Tag: immigration
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Japan’s foreign aid agency, JICA, has canceled an Africa-focused cultural exchange program following protests and political backlash. The “Africa Hometown” initiative is aimed to promote social ties between four African countries—Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, and Tanzania—and Japanese cities. However, misinformation and social media posts falsely claimed the program would lead to a surge of migrants, prompting…
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Nigerian Immigration Service, in collaboration with the EFCC, has begun deporting foreign nationals convicted of cyber terrorism and Ponzi scheme offenses. On Sunday, 42 out of 192 Chinese and Philippine nationals convicted in Lagos were deported, with others scheduled to leave Nigeria in the coming days. The deportees were part of a larger group of…
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Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, has announced that the service’s legal department will prosecute officers issuing Nigerian passports to non-citizens, emphasizing a zero-tolerance policy for such misconduct. Speaking at a three-day workshop in Abuja themed “Strengthening Identity Management Through Innovations in Passport Administration,” Nandap stressed the importance of thorough vetting to…
