Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Video - Johannesburg mayor meets Nigerian officials to ease tensions
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has moved to assure the Nigerian consulate that the city welcomes all Africans. Mashaba met with Nigerian Consul General Godwin Adama to bolster relations. It follows alleged xenophobic comments by the Johannesburg mayor which reportedly led to attacks on foreign nationals.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Video - Nigeria dismisses UN warning about looming famine
The Nigerian government has dismissed the warning from the United Nations that famine is looming. The country's agriculture minister says the UN is exaggerating, and that no one is facing starvation.
Nigeria warns citizens not to travel to USA
The United States are looking less and less welcoming to would-be visitors.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is advising its citizens against traveling to the US, except on urgent trips. The move is in response to reported difficulties that Nigerians have faced gaining entry into the US, despite holding valid visas.
During a business trip on March 2, Nigerian software engineer Celestine Omin was detained despite holding a valid visa. Before granting him entry, officials at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport forced Omin to answer generic engineering questions to prove his profession.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a presidential aide on foreign affairs and diaspora, appears to blame such incidents on confusion over US president Donald Trump’s recent failed executive order, which banned visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries. On March 6, Dabiri-Erewa advised prospective visitors to the US to “consider rescheduling their trip until there is clarity on the new immigration policy.”
“In the last few weeks, the office has received a few cases of Nigerians with valid multiple-entry US visas being denied entry and sent back to the Nigeria.”
“In such cases reported to the office, such affected persons were sent back immediately on the next available flight and their visas were cancelled.”
Trump’s travel ban was revised and re-issued today, March 6. Neither version mentioned Nigeria.
Nigerians are a major source of visitors to the US. They accounted for 32% of the nearly half million nonimmigrant US visas issued to African nationals in 2015.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is advising its citizens against traveling to the US, except on urgent trips. The move is in response to reported difficulties that Nigerians have faced gaining entry into the US, despite holding valid visas.
During a business trip on March 2, Nigerian software engineer Celestine Omin was detained despite holding a valid visa. Before granting him entry, officials at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport forced Omin to answer generic engineering questions to prove his profession.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a presidential aide on foreign affairs and diaspora, appears to blame such incidents on confusion over US president Donald Trump’s recent failed executive order, which banned visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries. On March 6, Dabiri-Erewa advised prospective visitors to the US to “consider rescheduling their trip until there is clarity on the new immigration policy.”
“In the last few weeks, the office has received a few cases of Nigerians with valid multiple-entry US visas being denied entry and sent back to the Nigeria.”
“In such cases reported to the office, such affected persons were sent back immediately on the next available flight and their visas were cancelled.”
Trump’s travel ban was revised and re-issued today, March 6. Neither version mentioned Nigeria.
Nigerians are a major source of visitors to the US. They accounted for 32% of the nearly half million nonimmigrant US visas issued to African nationals in 2015.
Monday, March 6, 2017
Video - Abuja Airport to be closed temporarily for runway rehabilitation
It's now a matter of days before a six-week shutdown of the Abuja international airport, to allow for an overhaul of its runway. CGTN's Kelechi Emekalam takes a closer look at final preparations to make Kaduna Airport a viable alternative for passengers traveling to Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Video - Incubating tech and innovation in Kaduna, Nigeria
CoLab is the first tech hub in the northern part of Nigeria where developers and start-ups can work and grow. Located in Kaduna, CoLab's founder wants to explore the opportunities for tech in a state traditionally known for processing, farming, and cattle.
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