U.S. announces visa ban on Nigerians accused of undermining polls

The United States of America, yesterday, announced visa restrictions on some Nigerians accused of undermining democracy, barely two weeks after the British government vowed to impose visa ban on Nigerian politicians involved in violence and rigging,. This was disclosed by the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who said the sanctioned individuals, whose names he did not reveal, would be ineligible for U.S. visas. The top-ranking diplomat also explained that some family members of those barred from the U.S. might also be subjected to the same restriction. “We are committed…

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Tinubu alleges sabotage with fuel crisis, naira redesign

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, in a jab directed at the government, alleged plot by some ‘powers-that-be’ to sabotage his chances at the polls through the fuel scarcity and naira redesign policy. In a speech reminiscing his famous Emilokan address at Abeokuta, Ogun State, days leading to the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tinubu, again, returned to Abeokuta for his presidential campaign, where he dropped the bombshell that the fuel crisis and the scarcity of the newly redesigned…

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