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The 67-year-old entrepreneur’s visa woes have reignited a fresh firestorm about the frustrations of traveling within Africa for Africans. But many African countries still require visas from other Africans and the experience is fraught with discrimination, hostility and sky-high fees. He has also been detained at airports in Kenya and South Africa because of his Nigerian passport. “There’s a fear in richer African countries that people from poorer nations might be looking for a way to permanently move there,” he explains. His new St Kitts passport allows him to go to more African countries than his Nigerian passport.
Persons: Aliko Dangote, ” Dangote, , Patrick, Pouyanné, Tayo Aina, Aina, YouTuber, hasn’t, Marco Longari, Alan Hirsch, , Sotunde, William Ruto, Tayo Organizations: Rwanda CNN, Forum, CNN, African, African Continental Free Trade, Getty, University of Cape, New, Institute, Travelers, East African Community, Kenyan, REUTERS, Reuters Kenyan, St Kitts Locations: Kigali, Rwanda, Nigerian, Africa, , Benin, The Gambia, Seychelles, Addis Ababa, London, Kenya, South Africa, Caribbean, St Kitts, Nevis, AFP, University of Cape Town, Johannesburg, Southern, West Africa, Abuja, Nigeria, East
A Nigerian TV broadcast from 2021 of settlements belonging to the Fulani ethnic group being torn down in Abuja is being falsely shared online as building demolitions ordered by a government minister in 2023. Speaking in August at the site of a deadly building collapse in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory minister Nyesom Wike said all structures in his constituency without adequate building approvals would be demolished (here). Some social media users then shared a broadcast report about Fulani settlements being torn down, suggesting it showed Wike’s order being carried out. “FCT Minister Nyesom Wike at work ooo, starting from Fulani settlement and some areas along Airport,Abuja, FCT, Nigeria,” said Facebook posts sharing the video (here), (here). But the report, from Independent Television/Radio Abuja, was first broadcast on May 31, 2021 (here).
Persons: Nyesom Wike, , , Malam Muhammad Bello, Read Organizations: Federal Capital, Independent Television, Radio Abuja, Task Force, Azikiwe, Guardian, Reuters Locations: Abuja, Airport, FCT, Nigeria, Nigerian
Captură impresionantă de droguri, descoperite în bagaje nerevendicate pe un aeroport din NigeriaAgenţia nigeriană antidrog a anunţat luni că a confiscat 21,9 kilograme de cocaină pe Aeroportul Internaţional Nnamdi Azikiwe din capitala Abuja, relatează Xinhua, citată de Agerpres. Două valize neînsoţite şi nerevendicate au fost descoperite după sosirea în Abuja a unei curse operate de Ethiopian Airline din Addis Abeba, a indicat Achema. Comandantul unităţii NDLEA din aeroport, Kabir Tsakuwa, a declarat că agenţii săi au devenit suspicioşi după ce au observat cele două geamantane abandonate pe banda rulantă. „La efectuarea percheziţiei în prima valiză au fost găsite trei pături dintre care două conţineau pachete din nailon transparent în care se aflau substanţe de culoare albă, suspectate a fi droguri tari", a spus Tsakuwa. Substanţa a fost testată pe teren şi s-a confirmat că era cocaină, a spus Tsakuwa adăugând că autorităţile încearcă să identifice persoanele implicate.
Persons: nigeriană antidrog Organizations: nigeriană, Agerpres Locations: Nigeria, Abuja, Addis Abeba
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