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UK plans visa crackdown on Nigerians, others over overstay concerns

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 Aminu Imam

The United Kingdom (UK)is considering new immigration measures that could make it harder for citizens of Nigeria, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to obtain visas, citing high rates of overstays and subsequent asylum claims. According to information, first published by The Times of Londin yesterday, the UK Home Office is preparing to introduce stricter visa policies targeting nationalities identified as having a greater likelihood of remaining in the country beyond the terms of their visas. Authorities say that a pattern of individuals arriving on work or study permits and later seeking…

S’Arabia Govt limits visas for travelers from Nigeria, 13 other countries

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025 Aminu Imam

Saudi Arabia has implemented a new visa policy that restricts visitors from Nigeria and 13 other countries to single-entry visas. The change, already in effect this February, is directed at curbing unauthorised Hajj pilgrimages and ensuring the safety of those attending the religious event. Travelers from these nations will no longer have access to the one-year multiple-entry visa for tourism, business, and family visits. According to TravelBiz, Saudi Arabia has suspended the one-year multiple-entry visa for travelers from Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan,…

Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso officially exit ECOWAS

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 Aminu Imam

The three military-led West African nations – Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso – have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS). The regional bloc disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday. This brings to an end a year-long attempt by ECOWAS to convince the countries to reconsider leaving the bloc. The Commission, however, said it intends to “keep its door open” if any of the countries want to return to its fold. Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso first announced their decision to leave ECOWAS in early…

BRICS finally admits Nigeria as partner country

January 19, 2025January 19, 2025 Aminu Imam

Brazil has officially declared Nigeria as a new partner country in the BRICS alliance, according to a statement released on Friday by the Brazilian Foreign Ministry. With this development, Nigeria becomes the ninth partner country in BRICS, joining Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan. The ministry’s statement read: “The Brazilian government welcomes the Nigerian government’s decision. With the world’s sixth-largest population – and Africa’s largest – as well as being one of the continent’s major economies, Nigeria shares convergent interests with other members of BRICS. “It plays…

Ghana announces visa-free entry for Africans

January 4, 2025January 4, 2025 Aminu Imam

Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo yesterday announced that visa-free travel for all African passport holders will start at the start of this year, marking a step towards continental economic integration. The announcement came during his final ‘State of the Nation’ address, as he prepares to step down on January 6 after two-terms in office. In his speech to parliament, Akufo-Addo said: “I am proud to have approved visa-free travel to Ghana for all African passport holders, with effect from the beginning of this year. This is the logical next step to…

“US expanding biological warfare activity across Africa” – Russia

December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 Aminu Imam

Documents available to the Russian Ministry of Defense indicate that the United States is significantly increasing its biological warfare activities on the African continent, Deputy Chief of Russia�s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops, Major General Aleksey Rtishchev, revealed yesterday. “The documents at our disposal confirm that the US biological warfare presence on the African continent is growing at a rapid pace. Research institutes of the US Department of Defense actively work in the region,” Rtishchev indicated during a briefing. He highlighted that branches of the US National Naval Medical…

Finland seizes Simon Ekpa�s assets, detains him in notorious prison

December 15, 2024December 15, 2024 Aminu Imam

Finnish authorities have frozen the assets of Simon Ekpa, a self-proclaimed Biafran activist, who is currently detained on allegations of terrorism-related activities. Ekpa, along with four alleged accomplices, has been held in remand for several weeks, with the assets of companies linked to them also seized. According to Finnish newspaper Yle, Ekpa is being held at the Kylm�koski vankila (Kylm�koski Prison), a maximum-security facility in Vanhamaantie, Akaa, Finland. The prison, built in 1993, is known for housing some of the country�s most dangerous offenders and was featured in the Netflix…

Syria: 54 yrs after, Bashar Al-Asad’s regime has finally been toppled

December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 Aminu Imam

Iranian-backed President Bashar al-Asad has been toppled in Syria, meaning an end of the 54-year minority Alawite, (or Alawee), Shiite rule in Syria. Assad fled the country yesterday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war, which became a proxy battlefield for regional and international powers. His sudden overthrow, at the hands of a revolt partly backed by Turkey and with roots in jihadist Sunni Islam, could allow millions of refugees scattered for more than a…

Couple breaks world record, marries at 102, 100

December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Aminu Imam

A centenarian couple, Bernie Littman, 100, and Marjorie Fiterman, 102, are living proof that love knows no age limits, as the couple officially became the world�s oldest newlyweds with a combined age of 202 years, Guinness World Records (GWR) revealed on Tuesday. Both Marjorie and Bernie, who found love in a senior living facility, were said to have lived over 60 years of marriage to their respective first spouses, but when their spouses passed away and they moved into the same floor of a seniors’ living facility in Philadelphia, USA,…

�ICC warrants binding; EU cannot pick and choose� – EU’s foreign policy chief

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024 Aminu Imam

European governments cannot pick and choose whether to execute arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against two Israeli leaders and a Hamas commander, the EU’s foreign policy chief said, on Saturday. Recall that the ICC issued the warrants on Thursday against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged crimes against humanity. All EU member States are signatories to the ICC’s founding treaty, called the Rome Statute. Several EU States have said they will meet their commitments…