United Arab Emirates
A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says the Nigerian market tops the list of cocaine smuggling regions in Africa. In The Global Report on Cocaine 2023 released on Thursday, the UN agency said the steep growth in supply has been matched by a similar swell in demand. […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an order interim that the 14 properties in Lagos, Abuja, and the United Arab Emirates linked to the Kogi State government should be seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Trial judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, granted the order following an ex parte motion filed […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has hit back at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar over his recent comment on the performance of the Buhari Administration. Atiku, had, during his campaign in Akure, said the Buhari government has not done anything for Nigerians in its eight years in […]
Due to the non-issuance of visas to Nigerians, Air Peace has suspended their flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Recalled that weeks ago the UAE authorities placed a visa ban. Emirates, the UAE carrier, had earlier suspended its flights, citing the inability to repatriate ticket funds in addition to the reduced passengers […]
The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele has said the United Arab Emirates is threatening a visa ban due to the funds of airlines trapped in Nigeria. Mr Emefiele during an interactive session organized by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said the CBN released $110 million to the foreign airlines […]
Most of the Nigerians deported from the United Arab Emirates according to National Emergency Management Agency are those stranded and have not been able to get work permits due to the new policy by the government. PUNCH paper reported that 542 Nigerians were evacuated from the UAE and arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, the prime minister’s office said. “Since the president is out of the country, an emergency has been declared to deal with the situation in the country,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s spokesman Dinouk Colombage told […]
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has released a fresh report on crude oil production of its member countries, indicating that six countries increased their crude oil output while seven countries declined in production. The information is contained in the OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) for May 2022, which was […]
The United Arab Emirates’ long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, died Friday, the government’s state-run news agency announced in a brief statement. He was 73. The UAE’s Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced a 40-day period of mourning and a three-day suspension of work in all ministries and the private sector beginning […]
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