The Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) has warned Nigerians not to travel to Germany and other foreign countries illegally, stressing that 90 per cent of illegal immigrants seeking asylum status were regularly rejected by European countries. Sadat Hassan, deputy comptroller of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) gave the warning recently in Lagos at a seminar organised […]
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The European Union (EU) and the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs are planning a N36 billion water project for nine states of the Niger Delta, which are expected to contribute N350 million each as counterpart-funding. According to the minister, Pastor Uguru Usani Uguru, the states have a window of 30 days to take advantage of […]
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The European Union has extended its ban on importation of dried beans from Nigeria by three years. The Coordinating Director of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, Vincent Isegbe, disclosed this Thursday. The EU had banned importation of Nigeria’s dried beans in June 2015 on the ground that the produce contains high level of pesticide considered […]
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By Michelle Nichols The United Nations, Chad, Niger and Cameroon appealed on Friday for help for millions of people in the Lake Chad Basin region forced to flee the violence of Boko Haram and hit with repeated droughts and floods that have brought malnutrition and disease. But while the radical Islamist militants operate out of […]
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