Nigeria Immigration Service Has Now Launched Fasttrack Option For Passport Processing In Abuja

CG, Nigeria Immigration Service 

The Nigeria immigration service (NIS) has now launched a premium lounge for passport processing at the Federal Capital Territory.

Pictures from the commissioning of the Premium Passport Processing Centre(Passport Express Processing Centre)Maitama today 30th March,2021 at Maitama,Abuja.

The premium centre is to service as an express centre to cut out the long wait and processing period for applicants who want to fast-track their passport application for issuance/renewal.

You just have to pay a little extra to enjoy this service.

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Sound of Heaven Singers Unveil Single Titled 'It’s Mine

Sound of heaven choir

After a 10 years hiatus from their last album release, the Sound of Heaven Singers of Trinity Life Assembly Warri, Delta State Nigeria, comes through with a soul lifting song titled 'Its Mine'. 

This song is posed to reaffirm God's sovereignty and the beauty of his holy name.

The sound of heaven Singers is a choir of a cosmopolitan church in Warri called TRINITY LIFE ASSEMBLY.

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NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE LAUNCHES THE NIGERIAN TEMPORARY PASSPORT

Thursday, March 9, 2021 Abuja,Nigeria - News:NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE LAUNCHES THE NIGERIAN TEMPORARY PASSPORT 

The Honourable Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola launched the Nigerian Temporary Passport (NTP) at NIS Headquarters, today, Tuesday 9th March, 2021.

2. The Temporary Passport is a new genre of Passport that will be issued at the Nigerian Embassies/High Commissions outside the country to Nigerians desirous of returning home but whose national passport is not available.

The Honourable Minister stated that the Temporary Passport is a travel document designed for a one-way travel to Nigeria only and that the new document replaces the hitherto Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC) which was issued to Nigerians in emergency situations for the purpose of returning home. 

He maintained that the Temporary Passport is ICAO compliant and is valid for only 30 days before the date of travel and it is not in any way a replacement for the Nigerian Passport as it will only serve a temporary purpose in the case of loss or misplacement of the Nigerian Passport by a Nigerian abroad.

The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, MFR, stated that the replaced Emergency Travel Certificate was a huge security threat to Nigeria and the global community because it was an ordinary paper devoid of necessary security features of a travel document. 

However, the Temporary Passport replacing it is a catalyst to Nigeria’s desire for effective identity management as it has a chip and surface personalization which is an enhancement of the current Electronic Passport Management System (EPMS). 

Contact: DCI Sunday James pcc Service Public Relations Officer For: Comptroller General of Immigration 

 REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INTERIOR, OGBENI RAUF AREGBESOLA, AT THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE TEMPORARY PASSPORT, HELD AT THE NIS HEADQUARTERS, SOUKA, ABUJA, ON 9TH MARCH, 2021

 Protocols: TEMPORARY BUT SECURE 

I am pleased to be at this occasion to witness another interesting development in the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the official launch of the Nigerian Temporary Passport. 

This event represents yet another sincere demonstration of government’s commitment to strengthen our national security architecture and it also validates our drive for robust service delivery to our citizens in diaspora. 

The Temporary Passport being launched today is critical to the country’s desire for effective identity management. It was for the sole purpose of identity management that we ensured that the Nigeria Immigration Service and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), harmonize data in the process of obtaining the Nigerian Passport.  

The Temporary Passport as the name implies, is a travel document designed for a one-way travel to Nigeria only. 

It is an electronic document that has all the features of a regular passport, just that it is temporary and valid for one trip and will be retrieved from the user at the entry point. 

It is a replacement for the hitherto Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC) which was issued to Nigerians in emergency situations where their Passports were not available and had need to travel to Nigeria. 

The old paper ETC is non-electronic. 

This new document is not a replacement for the Nigerian Passport, it will only serve a temporary purpose in the case of loss or misplacement of the Nigerian Passport by a Nigerian abroad. The Temporary Passport is ICAO compliant and is valid for only 30 days. 

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, recall that the NIS last week commissioned its state-of-the-art Technology Building, which is the first of its kind in Africa. The launch of the Temporary Passport today is another positive milestone in the efforts to reposition the NIS to measure up favourably with its counterparts in the world. 

It is further consolidation of the digitization efforts of the operations of NIS to further strengthen its collaboration with other security agencies for effective and efficient border security of the country. In the light of the present security challenges faced by the country, the Temporary Passport will no doubt help to checkmate the excess of criminal elements that takes advantage of the ETC to infiltrate the country. 

Let me assure Nigerians having difficulties with obtaining the Nigerian passport that this challenge will soon be put behind us. We are putting measures in place that will make it very easy to obtain the passport, once they come to fruition. 

May I use this opportunity to further appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, for his continued support to the Ministry of Interior and the NIS in particular. 

I must commend the Controller General of the Immigration Service for his untiring efforts at innovation and effective management of our borders, in the quest for national security. 

I must also commend all the officers and men of the service for their sacrifice and professionalism in border management and keeping us safe. 

Let me remind us all again of the need to be safety conscious and follow all the prescribed protocols in the era of COVID-19 in order to protect ourselves, our family, our colleagues and anyone we come in contact with. 

I thank you all for your kind attention. 

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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NIS Commissions Data Command and Control Centre

Thursday March 4, 2021. Abuja:News NIS COMMISSIONS DATA/COMMUNICATION COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE

President Muhammadu Buhari has today 4th March, 2021 commissioned the Nigeria Immigration Service Data/Communication Command and Control Centre at the Service Headquarters, Abuja.

2. The President who joined the commissioning event via the Zoom technology stated that NIS Data/Command and Control Centre as a repository of personal data of Nigerians and expatriate is in line with his administration derive to implement policy that will protect and enhance the living standard of Nigerians.

3. He charged the NIS to be relentless in keeping the border safe by ensuring that criminal elements do not find Nigeria as safe heaven to hide and perpetrate crimes. He further urged the Service to “collaborate with international security agencies to safeguard the border because a safe border is prerequisite to a safe nation”, the President added.

4. In his Welcome address, the Comptroller General of Immigration Muhammad Babandede MFR stated that the Nigeria Immigration Service has evolved into a world class Migration Management Agency capable of playing its pivotal role to National Security and that the Data Command and Control Centre also known as NIS Technology Building could not have come at a better time than now as it has placed the Service in a vantage position to confront the criminality in the forms of terrorism, migrant smuggling/ human trafficking.

Signed DCI Sunday James pcc Service Public Relations Officer For: Comptroller General of Immigration

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Preparation In Top Gear As NIS Set To Launch Technology Building

Preparation in top gear as the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) set to launch its technology building today at the headquarters in Abuja. The NIS has experienced tremendous improvements and development under the leadership of the present Comptroller General, Muhammed Babandede.

The project which began in 2018 by Julius Berger construction company has now finally been completed and set to take off as the information hub and communication centre of the NIS.

The centre will serve as an intelligence sharing unit that would work in collaboration with other security and intelligence structures in Nigeria and across the globe.

The event would be graced by serving ministers and heads of service as President Muhammadu Buhari officially declares the building open.

This project is one of the milestones of the Muhammadu Buhari led administration and an achievement of the Honorable Minister of Interior who is on a mission to "set a new security agenda for Nigeria".

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Nigeria's A-List Artiste, Burna Boy To Perform At The Grammys This Year

Burna boy is set to perform during the GRAMMYs Premiere Ceremony on March 14, 2021. Popularly known for his 'African Hisnt' album, Burna boy who is also a Grammys nominee for his album 'Twice as Tall' becomes the first Nigerian Artiste to perform at the Grammys. Congratulations Burna.

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