Day: July 17, 2024

UAE denies $10,000 bank balance, N640,000 fee for Nigerian visa applicants

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The United Arab Emirates has denied approving $10k bank balance, and N640k fee requirements for Nigerians applying for visas into the country, reports The Cable, an online news agency. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced on Monday, that the UAE authorities agreed to vacate travel restrictions imposed on Nigerians. Idris further revealed that applicants must fulfill certain conditions part of which was obtaining a document verification number on documentverificationhub.ae. According to the website, the verification costs a non-refundable N640,000 excluding VAT for each application. This does…

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Nigerians react to $10,000 bank balance, other conditions to obtain UAE visa

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Following the lifting of Visa restrictions on Nigeria by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), some Nigerians have reacted to the conditions required to obtain the visa. Recall the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday, revealed that the Federal Government and the UAE authorities have reached an agreement vacating travel restrictions imposed on Nigerians with immediate effect. The minister revealed that Nigerian passport holders can now travel to the UAE without any hindrance. He also asked Nigerians seeking information on the updated UAE visa conditions to visit…

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Tech entrepreneur arrested for alleged fraud

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A tech entrepreneur, Kingsley Inegbedion, has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for his alleged involvement in romance scams and business email compromise schemes that witnessed him and an accomplice, Efemena Igbe, who is still at large, posing as legitimate business owners to defraud American citizens between April 2020 and May 2023. The FBI said the duo used sham corporate entities to receive fraudulent funds distributed into other accounts within and outside the US to conceal the fraud. The FBI, in a statement, said it had been seeking…

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Crypto billionaire Blord arrested over fraud, terrorism links

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The Chief Executive Officer of Blord group of companies, Linus Williams, has been arrested by police following suspicion of terrorism funding, cryptocurrency fraud, and aiding internet fraud. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement titled, “Alleged Fraud,, Violation of CBN Act: Police Interrogates CEO Blord Group of Companies, Linus Williams.” He said, “The FCID (NPF-NCCC) is currently investigating complaints lodged against BLORD GROUP, BLORD REAL ESTATE LTD, BLORD JETPAYE LIMITED, and BILLPOINT TECHNOLOGY.  “These offences include allegations bothering on crypto-currency fraud, aiding internet…

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Ignore eviction ultimatum to herders in Igboho – Oyo police

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The police in Oyo have advised citizens to ignore a viral video by suspected separatist groups which surfaced on social media issuing eviction ultimatums to herders in the Igboho area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Adewale Osifeso, made the call in a statement Wednesday in Ibadan. Osifeso said that the video which surfaced online in the early hours of Tuesday was specifically designed by agents of mischief to disrupt the relative peace being enjoyed in the state by inciting violence and civil disturbances.…

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