Tag: Visa ban
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FG holds campaign against visa ban in U.S.
A Federal Government team on Tuesday visited the U.S. state of Delaware to campaign against the recent immigrant visa restriction on Nigeria and seek development cooperation. The delegation, led by the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, also comprised the Chairperson, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Mrs Tolulope Akande-Sadipe. At separate…
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BREAKING: US gives Nigeria conditions over recent visa ban
The United States (US) government has given Nigerian government conditions under which the recent visa policy, affecting six countries, Nigeria inclusive, could be reviewed. Mrs Mary-Beth Leonard, the U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, gave the conditions during a familiarisation visit to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Tuesday in Abuja. Leonard said…
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Visa ban: Come and see American wonder – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. When I was a boy, magic was associated with what the adults called ‘American Wonder’ The United States of American (USA) was a wonder to that generation and it was believed that it was a country of anything goes. That America could change white into blue or insist that white is actually…
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Visa ban: Trump’s ‘discriminatory action’ against Nigeria, others won’t stand – Pelosi
The US House of Representatives is set on a fresh course of collision with President Donald Trump, this time over the Friday restriction of immigrant visa against Nigerians and nationals of five other countries. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday that the new policy smacked of discrimination and undermined the US global leadership, constitution and…
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FG commences talks with US Govt over visa ban on Nigeria
The President Muhammadu Buhari led administration has reacted to the Visa ban slammed on Nigerian immigrants to the United States as announced by the Trump administration on Friday. The US presidential proclamation said it will suspend the issuance of visas that can lead to permanent residency for nationals of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Nigeria. Acting…
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Travel Ban: Don’t punish Nigerians for Buhari’s sins, Atiku begs Trump
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has appealed to the United States President Donald Trump to reconsider removing Nigeria from the list of countries recently added on visa ban to the country. Recall that the United States announced on Friday that it is expanding its curbs on immigration to include six more countries, including Nigeria, Africa’s…
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See Why Trump Slammed Visa Ban On Nigeria, Five Other Countries
Proclamation on Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and…
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See why Trump slammed visa ban On Nigeria, other countries
President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has imposed an immigration visa ban on Nigeria. Other countries affected by the visa restriction which will take effect from February 21, are Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan. Trump in his statement noted that Nigeria does not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria…
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Visa ban will mostly affect vulnerable Nigerians, FG tells US
The Federal Government says the speculated plan by the US to add Nigeria to its existing list of visa travel ban countries is ill conceived. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, made the remarks yesterday in London during an interview session with Reuters. The minister is in London to officially engage with international media and other…