The British High Commission has resumed the issuance of visitor's visas to citizens of countries previously on the United Kingdom red list, including Nigeria.

The UK government had placed Nigeria and some other countries on a red list following the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

On December 6 in a statement, the UK had also announced the suspension of issuance of visitor visas to all applicants from red list countries.

But, it has now retracted that decision removing Nigeria from the infamous list which had generated a public outcry.

The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), had in a statement said, "From 4:00 am on 15th December, all countries currently on the red list will be removed".

"In line with the lifting of red list restrictions, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) will also lift the pause on processing visitor visas in all.

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Kano State Police Command, has said it arrested 245 suspects for major offences in the state within the last 40 days.

State Commissioner of Police, Sama'ila Shu'aibu Dikko, said this at a news conference held at the command headquarters in Kano.

He stated this was part of the command's efforts in its fight against crimes and criminality in line with the policing theme 'To protect with courage and serve with compassion' on community-based policing and delivery of quality police service.

"We are committed to restoring police primacy and bequeath to the nation a modernised, citizen-led, rule of law-guided and professional Police Force that Nigerians can truly trust and depend on to achieve the policing enshrined mandate enriched in sections 4 and 5 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020, the Command reviewed its anti-crime strategies.

"In our effort to effectively police Kano State, we intensify community policing engagements, constant raids of criminal hideouts and black spots, Intelligence-led and visibility policing, rapid response to distress calls, full adherence to the ethics of the Force, synergy with sister security agencies and sustaining the Operation Puff-Adder that is yielding positive results."

 The suspects arrested for the major offences include armed robbery, cattle rustling, kidnapping, car theft, fraud, thuggery and drug abuse.

But, looking into the cases of banditry, the command said it has succeeded in rescuing six kidnapped victims.

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President Muhammadu Buhari will later on Thursday, depart Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey.

In a statement, a presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the President will be accompanied on the trip by his wife, Aisha Buhari; the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Defence, Maj-Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd); FCT, Mohammed Bello; Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire; Agriculture, Mohammed Abubakar; Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo; the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd); and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.

Shehu said the Summit with the theme ''Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity'' is to among others review the cooperation between African countries and Turkey since the last summit in 2014.

He said the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit is coming on the heels of President Erdogan's recent State Visit to Nigeria during which several agreements in the fields of energy, defence industry, mining and hydrocarbons were signed to expand existing bilateral ties.

He added that  the Turkish leader had, during the visit to Nigeria, affirmed his commitment to immediately expand the volume of trade between the two countries to 5 billion dollars and the Nigerian delegation will seize the opportunity of the gathering in Istanbul to enhance cooperation with other partners for more trade and investment opportunities in the country.

He added that the Summit is expected to provide guidelines and direction for cooperation with African countries for the next five years.

The President is expected back in Abuja on Sunday, December 19.

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Five corps members have died while others sustained injuries following an auto crash that involved a commercial vehicle at Fika Local Government Area of Yobe State.

The corps members from batch (C) stream II were travelling from Taraba to their home town in Yobe after completing their 21 days orientation course at Sibre Camp, Jalingo, Taraba State.

An eyewitness, Sule Audu, said the accident happened after the commercial bus carrying the corps members had a collision with a moving tractor.

He said the victims were rushed to Fika health facility where some of them died.

Meanwhile, colleagues of the deceased corp members from Yobe State have expressed shock over the incident.

The injured victims were transported to Damaturu Specialist Hospital. 

When contacted, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Public Education Officer, Mr Hussaini Haruna, confirmed the incident. 

Also, an auto crash in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, involving a truck has claimed seven lives.

It was learnt that 19 others were injured in a lone accident that occurred yesterday around the Badeku area of Ibadan. 

When contacted, the Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo State, Mrs Unce Chukwurah, who confirmed the accident, said the truck that was involved in the accident was carrying 26 labourers going for construction work.

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