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If you are not seeking permanent residency in the U.S., you should not be affected. The ban is on immigrant visas.

Further information below:
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/01/31/raising-global-travel-security-bar-dhs-announces-new-travel-restrictions-six

lami88:
I don't understand this ban. What about American citizen parents who wants to file for their kids. Or spouses who wants to file for each other? Are they included in this?

Trump Administration Adds Six Countries to Travel Ban
President Trump added Africa’s biggest country, Nigeria, as well as Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania, to his restricted travel list.

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Jan. 31, 2020 Updated 9:36 p.m. ET
The New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday added six countries to his list of nations facing stringent travel restrictions, a move that will virtually block immigration from Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, and from Myanmar, where the Muslim minority is fleeing genocide.

The proclamation will take effect on February 22. Immigrants who obtain visas before then will still be able to travel to the United States, officials said. Nonimmigrant visas, including those for students and certain temporary workers, as well as visas reserved for potential employees with specialized skills, will not be affected by the ban.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/us/politics/trump-travel-ban.html?emc=edit_na_20200131&ref=headline&nl=breaking-news&campaign_id=60&instance_id=0&segment_id=20884&user_id=21020cbc26c2cf3e431ae24d4cada0a8&regi_id=94089832

Trump Administration Adds Six Countries to Travel Ban
President Trump added Africa’s biggest country, Nigeria, as well as Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania, to his restricted travel list.

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Jan. 31, 2020 Updated 9:36 p.m. ET
The New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday added six countries to his list of nations facing stringent travel restrictions, a move that will virtually block immigration from Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, and from Myanmar, where the Muslim minority is fleeing genocide.

The proclamation will take effect on February 22. Immigrants who obtain visas before then will still be able to travel to the United States, officials said. Nonimmigrant visas, including those for students and certain temporary workers, as well as visas reserved for potential employees with specialized skills, will not be affected by the ban.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/us/politics/trump-travel-ban.html?emc=edit_na_20200131&ref=headline&nl=breaking-news&campaign_id=60&instance_id=0&segment_id=20884&user_id=21020cbc26c2cf3e431ae24d4cada0a8&regi_id=94089832

With Brexit, Boris Johnson woos Africa...
The Economist

Ok. You could fall under the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code 2112 -Biological scientists and biochemists

Torrygossy:
thanks bro, a food scientist can work as a nutritionist.

Are you sure? Don't give up yet. You have to think outside the box.

Can a food scientist work as a nutritionist, biomedical scientist, process scientist, toxicologist?

Torrygossy:
No, sighs

Does fashion design or food science fit into any of the listed Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes on the website?

Torrygossy:
Thanks @ kolping.. but I don't see anything like fashion design or food science on the link...

Nigerians have a great opportunity to benefit from Brexit but most of the time we are busy fighting other people's battles.
Just imagine selling hot Nigerian pepper soup in a country of 66 million people with a temperate climate?

I listened to the former British High Commissioner to Nigeria (Sep 2015 - Nov 2018), Paul Arkwright saying that with Brexit, the UK should be looking at establishing Nigeria as the priority for post-Brexit trade deals and use Nigeria as a test case for global Britain. He stated the following:
- Nigeria produces 10% of Shell's global oil production.
- Nigeria is Guinness's biggest market.
- Lagos and Abuja are the most lucrative routes for British Airways (BA) largely because a lot of Nigerians like to travel first class.
- The Premier League is massively, massively popular in Nigeria.

In a CNBC Africa TV interview he gave in Lagos, he asked: "Why aren't Nigerian avocados and excellent mangoes on the shelves of Sainbury's in London?"

The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Laure Beaufils (2017-2019) also noted that Nigeria is the biggest economy in Africa and the city of Lagos is a bigger economy than the whole of Kenya.

DisGuy:
Surely our own isi-ewu, suya, amala specialists can benefit from the new relaxed immigration law....or our food is not considered International enough?

You are correct - good food and smart South Asians making good use of these opportunities to migrate to the UK.

The UK's curry industry is worth a whopping £5 billion annually. With Brexit, we now need more people from South Asia to sustain the industry.

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The great British curry crisis
The high-street staple is under threat. Can a new generation of entrepreneurs save the nation’s tandoori?
Financial Times FT Magazine

https://www.ft.com/content/2165379e-b4b2-11e5-8358-9a82b43f6b2f

STENON:
I like their curry o . Indians always try to multiply at any region they are, by using their curry shop as sponsor for their cousins, aunts, inlaws, friends etc to migrate from India to UK

Kolping:
True. Now they have their sister as Home Secretary and brother as Chancellor. Expect more curry chefs coming to the UK...

