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Nigerian Government has approved an upward review of the fees for the Passport effective from 1st September, 2024. In a statement released on Wednesday night, August 21, the Nigeria Immigration Service says based on the review, a 32-page Passport booklet with 5 year validity previously charged at Thirty-five Thousand Naira (N35,000.00) will now be Fifty […]
Continue ReadingThe Henley Passport Index (HPI) report has listed the most powerful passports in the world on Thursday. Forty five countries were also listed that the Nigerian green passport can take Nigerians to without applying for visa. HPI is a global passport-ranking website with an original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the promised automation of the passport application process will begin “in the next one week”. Tunji-Ojo first gave the assurance to Nigerians in an October 4 interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, saying citizens would be able to use the feature from December. The Minister made an appearance […]
Continue ReadingNigerian passport has gone down by 38 places in a global passport ranking in the last 17 years. This is according to the Henley Passport Index reports between 2006 and 2022 collated by Punch The Henley Passport Index ranks passports according to the number of countries their holders can access visa-free or with a visa-on-arrival […]
Continue ReadingHave you packed your bags? Even if you have, don’t be in too much of a hurry to hop on the next flight without the required visas: Nigeria’s passport is ranked 101st out of 199 countries in the world. The ranking is based on the Henley Passport Index, described as the original, authoritative ranking of […]
Continue ReadingWhen the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said it was suspending fresh passport applications in order to clear the backlog, the first question that jumped at me was: what is so difficult about this thing? Nigerians, home and abroad, have been going through hell to secure a document that should be steadily available. Maybe I have […]
Continue ReadingIn March this year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) devised a ‘Naira 4 Dollar’ scheme to make remittances through formal bank channels more convenient for our nationals in the Diaspora. With many countries now tapping into remittances from their Diaspora populations to increase inflow and shore up their national economies, it is a smart […]
Continue ReadingComptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, has said that the issuance of Nigerian Passport with 10 years validity will commence in December, 2018. Mr Babandede made the disclosure when he visited Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Monday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the immigration boss and some […]
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