Tag: Visa Ban

2023: U.S. threatens to impose visa restriction on promoters of violence

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The United States of America says it will impose visa restrictions on anyone who promotes violence as Nigeria holds itsgeneral elections in 2023. Americas Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Michael Gonzales, handed out the warning at an international conference with the theme: United States Policy and Nigerias National Decisions in the 2023 Elections, held at Johns Hopkins University, United States. The conference, which held at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC,  virtually, brought together Nigerian and American policy communities to discuss issues around the…

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Visa ban: Dont disrespect Nigeria, FG tells US, UK

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government, has told the United States and the United Kingdom that the country has ample provisions in its laws to sanction violators and perpetrators of electoral violence and fraud in the country. The government said it took note of the concerns of some of its partners, specifically the United States and the United Kingdom governments regarding the elections in Edo and Ondo States. The government also noted that both countries expressed their intention to take punitive measures against those they decide will be involved in what they termed…

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US imposes visa ban on Kogi, Bayelsa election riggers

Ishaku Yohanna

The United States of America on Monday imposed visa ban on individuals who rigged 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa state elections. It said the move was in the run-up to the September and October 2020 Edo and Ondo governorship polls. In July 2019, we announced the imposition of visa restrictions on Nigerians who undermined the February and March 2019 elections. Today, the Secretary of State is imposing additional visa restrictions on individuals for their actions surrounding the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State elections and in the run up to the…

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