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Only Tinubu can decide on border reopening- Adeniyi On Saturday, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, stated that only President Bola Tinubu holds the authority to authorize the reopening of the country’s borders. He made this statement during an interactive session with members from the Kongolam border community in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina…

Court upholds appointment of Hameed Ali as Customs boss

Hameed Ali A Federal High Court in Lagos Friday dismissed a suit challenging the appointment of retired Col. Hameed Ali, as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service. The suit was instituted by a rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, in November 2015. Adegboruwa had urged the court to determine whether the president could appoint anyone as comptroller-general of customs without…

We’ll deal decisively with Immigration officers who collect returns – Comptroller-General

Mr Mohammed Babandede, Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has vowed to deal with any officer involved in collecting returns from Nigerians.

Babandede made this known at the formal presentation of SERVICOM Compliance Evaluation Reports to the Management of the Federal Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Immigration Service in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said that the agency would key…

Buhari appoints new Immigration boss

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Mohammed Babandede as the new Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).

This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Bassey Akpanyung, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior.

Until his appointment, Babandede was a Deputy Comptroller-General (DCG) at the Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters.

NAN reports that…

Nigeria Immigration boss, Abeshi retires, Babandede takes over

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)), Mr Martins Abeshi, has on Thursday retired from service.

Abeshi on Thursday handed over to the new acting Comptroller-General of the NIS, Mr Muhammed Babandede.

Babandede was until now in charge of Operations & Passport Directorate in the NIS.

Mr Ekpedeme King, the NIS spokesperson, confirmed the development to NAN on Thursday.

Nigeria to flush out immigrants

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Martin Abeshi, says the Service has put in place new stringent measures to flush out illegal migrants from Nigeria.

Abeshe made the disclosure at a world press briefing on migration and border management issues in Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.

He decried the menace of illegal immigrants in the country and noted that the service…

Nigerian Customs officers must declare assets within 14 days, says Hamid Ali

Hamid Ali, Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ali (rtd), has directed all officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to declare their assets within 14 days. A circular signed by the Comptroller-General and addressed to all Deputy Comptrollers-General, Zonal Coordinators and Customs Area Controllers said the directive was aimed…