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Washington D.C (USA) - The Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C., arguably the world’s most powerful city, has joined a litany of foreign missions causing national embarrassment to the country due to neglect.

The last maintenance exercise carried out on the building located at International Drive, NW, was in 2004, a source stated. An Israeli firm that was hired to maintain the gigantic architectural masterpiece when it was purchased in 2003, has since abandon the project due to lack of payment, typical naija style. The firm reached an agreement with the Nigerian government to be paid $1 million yearly but was disengaged in 2004 when funding was stalled.

Abuja - The House of Representatives is seeking for an Act to compel the president to deliver a state of the nation address every year. The State of the Union address, is an annual ceremonial event for the president of the U.S presented to a joint sitting of the National Assembly comprising the House of Representative and the Senate.

The sponsor of the bill, Honorable Cyril Madua-bum, said it would further strengthen the implementation of provisions of Sections 4[2], 5, 13 and item 60 of the exclusive legislative list of the 1999 Constitution. He argued that it would not be out of place for the House to make a law for the President to present a state of the nation address to the National Assembly every year.

Lagos- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines,  has announced that Nigerians will no longer be required to obtain transit visas on KLM flights from Nigeria to major destination in the world including United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA), Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, and Japan when traveling via Amsterdam Schipol Airport.

USA - 87 Nigerians deported from the U.S., arrived in the country yesterday, aboard a special flight.

According to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) investigation, the deportees arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, at 8 a.m. and were handed over to the Nigeria Immigration Service and other security operatives at the airport, for “proper debriefing.”

Sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the deportation, adding that some allegedly committed various offences like fraud, sexual assault and drug trafficking.  “Some of them have also completed their jail terms, though there is every likelihood that they might be punished here for dragging the country’s name into disrepute,” NAN was told.

It will be recalled that a total of 314 illegal immigrants were recently deported from Libya.

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Houston (USA) - Nigerian immigrants have the highest levels of education in the United States, surpassing whites and Asians, according to Census data bolstered by an analysis of 13 annual Houston-area surveys conducted by Rice University.

Although they make up a tiny portion of the U.S. population, a whopping 17 percent of all Nigerians in this country held master’s degrees while 4 percent had a doctorate, according to the 2006 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, 37 percent had bachelor’s degrees.