new fees will take effect from September 1, 2025. “The review, which only affects Passport Application fees made in Nigeria, has now set new fee thresholds for…

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FG clears 200,000 passport backlogs, pays ₦28bn debts – Tunji-Ojo

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Minister of Interior

Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the Federal Government has cleared over 200,000 unprocessed passport applications since he assumed office. Tunji-Ojo also revealed that ₦28 billion in old debts have been paid off, all without extra funding from the Government. The Minister, who made these announcements during the ‘Access Bank Guest Lecture Series’, which was held in Lagos on Monday, spoke on the topic: “Dare to Dream, Dare to Innovate”, and called for bold leadership, system reform, and the smart use of technology. “Leadership is not about reacting to problems,…

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??’Home delivery of Nigerian passports begins June’ – Interior Minister

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Nigerian passport

The home delivery of Nigerian passports will begin in June, according to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. Tunji-Ojo, made this announcement on Friday, when he inspected the electronic gates at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airports new terminal in Abuja. He, however, said  the home delivery  will only be in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kano, and Abuja. The Ministe also said home delivery would initially launch  for Nigerians in the Diaspora, in the United States and the United Kingdom According to him, home delivery  should have started but for  lack of…

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Passport application automation to begin Jan. 8 – Minister

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The automation of the Nigerian passport application process will commence from January 8, 2024, the Ministry of Interior has disclosed. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja, during an inspection of facilities of the Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS). According to him, Nigerians will be able to apply and complete their passport application process online without human contact. We are good to go live, Tunji-Ojo said, during the inspection, alongside the Comptroller-General (CG) of the Service, Wura-Ola Adepoju. He noted that the automation of passport…

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Home delivery of passport starts next year – FG

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The Federal Government says Nigerians will have their passports delivered to them at home, offices, and other places of choice beginning next year. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said this on Monday in Lagos, while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2023 University of Lagos International Week. According to him, Nigerians will soon begin to experience the sweetness of the passport application as the ministry has started the automation of the process. We have commenced the automation of our end-to-end passport application process, and we have given a timeline…

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Nigerian passport ranks below Niger, Chad, others – Report

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Immigration Service kicks The Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS), yesterday, in Abuja, reacted to a global ranking that placed the Nigerian passport 98th out of 199 countries, below other African states such as Malawi, Niger, Chad, Zimbabwe, Uganda and The Gambia. It said that although it welcomed the ranking, it is more concerned with the Nigerian passports compliance with the global standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, (ICAO). According to details obtained from Henley & Partners, a London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm, the passport index published quarterly is…

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Nigeria Immigration re-opens Passport application portal, gives conditions

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The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (CGI), Muhammad Babandede, has announced the re-opening of the Passport application and payment portal effective 8th June 2021 by 12 midnight to allow eligible Passport applicants to apply and make payments for the various categories of Passports of their choice. The Passport portal was closed following the directives of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola on May 17, to afford the Service the opportunity to clear all backlogs of applications that have piled up across its issuing centres in the past few months.…

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Nigerians can obtain passports within six weeks’ Immigration Comptr-Gen.

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The Comptroller-General of the NigeriaImmigrationService, (NIS), Muhammed Babandede, yesterday said the turnaround time for issuance of passports is now six weeks. The Services Public Relations Officer, Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen. The statement was titled: NIS promotes senior officers. James quoted Babandede as saying this at the NIS headquarters in Abuja during a media chat on Innovations and Administration for Ease in Passport Issuance and Processing following the decoration of 87 newly-promoted Assistant Comptrollers-General and Comptrollers of Immigration Service. Speaking on the recent halt…

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