Tag: Dubai

Gov. Uba Sani showcases Kaduna’s transformation at 2025 Asia Pacific Cities Dubai Summit

Aminu Imam
Gov. Uba Sani showcases

Governor Uba Sani, of Kaduna State, who represented Nigeria at the 2025 Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors’ Forum held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, showcased Kaduna’s transformation story to a global audience comprising over 150 mayors, governors, and 300 city leaders from Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and Africa. The Summit, themed: “Collaborate. Inspire. Transform”, provided a platform for global city leaders to exchange ideas and strategies aimed at driving sustainable, inclusive, and innovation-led urban growth. In his presentation, titled: “Building Partnerships for Shared Prosperity”, Governor Sani highlighted Kaduna State’s…

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Wike faces backlash for taking 2 sons to Dubai as Summit delegates

Aminu Imam
Wike faces backlash

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has come under intense criticism after attending the ‘2025 Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors’ Forum’ in Dubai, UAE, with his two sons, who were reportedly listed as official delegates. Photos and videos from the event showed Wike’s sons wearing delegate tags; a development that sparked outrage online, with many Nigerians accusing the minister of using public funds for a family trip. The summit, which gathered city leaders and government representatives from across the world, was meant to promote urban development…

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Rahamaniyya Oil boss, AbdulRahman Bashar, jailed in Dubai for financial fraud

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Rahamaniya Bashir

A Dubai court has sentenced AbdulRahman Bashar, owner of Rahamaniyya Group and Ultimate Oil & Gas, to one year in prison for financial fraud involving a compny, CI Energy Company. Court documents reveal that on January 30, 2025, Bashar, 48, was convicted for issuing seven dishonored cheques worth 126.45 million dirhams ($34.4 million) to CI Energy Company, drawn from an Emirates Islamic Bank account, were returned unpaid due to signature discrepancies. Prosecutors accused him of deliberately issuing the cheques in a manner that prevented cashing. Bashar did not appear for…

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Uncertainty, as el-Rufa’i claims he dont have any house outside Kaduna

Aminu Imam
El Rufai

A business newspaper investigation, at the weekend, has released a list of Politically-Exposed Nigerians (PEPs) with expensive properties in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (UAE). The list was released as part of Dubai Unlocked, a six-month probe of UAEs booming and secretive property market led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, (OCCRP), together with more than 70 media partners. Quoting Dubai Land Department, the report listed Nigerians as the second highest foreign purchasers of Dubai properties after India. Of note, two former governors of Kaduna Ahmed Makarfi and…

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‘How corrupt Nigerian elite’s unexplained wealth ends up in Dubai’s real estate’ – Report

Aminu Imam
Dubai's real estate

A fresh report by reporters on Dubai real estate has offered fresh insights into how illicit, or unexplained wealth, garnered as proceeds of crime and corrupt practices find home in that country, which is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, (UAE). The new report, was compiled by Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, (OCCRP), adds to earlier ones, especially the one that described Dubai property as an oasis for Nigerias corrupt political elite, compiled by Matthew Page, of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.…

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Dubai govt denies Nigerian Passport holders Visas

Ishaku Yohanna

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended Tourist Visas to Nigerians going to Dubai, and also bars Emirates Airline and travel agents from processing UAE Visas. Nigerians, who were interviewed, said that the move is discriminatory and called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to intervene and apply reciprocal measures it need be. UAE, after entering the recovery phase of the pandemic, eased some measures on July 7, permitting visitors from various countries to adhere to the necessary precautionary measures, including showing negative PCR test results within 92 hours of…

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