FG orders Immigration Service to deploy special team to UK for passport issuance The Federal Government has directed the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Kemi Nanna Nandap, to immediately deploy a dedicated team to the United Kingdom to ease the processing and issuance of passports to N…

…programme designed to strengthen the security, integrity and efficiency of Nigeria’s passport issuance system. The association disclosed that the NIS had adopted a phased implementation strategy, with phases one to three already completed between February 2025 and 2026, covering passport offices in the North-Central, S…

…passport applications undergo a verification process to protect the integrity of passport issuance. It also described the alleged $150 payment for third-party passport collection as illegal. “We also wish to state that the payment of $150 for the secondary collection of a passport is illegal. Applicants are strongly ad…