The payment platform for passport applications has suffered technical difficulties a day after the fees were hiked, the Nigeria Immigration Service has confirmed. ALSO READ: Woman In Soup After Tearing Host’s Passport, Canadian Work Permit Common issues include problems verifying their National Identification Number (NIN) due to connectivity failures with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) servers and unexpected rescheduling of appointment dates to later times, causing further complications. “Technical hitches with online payment platform. “We apologise for the downtime being experienced with online applications on our Passport Service windows. “The Service is assuring the public that within the shortest possible…
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A Nigerian man, Yomi Jones Olayeye, has been arrested over alleged involvement in a conspiracy to obtain at least $10 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits from the United States government. ALSO READ: Nigerian Man To Face Trial For Fraud In US The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced his arrest in a statement on Monday. Olayeye was arrested on August 13 after his arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Also known as Sabbie, he was accused of orchestrating a scheme between March and July 2020 to defraud three pandemic assistance programs administered by the Massachusetts…
A Nigerian man living in Brazil has revealed that he delivers goods with his ‘wheelbarrow’ for a living. He told his viewers that it was a lucrative business as he used it to feed his family and help his relatives back in Nigeria. ALSO READ: Nigerian Lady Reveals How She Lost Job After Two Months In Canada [VIDEO] Identified as Chaplaingeorge027 on TikTok, he added that many Nigerians in Brazil were surviving with the business and had achieved good things back in Nigeria. He urged Nigerians not to be lazy, asking them to create jobs for themselves if the government failed…
Nigerian students’ payments for the new academic session commencing in September in United Kingdom universities have dropped by 65 per cent, a report by the Financial Times of London has said. It compared figures with August 2023, adding that Indian students’ payments also dropped by 44 per cent. According to the paper, there was a 35 per cent drop in deposits for slots in UK universities by other foreign students this month. Quoting data from Enroly, it said the figure dropped when compared to August 2023. Smaller markets, such as Kenya and Nepal, showed increased demand compared to a year…
Nigerian doctors based abroad have stated their conditions for considering a return to the country’s health sector. Recall that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved a policy to address the continued exodus of Nigerian healthcare workers abroad last Monday. ALSO READ: Nigeria Needs Your Experience To Develop – Tinubu To Nigerians In Diaspora The policy provides some incentives to retain Nigerian doctors at home and encourage those outside the country to return. Among the proposed packages is the provision of soft loans/grants to returned migrant health workers interested in establishing private health facilities. Some doctors who spoke with Sunday PUNCH said doctors’ demands…
A French court has ordered the seizure of three presidential jets belonging to the Nigerian government, Premium Times reports. A Chinese firm, Zhongshan, whose export processing zone management contract was revoked by the Ogun State Government in 2016, filed the application. An independent arbitral tribunal chaired by the former President of the UK Supreme Court awarded Zhongshan about $74.5 million in compensation, but the Ogun State government, which has a dispute with Zhongshan, has yet to honour the award. The seized presidential jets include a Dassault Falcon 7X at Le Bourget airport in Paris, a Boeing 737, and an Airbus…
The Nigerian man whose wife tore his ‘passport’ at an airport has claimed it was a prank. The video, which trended last weekend, showed the woman speaking angrily while the torn passport was scattered on the floor. ALSO READ: ‘Sleep There If You Want’ – Angry Nigerian Woman Tears Husband’s Passport At Airport Onlookers urged the man, who seemed bemused, to keep calm. While they questioned her, she asked them to mind their business. The man recording the incident said she had been grumpy all through their flight. She was arrested by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) after the video went…
The company raising money for Brendan Nwabichie, a Nigerian student who lost his car to the riots in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, has lamented hate and fraud accusations levelled against it after it raised £65,090 (₦133 million). ALSO READ: Riots: We Won’t Return To Nigeria Even If Situation Gets Worse – Nigerians In UK Clare Care’s Limited said it had received calls, emails and social media comments from the public alleging that it was pocketing over £62,000 (₦126.7 million) while handing Nwabichie only £3,000 (₦6.1 million) to replace his car. The company said it had agreed with Nwabichie that he would receive…
Nigerians living in the United Kingdom have dismissed the possibility of returning to Nigeria in the wake of anti-immigrant riots. The UK was rocked by protests in early August following the death of three young girls – Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9; Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7; and Bebe King, 6 – who were stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class in late July in Southport, northwest England. ALSO READ: UK Riots: Nigerian Government Issues Travel Advisory A 17-year-old boy suspect was arrested after the incident. However, rumour spread that he was a Muslim immigrant. The misinformation was reportedly spread by…
An angry Nigerian woman has torn her husband’s passport in a fit of rage. A trending video showed the woman talking angrily while the shredded passport was scattered on the floor. She was heard saying, “If you want to sleep there, sleep there”, as she walked past the Customs checkpoint with two of their children. She was also heard confirming she tore the passport, asking onlookers why they were concerned. “Na me tear am. Na your own?” she was heard asking as she walked away. The voice behind the camera confirmed that she had been angry since they were onboard…