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.
Shamsudeen Bala,son of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,Bala Mohammed,was today May 30,2017 re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court,Abuja.He was re-arraigned along with four companies-Bird Trust Agro Allied Limited Intertrans Global Logistic Limited,Diakin Telecommunications Limited and Bal-Vac Mining Nigeria Limited,on an amended 15-count charge,bordering on money laundering.The amendment,which was effected in counts 10 to 15,according to prosecution counsel,Ben Ikani, ''was to accommodate new information'' in the alleged charge brought against them.He pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him.His counsel,Chris Uche,SAN thereafter urged the court to allow him continue to enjoy the bail earlier granted to him on February 3,2017 two days after he was first arraigned.Uche,further requested for time to study the amended charge dated May 25,2017,which he said he was ''only being served'' by the prosecution.Ikani did not oppose his application for bail.Justice Dimgba has adjourned to June 26,2017 for ''continuation of hearing''.One more photo below.
Comments
Post a Comment