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Foreign PolicyNigeriaUnited KingdomNigeria Government Rejects Travel Ban By United Kingdom

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Government wants the United Kingdom to review its decision to impose a travel ban on Nigerians because of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. It said the UK’s decision was “unfair, unjust, punitive and discriminatory. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made the position of the government known during a briefing in Abuja. “As you are aware, Britain has put Nigeria on its red list and banned foreign travels from...

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Foreign PolicyUnited KingdomBritish High Commission Suspends Visa Applications From All Red List Countries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2021

The British High Commission in a statement has suspended visitor visa applications from all red list countries, including Nigeria after the UK added Nigeria to its travel red list as a result of concerns over the Omicron COVID variant. The suspension of processing visitor visa applications will only be lifted when the travel ban placed on the country is removed. The commission noted that application of those who applied for a visit visa in a red...

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Crime & SecurityForeign PolicyUnited KingdomInsecurity: UK Pledges Support for Nigeria

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 29, 2021

LONDON — The United Kingdom has expressed its willingness to support Nigeria in controlling the heightened security situation in the country. Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, said his country is available and is ready to grant Nigeria necessary assistance. “We are available to help,” Boris was quoted to have said. Boris made this pledge on Thursday at a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Global Education Summit in London, UK according to a statement...

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Foreign PolicyNigeriaUnited KingdomUK’s Guide on “Consular Assistance” Reveals Britain Can’t Get Nnamdi Kanu out of Jail

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 2, 2021

The United Kingdom (UK)’s guide for the support for British Nationals has revealed that the Queen’s country cannot get nationals out of prisons abroad. The document has, therefore, dashed the hope of Kingsley Kanu, a brother of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who has called on the UK Government to secure the release of his sibling. Kanu, who was born on September 25, 1967, holds both Nigerian...

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