Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said it is contemplating the idea of issuing multiple standard international passports to high net-worth Nigerians who are frequent travelers to facilitate their business trips overseas. This is just as the service will today officially roll out the 10-year security enhanced validity standard, official and diplomatic passports. Besides, NIS said it will soon begin the registration of migrants to curtail activities of other nationals who engage in banditry, terrorism and other illegal activities across national borders. Its Comptroller General (CGI) Muhammad Babandede, who spoke in Lagos, said the initiative followed pressure from businessmen and frequent…

As the U.S. piles sanction after sanction on Iran, it’s the average person who feels it the most. From a subway performer’s battered leather hat devoid of tips, to a bride-to-be’s empty purse, the lack of cash from the economic pressure facing Iran’s 80 million people can be seen everywhere. Many blame President Donald Trump and his maximalist policy on Iran, which has seen him pull out of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and levy punishing U.S. sanctions on the country. In recent weeks, Iran has threatened to break out of the deal unless European powers mitigate what…