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Nigeria denies Bill Gates visa

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/stupid/nigeria-asks-if-bill-gates-is-a-mooch-307889.php

by eposts • 19 years ago

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axiom• 19 years ago

The article implies there was some conscious intent on the part of the government to deny Bill Gates his visa. Much more likely is that Gates' staff sent in a standard application through the Nigerian immigration department, the clerk looked at the forms - he doesn't know who this Bill Gates guy is - decided "hmmm... looks like this application is incomplete" and then sent it back with a big red rejection stamp on it.

No implied message on the part of the Nigerian government, just standard bureaucratic silliness.

You all know the old Napoleon quote.

nanijoe• 19 years ago

Interesting tidbit here..The Nigerian president's son works for Microsoft. He's also a pretty prominent blogger..Check him out here.

http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/

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