{"id":78151,"date":"2025-11-05T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78151"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:45:30","slug":"nigeria-to-introduce-single-travel-emergency-passport-for-citizens-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/05\/nigeria-to-introduce-single-travel-emergency-passport-for-citizens-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria to Introduce Single Travel Emergency Passport for Citizens Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) plans to launch a Single Travel Emergency Passport (STEP), to assist Nigerians abroad with expired, lost, or stolen passports.<\/p>\n<p>Comptroller-General Kemi Nanna Nandap announced the initiative during the Joint Thematic Meeting of the Khartoum, Rabat, and Niamey Processes in Abuja, co-hosted by Nigeria and France.<\/p>\n<p>According to NIS, the STEP, a temporary, single-entry biometric passport issued at designated embassies and consulates will replace the current Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC), strengthening identity management and border governance.<\/p>\n<p>The launch aligns with NIS reforms aimed at improving service delivery and citizen security.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, which included representatives from ECOWAS, AU, EU, and NAPTIP, focused on tackling migrant smuggling and human trafficking through prevention, protection, and prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Nandap reaffirmed Nigeria\u2019s commitment to regional and global migration standards, emphasizing the STEP as part of the Service\u2019s effort to promote safe and orderly migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola &nbsp; The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) plans to launch a Single Travel Emergency Passport (STEP), to assist Nigerians abroad with expired, lost, or stolen passports. Comptroller-General Kemi Nanna Nandap announced the initiative during the Joint Thematic Meeting of the Khartoum, Rabat, and Niamey Processes in Abuja, co-hosted by Nigeria and France. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1746],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78153,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78151\/revisions\/78153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}