UPDATE: U.S FINALIZES $20,000 VISA BOND POLICY AFFECTING NIGERIA AND 49 OTHER NATIONS. (PHOTO).

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 U.S Finalizes $20,000 Visa Bond Policy Affecting Nigeria and 49 Other Nations The United States government has officially formalized its visa bond policy, making it a permanent measure that could require travelers from 50 designated countries, including Nigeria, to pay a refundable bond of up to $20,000 before receiving certain visas. First introduced as a pilot scheme in 2025, the policy targets applicants seeking B1 and B2 visas, which are designated for business and tourism. According to the U.S. Department of State, the initiative is designed to bolster compliance with local immigration laws and drastically reduce visa overstay rates. How the Visa Bond Policy Works Under the permanent guidelines, U.S. consular officers have the discretion to instruct eligible applicants to post a bond as a prerequisite for visa issuance. However, U.S. authorities have clarified that the financial requirement will not be applied automatically to every traveler from the listed nations. Data anal...

UNIZIK AND ANAMBRA STATE UNIVERSITY ARE THE ONLY NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES SELECTED TO RECEIVE EUROPEAN UNION GRANT AND PROJECT VALUED AT €400,000.(PHOTO).


 Unizik and Anambra state University are the only Nigerian Universities selected to receive European Union grant and Project valued at €400,000


Nnamdi Azikiwe University and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University under the leadership of Prof Carol Arinze-umobi and Prof Kate Omenugha respectively have emerged the  only Nigerian Universities selected to receive European Union grant and Project valued at €400,000.


Their African counterparts from Uganda are MAT ABACUS Business School and Makerere University Business School (MUBS). Joining them are three prominent European partners: Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal), Stichting VU (Netherlands), and Uganda Chapter for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), alongside consulting firm Sejjaaka Kaawaase & Co..


‎The project seeks to empower young accounting graduates in Nigeria and Uganda with practical, in-demand employability skills through a structured Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) model.


The grant will fund this ambitious effort over a 24-month period and will involve extensive collaboration between eight prestigious institutions across four countries.


‎The  project will benefit over 3,000 students and staff in Nigeria and Uganda, and will focus on critical activities such as curriculum redesign, development of a WIL quality control framework, industry-academia engagement strategies, and capacity building through student and staff mobility programmes. 

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