NIS announces locations, dates for passport intervention exercise

The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has announced the provisional locations, venues and dates for its planned passport involution workout successful the United Kingdom.

The work said the workout follows the deployment of a dedicated Passport Intervention Team from its office successful Abuja to the UK, connected the directive of the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.

Recall that connected August 9, 2026, the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, announced the deployment of a dedicated Passport Intervention Team to the United Kingdom to code pending passport applications and further streamline passport services for Nigerians successful the diaspora.

In a follow-up nationalist announcement issued connected Monday and signed by Akinsola Akinlabi, the Service Public Relations Officer, the NIS provided details of the exercise.

According to the statement, the NIS said it reached the determination connected the locations and venues pursuing consultations with the High Commission of Nigeria and representatives of Nigerian communities successful the UK.

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