G BREAKING NEWS: US TO PLACE NIGERIANS UNDER VISA CONDITIONS

United States President, Donald Trump, is set to add Nigeria and six others to a new list of countries on America’s visa restriction, Wall Street Journal reports.According to the report, Nigerians would not be barred from entering the country but would not be issued with certain types of visas.

The Trump administration plans to roll out its expanded travel restrictions on Monday, marking the three-year anniversary of the initial travel ban Trump signed on his seventh day in office, sparking controversy at the beginning of his term.

Unlike the initial travel ban list of 2017, most of the new countries don’t have majority-Muslim populations. Several of them, however, have had relatively higher rates of their citizens overstaying visas in the US, according to DHS data.

The report reads in part, “The Trump administration plans to add seven countries to a group of nations subject to travel restrictions, including Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, along with others in Africa and Asia, according to administration officials who have seen the list.

“The new restrictions would apply to travellers and immigrants from Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. The countries wouldn’t necessarily face blanket bans on travel to the US, but could have restrictions placed on specific types of visas, such as business or visitor visas, administration officials said.”

Nigeria could be on the list because it has a high rate of persons overstaying their visas.

In the 2018 fiscal year, 24 per cent of Eritreans on business or visitor visas overstayed their permits, along with 15 per cent of Nigerians and 12 per cent of people from Sudan. Those compared with a total overstay rate in the category of 1.9 per cent.

According to WSJ, some countries could be banned from participating in the diversity visa lottery program, which awards green cards to people in countries with low levels of immigration to the US.

President Trump has called for an end to that program, saying it lets undesirable people into the US, and he has proposed reorienting the existing visa system toward skilled workers instead.

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Nigeria had already been barred from participating from the lottery programme over six years ago.

The officials said the list isn’t final, and on Tuesday the White House was still debating whether to include one or two of the countries.

The Department of Homeland Security didn’t respond to request for comment. The State Department declined to comment.

The administration has said its policy restricting travel is necessary to prevent potential acts of terrorism, as countries on the list don’t adequately vet their travellers to the US.

The first order, which banned travel to the US by most residents of seven majority-Muslim countries, was struck down by a federal court and withdrawn. A second iteration of the ban, issued in March 2017, was also struck down by a federal judge who said it still amounted to religious discrimination against Muslims.

A third version of the policy, issued in September 2017, was upheld by a divided Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling in June 2018 on the grounds that federal law gives the president broad authority to suspend entry to the US

Those current restrictions blocked travel by individuals from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and North Korea, and by political officials from Venezuela. The administration briefly included Chad on the ban list, but removed the country in April 2018.

G FASHION: ZAPRON FASHION TAKES NIGERIAN FASHION GLOBAL

 Fashion world-wide has turned a new dimension where designers around the glob are being innovative with unique pattern of fashion sense. Zapron Fashion School is one of the outstanding outfit makers the world had been waiting for, they have made Nigerian fashion sector proud by emulating the UK(United Kingdom )standard with their African and international unique methodology of putting fashion in the map. To this extent, through their professionalism, fashion has been made a pattern anyone could grow with and it will certainly define who you are.

 They are skilled at training students which had set a standard by putting some of the major Nigerian renowned designers on the map through their platform. They are one of the major franchise partners to Daviva, a Nigerian African fabric network that had gone around the globe. Over a hundred students had passed through this medium and today they are doing well in the fashion world. Students FROM  Ghana, Togo, and other African countries are benefactors of the Zapron Fashion School which head office is located at No.11 Osapa London, Osapa Bus-Stop Lekki Lagos.

One of their major branding to recognize them is their Zapron logo on their outfits, they are skilled at producing garments and other fashionable outfits, meanwhile their they also run a factory which had encourage many to look into the SME's (small medium enterprises) platform relating to fashion across Africa. For more and further information on the ZAPRON FASHION SCHOOL, you can reach them through their website: www.zapronfashions.com, then on facebook: zapronfashionschool while to contact them is;08037764827,09037979771.