Home Secretary Priti Patel to introduce ‘vindaloo visas’ to save the nation’s curry houses
By Kate Ferguson
9th September 2019, 12:01 am
Updated: 9th September 2019, 12:02 am

BRITAIN will introduce “vindaloo visas” to save the nation’s curry houses, the Home Secretary will announce today.
Priti Patel is unveiling plans to lift immigration restrictions on skilled chefs.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9889391/priti-patel-vindaloo-visas-britain-curry-houses/#comments
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UK vindaloo visa perhaps based on current Tier 2 visa
2019-09-15 12:47 AM
Written by: Daniel Waldron and Sanwar Ali
https://workpermit.com/news/uk-vindaloo-visa-perhaps-based-current-tier-2-visa-20190915

Patel wants to ease UK immigration restrictions on skilled chefs, amid fears that Indian restaurants are closing at a rapid rate in Britain. Patel’s family emigrated to the UK from Uganda and was originally from India.
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Tory win renews fears over immigration plan
December 31, 2019
By Nadeem Badshah
https://www.easterneye.biz/tory-win-renews-fears-over-immigration-plan/

Skilled chefs are on the Tier 2 visa shortage occupation list. Curry houses have been struggling to recruit overseas talent because of a £30,000 minimum salary threshold, the previous rule that no takeaway service is offered by the restaurant, as well as language requirements. The home secretary is to relax rules restrictions so that restaurants and takeaways can look to south Asia, meaning new recruits to Britain don’t have to meet the earning threshold that applies to workers in other sectors.

According to research, curry houses in the UK are closing at a rate of two per week with the industry pleading to ministers for help for years.


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Your favourite curry houses won’t survive Brexit – ‘vindaloo visas’ will speed up their demise
by Rabina Khan
Thursday 14 November 2019
Independent

In 2017, the then Liberal Democrat Leader, Sir Vince Cable, called on the government to introduce temporary “vindaloo visas” to help address the problem of curry restaurant staff shortages. Two years later, his call has been answered with Priti Patel, the home secretary’s announcement to introduce such measures, which would lift immigration restrictions on skilled chefs from South Asia, thereby removing the recruitment dilemma for restaurant owners.

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At Time of Crisis Home Office Approves ‘Vindaloo Visas’
24th September 2019 / United Kingdom
TruePublica
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/at-time-of-crisis-home-office-approves-vindaloo-visas/

A very basic change to the Immigration Rules, which normally would receive no mention at all other than a glance, received a bit more coverage than usual when home secretary Priti Patel announced the introduction of “vindaloo visas” to save the nation’s curry houses. In 2017, it was reported by the Telegraph and Guardian that they were closing at a rate of two per week.


[quote author=RalphJean post=86208221][/quote]

That is the truth about the matter here in the UK. It's an open secret.

The new immigration system will benefit them immensely.

LagosismyHome:
They help themselves quietly..... that I raised hand for them .

In the flip side .... relaxing rule for chef while from south Asia. Smh . The things they get away with

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Home Secretary Priti Patel to introduce ‘vindaloo visas’ to save the nation’s curry houses
By Kate Ferguson
9th September 2019, 12:01 am
Updated: 9th September 2019, 12:02 am

BRITAIN will introduce “vindaloo visas” to save the nation’s curry houses, the Home Secretary will announce today.
Priti Patel is unveiling plans to lift immigration restrictions on skilled chefs.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9889391/priti-patel-vindaloo-visas-britain-curry-houses/#comments
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https://workpermit.com/news/uk-vindaloo-visa-perhaps-based-current-tier-2-visa-20190915

Patel wants to ease UK immigration restrictions on skilled chefs, amid fears that Indian restaurants are closing at a rapid rate in Britain. Patel’s family emigrated to the UK from Uganda and was originally from India.
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https://www.easterneye.biz/tory-win-renews-fears-over-immigration-plan/

Skilled chefs are on the Tier 2 visa shortage occupation list. Curry houses have been struggling to recruit overseas talent because of a £30,000 minimum salary threshold, the previous rule that no takeaway service is offered by the restaurant, as well as language requirements. The home secretary is to relax rules restrictions so that restaurants and takeaways can look to south Asia, meaning new recruits to Britain don’t have to meet the earning threshold that applies to workers in other sectors.

According to research, curry houses in the UK are closing at a rate of two per week with the industry pleading to ministers for help for years.


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In 2017, the then Liberal Democrat Leader, Sir Vince Cable, called on the government to introduce temporary “vindaloo visas” to help address the problem of curry restaurant staff shortages. Two years later, his call has been answered with Priti Patel, the home secretary’s announcement to introduce such measures, which would lift immigration restrictions on skilled chefs from South Asia, thereby removing the recruitment dilemma for restaurant owners.

RalphJean:
The bolded is racist sha.
It may be a joke, but it’s racial stereotyping, which is not good.

