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The United States government appears to be deliberately denying Nigerian applicants visa following a crack down on asylum seekers. After thousands of Nigerians crossed into Canada to seek asylum, the federal government of Canada met with US officials and urged them to crackdown on issuing visas to Nigeria. The Canadian government told US officials that many of the asylum seekers had valid US visas and used the United States merely as a transit point. Earlier this year, Canadian officials traveled to Nigeria, the source of a significant number of asylum seekers, to speak with Nigerian government officials and US embassy…

Canada wants to change a bilateral agreement to allow it to turn back thousands of asylum seekers walking across the border but the United States is not cooperating, according to a Canadian official with knowledge of the discussions. Under the Safe Third Country Agreement, or STCA, asylum seekers who arrive at a formal Canada-US border crossing going in either direction are turned back and told to apply for asylum in the first country they arrived in. Canada wants the agreement rewritten to apply to the entire border. More than 26,000 people have illegally crossed the Canada-US border to file refugee…

Arsenal have improved their offer of a new deal to midfielder Jack Wilshere. The 26-year-old is out of contract this summer with Wolves and Everton keen on his signature. (Mirror) Liverpool target Max Meyer will not play for Schalke again after the 22-year-old German forward was banished from training and first-team selection after criticising the Bundesliga club’s sporting director Christian Heidel. (Sky Sports) Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says he wants Gareth Bale, 28, to stay at the Bernabeu despite speculation over the Wales forward’s future. (Sun) Promoted Wolves will join the race to sign Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland if…

President Donald Trump is refusing to apologize for his inflammatory rhetoric on immigration even if it impacts the legal fortune of his travel ban. The president said Monday, while at a White House news conference alongside President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, that he had nothing for which to apologize. He also said he did not believe it would make any difference. The latest iteration of his travel ban is currently being considered by the Supreme Court. Trump also said his administration was monitoring the progress of a caravan of migrants making its way north through Latin America toward the United…

Porn star Stormy Daniels has filed a defamation suit against President Donald Trump for a tweet that said a forensic sketch of a man who allegedly threatened her in 2011 was “a total con job.” Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claims she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 and was warned by an unidentified man to keep quiet about it five years later, after she gave an interview to a gossip magazine. Earlier this month, Clifford worked with a forensic artist to create a sketch of the man she says accosted her in a Las Vegas…

President Donald Trump has welcomed Nigerian leader to visit the White House during his presidency, Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari. Security and economic issues top the agenda for the one-on-one meeting and working lunch. Here are some pictures from the visit. READ: We’ve ensured significant reduction in building collapse – LASG

…Identifies 149 Distressed Buildings, Demolishes 40 …Reduces Planning Permit Approval To 10 Days, Gives Six Months Amnesty For Regularization The Lagos State Government on Monday said it was gratifying to report significant reduction in occurrences of building collapse across the State, revealing that a total of149 distressed buildings were indentified at different locations out of which 40 have so far been demolished in the last one year. Speaking at the annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third year anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 30, 2018, secured the conviction and sentencing of Dr. Joseph Nwobike, SAN, before Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, to one year imprisonment for perversion of justice. The convict was prosecuted on an 18-count charge bordering on an attempt to pervert the course of Justice. One of the counts reads: “That you Dr. Joseph Nwobike (SAN) on the 19th day of March, 2015 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, intentionally gave the sum of N 750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only)…

If football matches are decided by statistics then Real Madrid appear to have secured its passage to the final of the Champions League for the third straight year. With a healthy 2-1 win against Bayern Munich, Real Madrid are favourites to reach the final in Kiev. MATCH FACTS No team has ever overturned a 2-1 home first-leg defeat in the Champions League, in seven previous such occurrences. Bayern and Real will meet for the 26th time in European competition, more than any other fixture. Real have now won 12 of these encounters to Bayern’s 11 victories (2 draws). Bayern…

Bayern Munich are without winger Arjen Robben for their Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid. Robben suffered a leg injury eight minutes into Real’s 2-1 win at the Allianz Arena last Wednesday. Left-back David Alaba (thigh) and midfielder Javi Martinez (head) are both expected to return from injury. Real Madrid right-back Dani Carvajal is likely to miss out with a hamstring injury, but Isco trained on Monday despite a shoulder injury. MATCH FACTS No team has ever overturned a 2-1 home first-leg defeat in the Champions League, in seven previous such occurrences. Bayern and Real will meet for…