G VETERINARY STUDY: NIGERIANS SHOULD KNOW THE SECRET WHY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ARE AHEAD OF US- RICHCLAY VETERINARY SERVICES

 Veterinary calling in Nigeria is a a field the Federal and State government ought to look into, following the advancement today into the advancement globally. An eyeball to eyeball discoursr with a highly skilled professionals in the veterinary sector to educate nigerians on animal health importance. Our team had an interractive segment with the owner of RichClay Veterinay Services located at Abijo Ajah Lekii in Lagos on the need for animals rearing and development. The RichClay Veteribary Services are professionals in all kinds of animals health, treatment of all kinds of animals diseases and their prevention both domestic and wild animals sicknesses which also they are involved in animals clinic,hospitality,drugs for animals and as well attending to zoo animals. Following his tuition, the Nigerian society could have provision for animal right whereby, he noted that there are two types of animal's right while he used this medium to pleading with the government to make enabling laws guiding thie rights of animals as it were in developed countries to profer encouragement to the civil society for how animals could also encourage the health of man.

 Due to professionalism, the right peopl in position to sell, making referrals of animals to the society and also deliver these animals to the society are the veterians, for they know the health policy or situations of every animal that would fit in the society at any given time or circumstances. He encouraged the public that as a veterian, Zoonist is one of the sudy of man and animals which a non profgessional who purchase animals by the road side might not be conversant with, meanwhile, it might pose a threat via the kinds of animals they purchased to the society by not fully knowing the health and importance of such animals. Niogerians should be informed on how to purchase and have referrals of animals from the veterinary since the vets are in goodf position to trade, treat and sense the situatuion of any animal. The Nigerian government is also called upon to be part of this growth to support and encouraged private animal clinics, and hospitals woners to eradicate the challenges of doing business in the country by providing accessible water supply, power supply, transportation system and as well make necessary legal policies in the country to thrive SME's(small medium enterprises) which is one of the major platform to boosting any country's economy.

The veterinary made mentioned of the non availibity of credit facilities acessibility which had brought down or truncated many businesses in the country since private business owners are not encouraged with the government's nonchallant attitude to put private business in the global map of world economy ratings which today had made China one of the world's leading countires in the world. He said that animal's drugs can not survive without temperature, therefore, relating with  poor power supply in the country has made business exobitant because private business owners do purchase fuel on a daily basis which he noted as one of the case of exobitant price of commodities and services rendered to nigerians in the country. Meanwhile, their profession as veterians do not allow them to do marketing or advert but strictly on professionalism geared towardds referrals which the government and other media should sipport in sensitizing the public for the need of animal to boosting teir health. The veterinary is always there to give attention to any animal and prevent diseases instead of curing them after they had contacted  these diseases. He said that almost everybody who had the need to acquire animals needs the veterinary. Therefore, to contact THE RICHCLAY VETERINARY SERVICE for further information on animals and their solutions contact: 08033799524,0909835149. It is high time nigerians knew the secret while developed countries are ahead of us because nature is one of their paramount strategy to develop their mental system.

G BREAKING NEWS: REASONS NATIONAL CARRIER FAILED

The inability of the Federal Government to yet get credible technical partners and investors to support the proposed new national carrier may have stalled its roll-out plans, 18 months after it was unveiled in London.

But The Guardian learnt that the airline project, though has remained a hard sell to more credible investors, has not been abandoned by the government.

By comparison, similar projects in neighbouring African states are not facing similar hurdles. Ghana, Uganda, and Senegal have attracted investors and made more progress in the re-launch of their national carriers in less than 12 months.
Despite the lull in the national carrier plan since its December 2018 launch was suspended indefinitely, some stakeholders remain optimistic that the project, already christened as ‘Nigeria Air’, will succeed at the completion of its due diligence.

The Federal Government in July 2018 unveiled the name and logo of the proposed carrier at the Farnborough International Public Air show in London, United Kingdom (UK) ahead of the planned initial take-off on December 24 of that year. The lack of budgetary provision, and criticism by the public forced the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to “temporarily” ditch the December roll-out plan.

A top official at the Ministry of Transport hinted that the project was a work in progress and that the government was still “reaching out to people that matter”.

