Tag: DIPLOMATS

UAE Crisis: Group condemns attack on Nigeria’s Consul-General

Aminu Imam

A group, the United Nigerian Stakeholders, (UNS), has defended the Nigerian Consul-General to the United Arab Emirate, (UAE), Atinuke Mohammed, over allegations accusing the Federal Government of not doing enough to protect Diaspora Nigerians in the UAE. The group made the clarification while responding to an online publication by a group of Nigerians residing in the UAE, who condemned the refusal of the government of the Arab country to renew work permits for Nigerians residing there. In an issued statement yesterday, the UNS said the Nigerian Consul-General to the UAE…

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FG approves NIN enrolment centre for diplomats

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has approved the setting up of a National Identity Number (NIN), Enrolment Centre at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja. Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant on Information Technology to Pantami, who made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the desk would be set up on Jan. 19. Adeluyi said that the centre, which would provide support for members of the Diplomatic Corps, would be managed by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, through…

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