I got my renewed passport today at the Immigration office in Port Harcourt after capturing yesterday for the total sum N17,000 plus bank charges of N800. The Comptroller of immigration, Rivers command, Aba Isa P, was quite remorseful over the assault I was subjected to at their office on the 5th of April when I…
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Busted: Immigration officers caught on hidde. camera ordering Nigerian out for refusing to give them a bribe.
Media entrepreneur and social activist, Philip Thomas, who is popularly known as Comrade Phils was ordered out of the Nigerian Immigration office in Port Harcourt, Friday, for refusing to pay a bribe to renew his International passport. In a video posted on his Facebook wall, the activist lamented the treatment meted to him by the…
Chief Dokpesi & the Nigerian Immigration Service: Facts of the Matter
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), recently alleged that, the Chairman Emeritus of DAAR Communications LTD, and chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), High Chief Raymond Dokpesi’s International Passport was not stamped/Signed by Immigration officials, upon his departure and return to the country. The NIS also alleged that Chief Dokpesi did not travel with…
Nigeria Immigration Service invites, detains Dokpesi days after arresting him at the airport
So immigration officials at Abuja airport detained High Chief Dokpesi after he returned from a medical trip in Dubai a few days ago. The court has possession of his travel documents and as such he has to apply to the court each time he needs to travel. After detaining him for an hour on arrival…
