U.S ANNOUNCES VISA CURBS FOR SOME FOREIGN NATIONALS IN SOUTH AFRICA. (PHOTO).
U.S announces visa curbs for some foreign nationals in South Africa Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the U.S. government was announcing a new visa restriction policy targeting some foreign nationals in South Africa. The policy targets "foreign nationals who are responsible for, or complicit in, the enactment or implementation of laws or policies that enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and/or the incitement of imminent violence against members of minority ethnic or racial groups in South Africa," Rubio said in a statement. "The South African government has not adequately addressed the previously laid out concerns," Rubio said, Reuters reported. Relations between Washington and Pretoria have soured since the start of Donald Trump's second term, with the U.S. president criticizing the country for its policies aimed at addressing racial inequality.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC today tueday March 21,2017,arraigned one Oluwafunmilayo Samuel Adenmosu alongside his company,H.T. Real Estate Limited,before Justice J.O. Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on an 18-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N108,744,080.00 {One Hundred and Eighty Million,Seven Hundred and Forty-four Thousand Eigthy Naira}.The accused,a lawyer,had,sometime in 2008,allegedly approached the complainant,Mathew Dickson Aiyeola,Managing Director,Golden Treasure Investment Limited,claiming that his company was registered to deal in banking and foreign exchange business.The complainant alleged that bank drafts totalling N108,744,080.00 were issued in favour of H.T. Real Estate Limited,at different times,for the purchase of $921,560.00 on the agreed rate with the accused,who also claimed to be a director in a new generation bank.The complainant further alleged that the accused,after much pressure,issued a cheque for N6,000,000.00,which was not honoured upon presentation due to insufficient amount in his account.Efforts by the complainant to get a refund were unsuccessful.The accused pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him.In view of his plea,the prosecution counsel,Samuel Daji,asked the court for a trail date and prayed that the defendant be remanded in prison custody.However,counsel to the defendant,O.A. Fashuba,pleaded with the court to gran the accused bail on self-recognizance.After listening to both counsels,Justice Oyefeso ordered the accused to be remanded in Ikoyi prison.The case was adjourned to March 24,2017 for the counsel to the accused to file necessary applications and April 7 and 10,2017 for the commencement of trial.One more photo below.
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