Hell within: Hurdles of renewing /obtaining International Passports
Sheila Edwards got an offer for a sponsored trip to China. The Embassy of China was ready and those that would make the trip with her were also ready. It was going to be an all-expense paid trip and she looked forward to it.
REPORT: How touts swindle passport seekers in Imo
By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri Touting activities have gradually increased in and around the entrance of the Federal Secretariat along Port Harcourt road in Owerri, where the office of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, is located. Vanguard visited the area on Wednesday in Owerri and was told that the touts position themselves strategically to swindle […]
Federal government bars Onnoghen from travelling, seizes passport
The Federal government has barred immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, from travelling out of the country. The move may not be unconnected to a fresh probe into Onnoghen’s affairs. Onnoghen was convicted for not declaring his assets by the Code of Conduct Tribunal in April. An internal report issued by the Nigeria Immigration […]
Ikoyi Passport Office to go tough on touts — Yari
Mr Manir Yari, the Passport Control Officer (PCO), Ikoyi Passport office, Lagos, has said the office will no longer tolerate the activities of touts within the office vicinity
Prophet jailed for stealing, traveling to South Africa with congregant’s passport
A self-proclaimed Bulawayo Prophet in Zimbabwe will spend half a year in prison after he stole his congregant’s passport and used it to travel to South Africa under the guise that he was praying for it. Shepherd Mbili was convicted by a Bulawayo Magistrate, Zimbabwe after he pleaded guilty to the charges levelled against him. […]
Passport: We’re operating above capacity, says Nigerian Consulate
The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, says the consulate is operating above capacity especially in passport service delivery.
