Visa

542 Nigerians Stranded In UAE Returned Home

October 24, 2022 6:15 am

About 542 Nigerians who were stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been successfully evacuated and returned to their homes.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the returnees were received on Sunday by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

They arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja via a Max Air chartered flight at 4:29 a.m.

The citizens comprised 79 males, 460 females, and three infants, according to a statement by NEMA spokesperson, Manzo Ezekiel.

They were screened by health officials, profiled by various relevant agencies, and cleared by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).

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Nigerian Fighters Must Provide $1,000 For Ticket – Ukraine

March 4, 2022 3:54 am

The Embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria on Thursday clarified that Nigerians who are willing to travel to Ukraine to fight Russian forces in the ongoing war must be willing to provide $1,000 for their tickets as well as visa.

The embassy gave this clarification when scores of Nigerian men trooped to its premises in Abuja on Thursday to express their readiness to join the Ukrainian side in fighting the Russians.

In an interview with newsmen, the Second Secretary at the Ukrainian Embassy to Nigeria, Bohdan Soltys, confirmed that $1,000 would be needed by Nigerian volunteers.

The announcement did not go …

UK Reopens Visa Centres In Nigeria

October 28, 2020 8:37 pm

The United Kingdom has reopened its visa centres across Nigeria, after announcing their closures on the 21st of October 2020, due to the #EndSARS protest that engulfed the nation.

A statement released on Monday, said: “Our TLS contact Visa Application Centres are now open in Nigeria. Following the recent closures, we are working hard to process all outstanding applications.

We thank you for your continued patience and understanding”.

Please note Thursday 29th October is a public holiday in Nigeria and our Visa Application Centres will be closed.

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Nigeria Exempts US Citizens From Paying Charges For VISA

February 26, 2020 7:35 am

The US Government threatened to stop issuance of entry visas to Nigerians if the policy was not immediately reversed for its citizens.

Barely a month after the Nigerian Government introduced the $110 biometrics and service charge through the Nigeria Immigration Service, the authorities have now exempted the citizens of United States of America from the policy.

The government had in January reintroduced the $90 biometrics charge and $20 service charge for all foreigners travelling into Nigeria.

This was first introduced in 2018 but after much controversies, it was suspended.

A source confided in our correspondent on Tuesday that the US …

US Visa Ban: You Closed Nigerian Borders, Trump Was Right

February 1, 2020 1:02 pm

Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the visa ban on Nigerian and five other countries by the U.S. President, Donald Trump.

DAILY POST reported earlier that U.S. President, Donald Trump imposed a visa ban on Nigeria and five other countries, which is expected to take effect on February 22.

Sani who, was recently released from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody for alleged fraud, said the United States government has the right to impose a travel ban on Nigeria.

He supposedly inferred that the ban is ’right’ since the Nigerian government also

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Nigeria To Increase Visa Categories From 6 To 79

January 31, 2020 4:26 am

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is set to expand categories of visas issued to foreign citizens intending to visit Nigeria from six to 79 classes of visas under the 2020 Visa Policy to be approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.

It also clarified that the Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) policy does not mean that foreigners will enter Nigeria without visa, saying that VoA is actually not a type of visa but a process that qualifies a foreign citizen on a short visit to have his visa process at the airport.

The visa expansion would enable Nigeria to resolve the age-long issue of wrong …