The Headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), in Abuja, was in the early hours of Sunday gutted by fire and some vital documents believed to have been destroyed by the inferno.
Although the source of the fire outbreak has yet to be ascertained, NIS in its official Twitter handle, @nigimmigration, confirmed the development, saying the cause of the inferno is being investigated.
According to the Immigration Service, the fire which affected some of the offices in the headquarters has been put out by the firefighters.
NIS said: “A fire incident occurred in our Service Headquarters this Morning. It affected some of our offices.
“The fire has been put out by our Federal Fire Station & support from other agencies around the Airport.
“The cause of the fire is being investigated. We assure the public that the incident will not in any way affect the discharge of our services,” it tweeted.