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For Consular assistance, please use the contact forms: For Abuja: https://www.contact-embassy.service.gov.uk/?country=Nigeria&post=British High Commission Abuja For Lagos: https://www.contact-embassy.service.gov.uk/?country=Nigeria&post=British Deputy High Commission Lagos 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑, we are considering expressions of interest (EOI) from British Nationals who live in 🇬🇧, who wish to return from #Nigeria.Send your EOI to Consular.Lagos@fco.gov.uk with name, 📧, ☎️, location & if we need …

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Our author braves closing borders and airport chaos to catch one of the few planes still flying.Flying Home During the Pandemic: Expensive, Demanding, and Dangerous

Bill Withers, the influential US soul singer who wrote Lean on Me, Ain’t No Sunshine and Lovely Day has died aged 81 of heart complications, according to a statement from his family. Withers wrote and recorded several other major hits including Use Me and Just the Two of Us, before retiring in the mid-1980s and …

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The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has provided a legal justification for the total lockdown order issued by President Buhari in Lagos, Ogun and the FCT.  Recall that the lockdown order issued by President Buhari ignited controversy as some top lawyers argued that he doesn't have such power.  However AGF …

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