An American journalist with CNN, Fareed Zakaria, has analysed why the recent decision of the United States government to impose immigrant visa restrictions on Nigeria “does not make sense.” The US government had justified the restriction on the basis of national security concerns, claiming that the affected countries have gaps in their security protocols surrounding
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A committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari, to look into issues surrounding the recent suspension of United States’ immigrant visa issuance to Nigerians has begun talks with the American government officials over the matter. Buhari had named the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, as the head of the committee, raised to liaise with
Read moreThe United States has said that it notified all foreign governments including Nigeria about the identity-management and information-sharing criteria in 2019. The government stated that the Republic of Chad improved on the performance metrics and was removed from consideration for travel restrictions. The US described Nigeria as one of the worst-performing countries on the performance
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Nigeria did not adequately share public-safety and terrorism-related information necessary for the protection of the national security and public safety of the US. The United States has given reasons for imposing visa restrictions on Nigerians and five other countries’ nationals. It said Nigeria did not comply with the established identity-management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the
Read moreNigeria said on Saturday it would cooperate with Washington on visa restrictions slapped by the United States on its citizens and those from five other countries. US President Donald Trump on Friday imposed immigration restrictions on citizens of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, as well as Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania. “Nigeria remains committed
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The Federal Government says the speculated plan by the US to add Nigeria to its existing list of visa travel ban countries is ill-conceived. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Monday in London during an interview session with Reuters News Agency. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the minister
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Iran has on Saturday condemned what it called the “illegal and inhuman” treatment of its nationals by US border security officers, after reports that a student was deported despite having a valid visa. “Such absolutely discriminatory measures that only happen over people’s race, nationality or religion are against international human rights laws and principles,” foreign
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The Donald Trump administration is set to announce plans to reduce the number of pregnant women coming into the United States. This is in a bid to curb the number of foreigners gaining American citizenship through birth. Nigerian women giving birth in the US has become a common practice, especially among the upper and middle
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Ambassador Rasheed Akinkuolie, has attributed the planned US visa restriction on Nigeria to the fear of Iranian attacks on American interests by Iranian sympathisers in Nigeria. Akinkuolie who is a retired Director of Trade and Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, noted that Nigeria might have been placed on the restriction list on account of its
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