Tag: US
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Flight resumption: Over 15,000 passengers from China, US, UK to arrive Nigeria weekly
Following the resumption of international flights in Lagos and Abuja airports from Saturday, investigations by Sunday PUNCH have revealed that there will be about 15,000 passengers flying into the country weekly. The Federal Government had after shifting the resumption of international flights from August 29 to September 5 noted that only the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…
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US to place Nigeria, 6 others to a new list of countries on America’s visa restriction
United States President, Donald Trump, is set to add Nigeria and six others to a new list of countries on America’s visa restriction, Wall Street Journal reports. According to the report, Nigerians would not be barred from entering the country but would not be issued with certain types of visas. The Trump administration plans to…
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US to review relationship with Nigeria over Sowore
United States (US) Senator Robert Menendez has said America will review its relationship with Nigeria over the continued detention and rearrest of Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore. “We are watching and will be reviewing our relationship with the Nigeria government,” Menendez said at a press conference jointly addressed by Sowore’s wife Opeyemi in the US.…
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United States of America Lists People Named In Massive Fraud, Money Laundering
US authorities have announced charges against 80 people, most of them Nigerians, in a wide-ranging fraud and money laundering operation that netted millions of dollars from victims of internet con jobs. On Thursday, federal prosecutors unsealed the dozens of indictments after 17 people were arrested and taken into custody in Los Angeles and elsewhere in…
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2019 elections: US imposes visa restrictions on indicted Nigerian Politicians
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerian for undermining the democratic process in the country during the 2019 general elections. It explained that the affected individuals, who were not identified, operated with impunity at the expense of Nigerians and undermined democratic principles and human rights. Those affected include individuals indicted for electoral…
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US Honours Nigerian Imam Who Risked His Life To Save Over 200 Christians
Muslim cleric Abubakar Abdullahi who risked his own life to save some Christians in Jos has been honoured with US International Religious Freedom Award. The 83-year-old Imam hid over 200 Christians inside from suspected bandits in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, during June 2018 clashes. He hid the Christian his mosque and…
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Spate of kidnappings in Nigeria exaggerated – Osinbajo tells Nigerians in US
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has told Nigerians in the Diaspora that the spate of kidnappings in Nigeria is exaggerated and not entirely new. This is despite recent travel advisories issued by the United States and the United Kingdom asking its citizens not to visit some states in Nigeria due to the rising insecurity occasioned by kidnapping,…
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US Describes As Untrue Report of Ban On Students Visa For Nigerians
The United States, US, embassy has reacted to viral report of the country banning student’s visa for Nigerians Reports emerged over the weekend claiming that Nigerian students have been banned from receiving Student US visa. Reacting to the rumour, the US embassy, in a post on its verified Twitter page on Monday, denied the report.…
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US Seeks Social Media Details From Visa Applicants In New Regulation
Nearly all applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under newly adopted rules. The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years’ worth of email addresses and phone numbers. When proposed last year, authorities estimated the proposal would affect 14.7 million people annually.…
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Revealed: Buhari’s Administration Hires American Lobbying Firm For Image Laundry
The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has acquired the services of an image-laundering and lobbying firm with offices in the United Kingdom and the United States to undertake ‘outreach and relationship building with various stakeholders’ PREMIUM TIMES has exclusively reported. The hiring comes about a month after Atiku Abubakar last April allegedly hired the services…