Imagine if an Indian forum sees the data on Nigeria and writes: Expect more terrorists, fraudsters (419) and Thieving/fraudulent pastors...
Will you interpret it as a joke?

By the way:
India population estimate (2018): 1,352,617.33
Nigeria population estimate (2018):195,874.74

Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=IN

True. Now they have their sister as Home Secretary and brother as Chancellor. Expect more curry chefs coming to the UK...

LagosismyHome:
but the Indians no won gree oooo. It is made for only them, chei 42 percent. Make them calm down

Great caught. It just goes to say that a large number of highly skilled/educated Nigerians moved (or studied) to the UK.

LagosismyHome:
These two stats caught my eyes

Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report: points-based system and salary thresholds
The MAC responds to the Home Secretary's commission into a points-based system and salary thresholds for immigration.
Published 28 January 2020

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-advisory-committee-mac-report-points-based-system-and-salary-thresholds

This is just one step forward. Eventually it will be like "1984" by George Orwell.

Aphrodite007:
I think banning it because they believe it is not accurate is a silly reason. If they arrest the wrong person, shey they will free the person when they investigate and find out that they arrested the wrong person? They can’t even arrest without the person being a suspect first.

If however they want to ban it because of the invasion of privacy, yes that one makes sense but if the rollout can stop people like hitler before a huge massacre or if it can stop pedophiles, please I support it.

https://www.ft.com/content/a2c8b966-3ea9-11ea-a01a-bae547046735

Metropolitan police to deploy live facial recognition in London
Rollout comes despite widespread calls to pause use of controversial technology

Madhumita Murgia in London 5 HOURS AGO
London’s police force will start using live facial recognition on the capital’s streets, ignoring concerns from politicians, data regulators and human rights groups over the highly invasive and often inaccurate biometric technology.

The Metropolitan Police Service said standalone cameras would scan passers-by, searching for people suspected of serious crimes such as knife attacks and child sexual exploitation.

The decision follows last week’s announcement by the European Commission that it was considering banning facial recognition technology across the bloc for five years while policymakers create a regulatory framework. German police were the only known European forces to push ahead with plans to use the technology but they have since backtracked.

MPs on the House of Commons science and technology committee in July urged the Home Office to impose a moratorium on all facial recognition trials

The technology is used by police in China, Brazil, India and parts of the US, though bans have been imposed on its public use in cities including San Francisco and Oakland.

Last year an independent review commissioned by the Met published a damning report about the force’s facial recognition trials in London, warning that the technology was only 19 per cent accurate, and likely to contravene human rights. Over the past few months, several advocacy groups such as Liberty and Big Brother Watch have called for a moratorium on the use of the technology in the UK until regulation can be established.

Among the biggest concerns about facial recognition is its inaccuracy and bias against women and people of colour. The Met’s independent review showed that “it only worked correctly eight out of 42 times when individuals were flagged by the system”, said Pete Fussey, a criminologist at the University of Essex who authored the review.

He pointed out that facial recognition algorithms did not have “equal performance” across age, gender and ethnicity, adding: “They don’t have the authority to roll this out.”

Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave said: “We are using a tried-and-tested technology, and have taken a considered and transparent approach in order to arrive at this point.”

He added that similar technology was already widely used across the UK in the private sector.

It appears the Met intends to ignore these promises and proceed with yet another deeply concerning infringement of our basic civil liberties

Siân Berry, Green party London Assembly member
In October, the UK’s data protection watchdog, the only body with legal oversight of this deployment, urged the police to delay its use of live facial recognition in public places until the government provided new legal guidance for the technology.

“I must ensure that everyone working in this developing area stops to take a breath and works to satisfy the full rigour of UK data protection law,” said Elizabeth Denham, the UK’s information commissioner, at the time. “Moving too quickly to deploy technologies that can be overly invasive in people’s lawful daily lives risks damaging trust . . . in the fundamental model of policing by consent.”

So far, the Met has only tested the technology, which was built by Japanese company NEC, rather than deploying it in a live policing context. The use of facial recognition was challenged in the High Court in September, and although the courts ruled in favour of the police, an appeal against the decision will be heard on June 23 this year.

Siân Berry, the London Assembly member and Green party mayoral candidate who has pushed back directly on the police’s use of the technology, said: “I was given assurance by the deputy mayor and commissioner it would not be deployed unless ethical and legal barriers could be overcome. It appears the Met intends to ignore these promises and proceed with yet another deeply concerning infringement of our basic civil liberties.”

The Information Commissioner’s Office said: “We have received assurances from the MPS that it is considering the impact of this technology and is taking steps to reduce intrusion and comply with the requirements of data protection legislation.”

