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Nigeria Recalls Envoy To Indonesia Over Assault On Diplomat

August 10, 2021 5:02 pm

Nigeria has withdrawn its ambassador to Indonesia over the assault of a Nigerian diplomat by immigration officials in the Asian country, Africa Daily News, New York has learnt.

The country’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, made this disclosure on Tuesday, stating that the Nigerian government is at the moment reviewing its diplomatic relations with Indonesia.

In a viral video, a Nigerian diplomat was seen being manhandled by immigration officials in front of his official quarters in Jarkarta, Indonesia.

Earlier, Onyema had summoned the Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Usra Hendra Harahap, to express her displeasure over the development.

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Immigration: Nigerian Man Dies In Indonesia After Falling Off 9th Floor

June 25, 2020 10:59 am

A Nigerian man has been confirmed dead after falling off the 9th floor of his apartment in Indonesia while hiding from immigration officers.

The Nigerian man identified simply as Chike, resides at Gading Nias apartment in Kelapa Garden Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It was gathered that he tried to escape after being told that immigration officers were on their way.

Other Nigerians who reside in the apartment rushed him to the hospital where he was confirmed dead this morning, June 24.

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Indonesia: Govt Says Hotels May Open. Hotels Prefer To Stay Closed

June 19, 2020 4:55 pm

Hotels in Indonesia are likely to remain closed throughout June, with operations to resume in July at the earliest, a hotelier association has said, citing concerns about low demand amid consumer fears over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Demand for accommodation is projected to still be low this month, especially with the enforcement of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in several regions, according to Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) chairman Hariyadi Sukamdani.

“Most hotel owners have decided to still halt operations throughout the month. Maybe we’ll start reopening our doors in July. We could suffer additional losses if we forced ourselves to

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Indonesia Bans Nickel Exports, Eyes Domestic Production

October 29, 2019 1:09 pm

Indonesia will suspend nickel ore exports immediately rather than stopping overseas shipments early next year, officials said on Tuesday, as the world’s top producer of the mineral looks to ramp up processing at home to boost its income.

Some three dozen firms met government officials on Monday and agreed to stop exporting the metal, according to the country’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM).

London nickel prices briefly jumped above $17,000 a metric ton.

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Boeing Design Flaw A Factor In Lion Air Crash: Indonesia

October 25, 2019 8:18 am

A design flaw, inadequate pilot training and poor flight crew performance contributed to a Boeing jet crashing in Indonesia last year, killing all 189 people on board, investigators said Friday.

The Lion Air disaster was followed months later by a second crash — involving the same model of aircraft — when an Ethiopian Airlines plane went down with 157 people aboard, leading to the global grounding of Boeing’s entire 737 MAX fleet.

The crashes had thrown a spotlight on the MAX model’s Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), an automated anti-stall mechanism, that pilots in both plans had struggled to control …

Indonesia to bar online advert of cigarette

June 14, 2019 12:03 am

A cigarette, also known colloquially as a fag in British English, is a narrow cylinder containing psychoactive material, usually tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking.

The health ministry cited existing laws banning the promotion of cigarettes and instructed the communications ministry to take action.

The ministry’s spokesman Ferdinandus Setu said that communications Minister Rudiantara immediately instructed his department to crawl the internet for ads

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