BREAKING: The Nigerian government has raised the processing fees for passports to ₦100k.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on behalf of the Federal Government has raised the costs associated with obtaining and processing Nigerian passports.

This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesman of the NIS, DCI Kenneth Udo, on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.

According to Udo, the Federal Government authorized the upward review as a part of its efforts to uphold the integrity and quality of the Nigerian Standard Passport.

The new price regime, which comes into effect on September 1, 2024, will see applicants for the 64-page Passport booklet with 10-year validity pay 100 thousand naira.

A 32-page passport booklet with a 5-year validity that was previously priced at thirty-five thousand naira (₦35,000.00) will now only cost fifty thousand naira (₦50,000.00) in light of the review; a 64-page passport booklet with a 10-year validity that was previously priced at seventy thousand naira (₦70,000.00) will now only cost one hundred thousand naira (₦100,000.00).

“However, the fees remain unchanged in Diaspora,” the statement partly read.

The NIS expressed regrets about any inconveniences the increase might inflict on prospective applicants but assured Nigerians of its unwavering commitment to transparency and quality service delivery at all times.

NIS cautions against mutilation of Nigerian passport

FinepapaTv reports that the NIS recently invited a lady for questioning after she was caught in a video mutilating the Nigerian Passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

The female traveller identified as Favour Igiebor destroyed the Nigerian Standard Passport said to belong to her husband.

"The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has launched a formal investigation following the circulation of a video on social media, showing a female traveller destroying a Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

"The person has been identified and invited to participate in additional investigation. If the allegations are substantiated, her actions would have constituted a breach of Section 10(b) of the Immigration Act 2015 (as amended), with corresponding penalties outlined under Section 10(h) of the same Act," the NIS said following the incident.

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