“Setting up an airline, and a national carrier for that matter, is not like other projects. You need the right partners to bankroll and offer technical backing. You need their commitment before making some moves, especially in this our environment,” the director said.

He said that the project handlers already had interested parties, but “the feeling is that Nigeria deserves a better deal from more credible partners out there.”

“It is not by how quick we can float the airline, because Nigeria is not like other countries (that have made headway with national carrier). Everything is being done with caution and in accordance with rules. There are bills at the National Assembly that will also help the national carrier and other projects.

“With the type of backlash that greeted the London launch in 2018, I doubt if anyone will want to rush anything or put the progress in the public domain,” he said.

The national carrier is intended to replace the defunct Nigeria Airways that ceased operations in 2003. The replacement was designed as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project with the Federal Government likely to own as much as 10 per cent stake. The equity was backed by N47 billion in the 2019 budget to help the airline take off after it reached the procurement stage just before the 2019 general elections.

Aviation consultant and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Beljune Consult, Chris Aligbe, agreed that the process had to be rigorous to ensure that there are no hitches in the operations of the airline.

G BREAKINGS NEWS: BOKO HARAM KIDNAPPED CAN CHAIRMAN

Boko Haram insurgents have killed the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Lawan Andimi, in Michika local government area of Adamawa state.

Ahmad Salkida, a journalist with years of experience reporting the activities of the insurgents, in a series of tweets said Andimi was killed on Monday.

To break some news items can traumatize. I’m battling with one of such. Reverend Andimi, abducted by #BokoHaram was executed yesterday,” Salkida tweeted.

Andimi was abducted early January when the insurgents attacked his village.

Days after his abduction, the clergyman, in a video clip released by the insurgents, asked Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa, to rescue him.

G BREAKING NEWS: POLICE EVADED AMOTEKUN PROTESS IN LAGOS

Policemen, on Tuesday, barricaded the venue of the protest against the Federal Government’s position declaring the establishment of Operation Amotekun as illegal.

Recall that the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had in a statement, described the Western Nigeria Security network codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’ as illegal.

The protest, expected to hold at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, was organised by the Yoruba World Congress.

It was tagged as “Amotekun Solidarity Walk”.

The PUNCH‘s correspondent at the venue of the protest reported that over 20 police vans with armed policemen were present to prevent the group from accessing the park.

G GOSPEL MOVEMENT: IF THE NAME OF A PASTOR IS WRITTEN ON A BIG SIGN POST WITHOUT JESUS YOU WOULD NOT GO THERE, SO STOP LOOKING AT PASTORS BUT JESUS.

Many peolpe today do not know why they even go to church, some are so attached to the pastor or priest whereby they even forget who the true owner of the church is and whose name they were invited to the church . When you make research, you will notice that after the death of many G.Os(General Overseers) in most churches, the worshippers withdraw to other churches because to them there is no need they should be there for whom they put their trust in is dead. 

To my observation, these set of persons do not know why they go to church because the major overseer is still alive which is "JESUS"(Psalm 121)," he doseth not nor sleepeth not and he is the pioneer founder, owner and groom of any church (Ephesians 5). He is the one who paid the price of every church you see around the world today and also he is the one who is attending to everyone's needs and not the pastor or priest.

I remember, I went to a chucrch for an assistance though with the mind set to serve God and not the pastor, so after the service I laid my issue to the pastor which was an assistant of three thousand naira I needed as a help, guess what happened! The pastor turned me down, this was after I had visited several churches for this same need. To some pastors and priests, I am not their parish member even if I am the church member while to some, they claimed they do no have. So I tendered my case to God, that God you are the one I came to serve, I can not steal nor trick someone for this situation. To God be the glory, the only one who doseth not nor sleepeth not even if all the G.Os(General Overseers) are dead, he is still alive to answer, answered my case and  gave me a client who gave me three thousand five hundred naira, imagine, I went to the churches for the help three thousand naira but God gave me three thousand five hundred naira, he added extra five hundred. That was when I knew that if you go to church for the sake of the pastor you will miss God.