Lagos, Nigeria – Shareholders of Transcorp Hotels Plc, owners of the iconic Transcorp Hilton Abuja and Transcorp Hotels Calabar, have unanimously authorised the Board of Directors to raise N10 billion in its proposed Rights Issue to fortify its balance sheet. The approval given at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company, which took place on Monday, […]
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Houssam Diad, the Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria, has revealed that his country will not issue Nigerians work visas anymore. He said this during a meeting with Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), on Thursday. He said the policy took effect on May 1, 2020, and was put in place to address the […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered the closure of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for one month over the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. In a statement signed by Captain Musa Nuhu, Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), on Saturday, it was […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the cancellation of already issued visas for travelers from 13 countries as part of measures to contain the pandemic coronavirus. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, briefed State House correspondents at the sidelines of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting […]
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Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, uncorked its finest wines at an event in Lagos, Nigeria to highlight its First and Business Class wine selection on board. It was the first of its kind in the highly valuable Nigerian market. Emirates invested US$ 1 billion on its wine programme since 2006, working directly with top […]
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President Donald Trump of the United States of America has imposed a new travel ban restricting immigration from Nigeria, and five other countries. This move is an expansion of his administration’s policy blocking travel from certain nations. In line with the new policy, citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan won’t be allowed to apply […]
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Around 300 migrants were rescued off the coast of Spain on Wednesday and Thursday, Spain’s maritime rescue service said. More than half of them were found off the Costa Blanca on Spain’s southeastern coast, with 10 people rescued just before dawn, among them eight men, a woman and a child. Later in the morning, rescuers […]
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A passenger identified as Chukwuma Anthony Ezeh, on Wednesday slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. An official source at the MMIA arrival terminal told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the passenger slumped on arrival from China and died while waiting to collect his luggage Ezeh, according to information […]
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The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced an increase in the price of visa for Nigerians with effect from Thursday in retaliation to increased cost of obtaining Nigeria’s by its citizens. This is coming few days after 77 Nigerians were named as suspects in a fraud syndicate that swindled many Americans of millions of […]
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The closure of Seme border in Lagos on Tuesday and Wednesday left Hundreds of travellers stranded. Seme border links Nigeria with some neighbouring West African countries. A cross section of Nigerians, who took to Twitter to lament, said they were not aware of the development, said they got to the border and were refused entry. […]
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