Additional reporting by Guy Chazan in Berlin

Queen signs Brexit bill into law as PM warned against ‘foolish’ attempt to rush trade deals with US and EU

Boris Johnson’s Brexit legislation has cleared all stages in parliament after it received royal assent. It follows an EU warning of “sanctions” if Mr Johnson’s government fails to implement controversial goods checks in the Irish Sea after Brexit.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-news-live-brexit-deal-eu-trade-labour-leadership-latest-a9298056.html

MTN Nigeria Listing Memorandum Nigeria - This Listing Memorandum is dated May 15, 2019
MTN NIGERIA COMMUNICATIONS PLC RC: 395010
LISTING BY INTRODUCTION On the Premium Board of The Nigerian Stock Exchange of 20,354,513,050 Ordinary Shares of ₦0.02 Each at ₦90 per Share

eldeens:
Check your facts about the AUN ownership, the last time I checked Atiku still pump funds to that school, he even made mentioned it in one of his interview, I don't know where you got your story and for MTN its a franchise, Col. Sani Bello, the father to the current Niger state governor, Abubakar Bello owns 40% shares of MTN Nigeria and that's why he is the chairman. You can verify that too.

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Facebook creates 1,000 new UK jobs

Facebook will create 1,000 new roles in London over the course of this year, including adding to its team tackling harmful online content.

More than half of the new jobs will be technology-focused, with roles in software engineering, product design and data science, the company said.

It will take Facebook's UK workforce to more than 4,000.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51184323

Trump Administration Plans to Expand Travel Restrictions for Seven Countries
Nations being considered for new rules: Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania
By Michelle Hackman
Updated Jan. 21, 2020 4:01 pm ET
The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to add to the number of countries covered under its 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 administration plans to place limits on visas for travelers from seven new countries: Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. The countries wouldn’t all face blanket bans on travel to the U.S.—as do six other countries—but could have...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-plans-to-add-seven-countries-to-travel-ban-list-11579638341?mod=e2tw

Trump Administration Plans to Expand Travel Restrictions for Seven Countries
Nations being considered for new rules: Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania
By Michelle Hackman
Updated Jan. 21, 2020 4:01 pm ET
The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to add to the number of countries covered under its 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 administration plans to place limits on visas for travelers from seven new countries: Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. The countries wouldn’t all face blanket bans on travel to the U.S.—as do six other countries—but could have...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-plans-to-add-seven-countries-to-travel-ban-list-11579638341?mod=e2tw

Trump Administration Plans to Expand Travel Restrictions for Seven Countries
Nations being considered for new rules: Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania
By Michelle Hackman
Updated Jan. 21, 2020 4:01 pm ET
The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to add to the number of countries covered under its 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 administration plans to place limits on visas for travelers from seven new countries: Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. The countries wouldn’t all face blanket bans on travel to the U.S.—as do six other countries—but could have...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-plans-to-add-seven-countries-to-travel-ban-list-11579638341?mod=e2tw

Points-based immigration system 'to be brought in by end of 2020'

Priti Patel is reportedly ready to implement immigration changes at the end of the Brexit implementation period.

By Rebecca Taylor, News reporter
Monday 20 January 2020 16:30, UK

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/points-based-immigration-system-to-be-brought-in-by-end-of-2020-11913200

Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu (born September 30, 1968) is a Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players while working at the Allegheny County coroner's office in Pittsburgh. He later became the chief medical examiner for San Joaquin County, California, and is a professor at the University of California, Davis, department of medical pathology and laboratory medicine.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head injuries. Symptoms may include behavioral problems, mood problems, and problems with thinking. Symptoms typically do not begin until years after the injuries. CTE often gets worse over time and can result in dementia.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-doctor-the-nfl-tried-to-silence-1448399061?mod=e2tw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennet_Omalu

Flour Mills Issues Up to N20 Billion in Medium-Term Bonds
MARKETS - January 17, 2020

Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Nigeria’s leading integrated food business and Agro-allied Group, manufacturer of the iconic brand-Golden Penny, says the company intends to issue up to N20, 000,000,000 in medium-term bonds following approval by its Board of Directors.

The conglomerate noted that subject to appropriate pricing, it planned to use proceeds from the Bonds to refinance existing short term debt and increase further the efficiency of its balance sheet with the ultimate objective of maximizing the wealth of its shareholders

It stated that the Bonds which are expected to be Senior Unsecured Fixed Rate Bonds with tenure of 3 and 5 years respectively are part of its previously approved N70,000,000,000 Bond Issue Programme.

Also, it said that the process of obtaining requisite approvals from Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, for issuance of the Bonds has begun

https://businesspagengr.com/flour-mills-issues-up-to-n20-billion-in-medium-term-bonds/

Congrats. Welcome to the club.

titilope07:
I received my interest from fgsavings bond few minutes ago.