Wednesday, April 22, 2026

11 Nigerians get walking papers

Date:

Share post:

ELEVEN NIGERIAN STUDENTS are due to fly out of Barbados this morning on their journey back home.

The students, part of the 87 who are here in Barbados to enrol at the Barbados Community College, received a letter which was sent to the Nigerian High Commissioner in Trinidad, from the Ministry of Higher Education in Nigeria’s Delta State, informing that they were being recalled with immediate effect.

A source said last night that the targeted students had been the most vocal among the group in complaining, sometimes publicly, about various issues, since they arrived last December.

The letter which was signed by Commissioner Charles Emetulu, said: “I wish . . .  to inform you that the visa and period of stay granted the 90 Delta State trainees to Barbados expired January 31, 2015.

[email protected]

Please read the full story in today’s Weekend Nation, or in the eNATION edition.

 

Related articles

Brace for heat, drought, region urged

Caribbean governments, businesses, farmers and other stakeholders are being urged to prepare themselves for potentially severe climate extremes...

Narii eyes world as musical stage

She was born into music, and with her dad as the wind beneath her wings, she intended to...

Satisfactory numbers for MMR, though not yet at benchmark

More people are getting immunised – a marked change in behaviour from the hesitancy observed towards the end...

Beyond the desk, Saluting Admin Professionals

If everything in your office just seems to work, from organised files and productive meetings to happy clients,...