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Foreigners caught not wearing face masks on the Indonesian resort island of Bali are being subject to an unusual punishment: push-ups. Video footage circulating on social media this week shows tourists in T-shirts and shorts being made to do the exercise in sweltering tropical heat as masked security officials stood over them. Bali authorities made
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Foreign nationals in South Africa suffer “routine” harassment, violence and discrimination by locals and government authorities, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. The group said xenophobia remained widespread in South Africa despite a government action plan rolled out in May 2019 to combat “intolerance”. Foreign workers are often victims of anti-immigrant sentiment in South
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Regional Manager, South West Airport, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs Victoria Shin-Aba yesterday, disclosed that about 1,739 foreigners have so far been evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, since the evacuation exercise commenced about 10 days ago.
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…..as Delta airlines evacuate 200 America nationals through Lagos Airport By Lawani Mikairu The Regional Manager, South West Airport, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs Victoria Shin-Aba Tuesday disclosed that about 1,739 foreigners have so far been evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos since the evacuation exercise commenced about
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By Evelyn Usman The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS has uncovered an illegal office in Idumagbo area of Lagos, where some of its officials connived with civilians to register foreigners. Consequently, two of its officials and five civilian accomplices have been arrested. Vanguard gathered that their modus operandi included visiting companies in Lagos owned by foreigners,
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By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja. Troops of the Nigerian Navy confronting pipeline vandals and oil thieves in the country have dismantled over 300 illegal crude oil siphoning g sites in Ogun and Lagos states even as some foreign collaborators without genuine documentation were also arrested. According to the Navy, this was achieved following clearance operation
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Saudi Arabia has thrown open its doors to foreign tourists, announcing that it would launch a new visa programme for 49 countries and also relax its strict dressing code in a bid to draw foreign companies to invest in the country’s tourism sector. The conservative Muslim kingdom strict dress codes for female visitors required them
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A civil society organisation, Coalition for Truth and Justice has frowned at the recent travel advisory issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom on 21 states in Nigeria. A statement on the United Kingdom government website said all travels to Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has advised the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus and other chieftains of the party to be complacent, unworried and perform their constitutional duties as a political party, noting that President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, did not violate any section of the 1999 constitution by inviting foreign governors from Niger to attend his Kano rally.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched investigation of 16 foreigners arrested for alleged oil theft in Rivers.
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