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INFO-GRAPH: Timeline of evacuations carried out by @NigeriaMFA and @NigeriaGov for the month of August 2020.
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Nigeria's place in the world matters more than ever. Join the conversation.
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We’re building a team to help advance the conversation on Nigeria’s place in the World.
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The @NigeriaMFA continued #COVID19 evacuations into July. 4,801 Nigerians returned home.
Our newsletter continues our historical flashback series - looking at the Gowon era after the Civil War. We also take a look at a couple of key stories that shaped Nigeria’s foreign affairs. READ MORE: mailchi.mp/1167f594914d/news…
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His administration’s biggest foreign policy weaknesses brought to the fore the relationship between domestic and foreign policy. Still, [they] proved to be effective in ensuring international support during the trying times of the war. Issue 3 newsletter mailchi.mp/1167f594914d/news…
INFO-GRAPH: list of evacuations carried out by @NigeriaMFA for June 2020 complied by: @YNFPinitiative
INFO-GRAPH: Timeline of evacuations carried out by @NigeriaMFA for May 2020 complied by @YNFPinitiative
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Nigeria is currently ranked 95th with access to 46countries visa-free. Ynfpinitiative suspects Nigeria's decline in passport ranking is strongly linked to its border closure policies of 2019.
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Hello Nigerians, If you have a UK, US or Schengen Visa and you have used it at least once, you can now get a tourist visa on arrival in Saudi Arabia.
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The @MBuhari declaration at #AswanForum that Nigeria will now issue Visa on Arrival (VoA) to all persons holding passports of African countries with effect from January 2020 is a bold step towards African integration in all terms. It is imperative that AU countries follow suit.
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Nigeria’s Crackdown on Citizens Learning from history, there is some irony to be noted in the fact that the nation that championed freedom from colonialism turned to the colonialists for military aid in the fight against its own people in an internal, civil war in 1967.
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The @NigeriaGov has announced the plan to stop steel materials importation. Patriotic. But is this best as FP decision? Nigeria produces 0.11% of global steel while importing 5m tonnes annually. Instead of a sudden ban, Nigeria rather needs a long-term strategy and investment.
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