Day: December 5, 2016

FEATURES, UK December 5, 2016December 5, 2016

UK EMBASSY IN NIGERIA ANNOUNCES NEW VISA APPLICATION GUIDELINES

The British high commission in Lagos has annonced new time saving guidelines for applicants seeking UK visas.

The new process was a slight change in which Visa staff now only need electronic versions of support documents.

With the new process taking full effect as from December 5, 2016, customers applying for a UK visa in Lagos, Victoria Island and Ikeja, would bring applicants benefits from digital improvements to the UK visa application process.

The statement added that: “TLSContact (responsible for UK Visa Application Centres in Nigeria) will scan your supporting documents whilst you’re at the visa application centre, and then return your original documents to you.”

“They will then send these (electronic) documents to UKVI, with your passport and application form, and visa officers will consider your application in the usual way.”

In order to avoid delays in the visa application centre, the Commission requested applicants to ensure they complied with requirement to provide all documents in A4 size, while any other documents smaller or larger than A4 should be photocopied onto A4 sized paper.

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While advising all customers to remove any clips or pins from documents before submitting their application, the Commission warned that any torn, crumpled or heavily creased documents, which is difficult to photocopy, should be photocopied onto A4 sized paper before submitted, as they can’t be scanned in this condition.

INFLUENCER MARKETING: THE NEXT BIG THING

Influencer marketing is a very important part of internet marketing strategy and is used frequently by marketers and agencies to increase their social media presence.

Influencer marketing is an art where the brand is promoted by people who can influence other people to engage with the brand. Influencers of different industries are used to target different audience.

Now a days marketers are moving slowly from traditional influencers like Movie Stars to more contemporary and progressive influencer.

More people are becoming famous from social networking sites like Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, etc. These influencers are common people who have an impact on people or in marketer terms, Target Audience. Youtubers like AIB , TVF (The Viral Fever), Being Indian, Filter Copy, Sudh Desi Endings, etc. have huge fan following and hence the marketers rush towards them for product placements.

These ads increase visibility of the product and people who are watching it, remember the product in the longer run.

But, beware many of these influencers have their power on younger audience who are in Graduation, Post-Graduation and working professionals under 30. So, if you have a product which is perfect for this cohort, place the product.

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Product placement charges too will be inexpensive, why? Because, these people are looking for some money to make their video. They will happily take your offer. There is no star cast and hence, you will not have to pay much amount to a “STAR”.

Hence, if product placement in Social media suits you then it is good for you and will be cheaper than the traditional influencer marketing techniques. Social media influencers are bound to give you more product engagement; additionally, it also improve your SEO ranking.

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Original article by Deepak Goel

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FEATURES, LONDON DIGEST, UK December 5, 2016

JAMES IBORI TO FACE FRESH EFCC CHARGES ON RETURN TO NIGERIA

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to re-arrest and prosecute a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, who will return to the country after completion of his prison sentence in Britain on December 20, 2016.

Barring last minute changes, the former governor will be arraigned on 170 charges bordering on money laundering and corruption.

A Southwark Crown court had on April 17, 2012, sentenced Ibori to 13 years in prison after the ex-governor pleaded guilty to 10 counts of money laundering and stealing $250m from the treasury.

Following his conviction in the UK, there were criticisms of the Nigerian justice system, especially an Asaba High Court which had struck out 170 charges which the EFCC had brought against Ibori.

However, the EFCC took the matter to the Appeal Court where a three-man panel of justices on May 15, 2014, at the Benin Division of the Court of Appeal ruled that the ex- governor, who is currently serving a 13-year jail term in a London prison, has a case to answer.

The appellate court panel, led by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, ordered that the case be re-assigned to another judge of the Federal High Court for continuation of trial.

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The EFCC subsequently said in a statement in 2014 that the ex-governor would be re-arrested upon the completion of his prison sentence.

The EFCC statement read, “With this judgment, the coast is clear for Ibori to face trial in Nigeria upon the completion of his jail term in London.”

However, an EFCC source told the Punch that the legal department of the commission would have to look into the matter again.

He said, “Indeed Ibori still has a case to answer but it will be reviewed and charges might be amended.”

However, Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, also told Punch that there was no need prosecuting Ibori again.

Sagay, speaking in his personal capacity, said that Ibori had already been punished and prosecuting him again could amount to human rights abuse.

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He said, “It will constitute double jeopardy because he was been punished according to the law and any attempt to arrest him and make him go through the process a second time will be unconstitutional.”

Bori has lost a house in Hampstead, North London, worth £2.2m; a property in Shaftesbury, Dorset, worth £311,000; a £3.2m mansion in Sandton, near Johannesburg, South Africa; a fleet of armoured Range Rovers valued at £600,000; a £120,000 Bentley Continental GT; and a Mercedes-Benz Maybach 62 bought for €407,000 cash in the corruption case.

Source: DailyPost