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"Japa": Immigration to UK Gets Tougher

UK Introduces Tougher Conditions for 5 Immigration V The UK government under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, has unveiled a comprehensive five-point plan in order to curb immigration.  Reports monitored on The Punch, says there is increasing consternation among Conservatives over the recent stoppage in the Supreme Court concerning a proposal termed the "Rwanda deportation scheme". The Court ruled the British government’s proposal to offload asylum seekers to Rwanda as illegal. If it had scaled through, the UK would have been able to send anyone who entered the country without proper documentation o Rwanda. The five main visa categories that will be affected by impending changes are: Health and care visas. A measure to stop to the “abuse of the health and care visa” has been proposed, which would prohibit overseas care workers from bringing their dependents to the UK. The UK government's definatiin of a dependant is a husband or wife, a civil partner or single partner, and chi...

Land Grabbing: "Omo Onile" Menace Ends Soon as Lawyers Take Special Action

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L 4th December 2023 • Land-grabbed property under construction, Lagos State By  Josephine Ogundeji Kindly share this story: Lawyers for Reform Group and Centre for Human and Socio-economic Rights have called for the establishment of a Special Anti-Land Grabbing and Fraud Task Force Unit in the Nigeria Police Force. The Punch reports that special operatives must undergo forensic investigation training to detect fake title documents, the group said. The Project Director of the group, Oladotun Hassan, made the call while speaking with journalists in Lagos, recently. He said, “It is expedient for the Inspector-General of Police to also look into land-related offences as the same as terrorism because land grabbers harass and place their victims under intense fear as well as destroy ruthlessly. In addition, the need for the establishment of a Special Anti-Land Grabbing and Fraud Task Force Unit in the Nigeria Police Force, whose operatives must undergo forensic investigation training to ...

"Japa" to US"- Check Out How Many Nigerians Applied in 2023

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4th December 2023 US visa Agency Report Kindly share this story: The ChargĂ© d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, Mr David Greene, disclosed on Sunday that the embassy has interviewed over 150,000 Nigerians for US visas, in addition to 30,000 student visa applicants. Greene, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said the mission remained committed to tackling all visa-related bottlenecks. He said, “When it comes to visas specifically, well of course it is a simple fact, the demand for visa appointments outnumbers the supply. “So, those appointments are available and we are doing everything we can to address that gap. What folks do not know is that this year we have interviewed more than 150,000 Nigerians.