Nigeria Immigration Service

Nigeria Deports 455 Expatriates, Grants Amnesty To 142 Others

October 20, 2025 5:07 am

Nigerian government ends visa amnesty for irregular migrants as Immigration Service enforces reforms to improve border security and migration management.

The Nigerian government has announced the departure of 455 expatriates and the regularization of 142 others following the end of its visa amnesty program, part of a wider effort to tighten immigration compliance and enhance border governance.

Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, disclosed the figures while addressing stakeholders at a sensitization forum in Abuja. She said the exercise followed a five-month amnesty window granted by the federal government from May 1 to September 30, 2025.

“The …

#EndSARS Lawyer Is Clean, Can Travel – Immigration Chief

November 10, 2020 7:50 am

The comptroller general of Nigeria Immigration Service has made it clear that the government will not pay compensation to the activist whose passport is seized, the report says. It went further to explain why it seized the international passport of Modupe Odele, a lawyer who offered free legal service to some protesters arrested by the police during #EndSARS protests as he was about leaving the country for a vacation at the Maldives.

The NIS comptroller general, Muhammad Babandede in an interview said the directive to deny the activist from travelling abroad came from an unnamed security agency. Ms. Odele was …

Immigration Prevents #EndSARS Promoter From Travelling

November 3, 2020 7:21 am

The Nigeria Immigration Service on Monday prevented a promoter of the #EndSARS movement, Modupe Odele, from travelling.

Although the officers did not disclose the reason for their action, it is believed that the action was taken because of her alleged role in the #EndSARS protests.

Odele, had through her Twitter handle, @Mochievous, mobilised her 219,000 followers during the protests.

She had also offered free legal aid to persons who were unjustly arrested during the demonstrations.

Confirming the development in a newsletter sent out on Monday, the lawyer said she …

Why Nigeria Immigration Service Must Be Probed – Reps Member

August 7, 2020 2:09 pm

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has called on the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, to investigate its personnel in Nigeria’s land borders and airports over alleged bribery.

Akande-Sadipe said allegations of bribery from irregular migrants to leave the country are gaining grounds already and cannot be jettisoned.

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In a statement by her spokesperson, Olamilekan Olusada, the lawmaker stated that reports claim that NIS officials at check points at various Nigerian highways, borders and airports have indirectly legalised irregular migration with their …