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Nigeria warns its citizens against travel to US

The Nigerian presidency has warned its citizens not to travel to the US amid ongoing uncertainty over Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries, reports www.independent.co.uk. Nigeria is not on the list of six countries affected by Trump’s so-called travel ban executive order, but the special assistant to the President on foreign affairs and the diaspora said in a statement that several Nigerians with valid visas have been refused entry to the US.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa said their visas were cancelled when they landed in the US and they were put on return flights.
She said: “Nigerians who have no compelling or urgent reason to travel to the US to postpone their travel plans until the new administration’s policy on immigration is clear.”
Earlier in February the US State Department warned US citizens to avoid travelling to Nigeria due to violence from extremist group Boko Haram, and said the security situation in northeast Nigeria remained “fluid and unpredictable”.
The advisories come several weeks after  Trump’s travel ban, affecting seven Muslim-majority countries, was knocked down by a federal court in Washington state.

Trumps travel ban

Nigeria warns its citizens against travel to US

The Nigerian presidency has warned its citizens not to travel to the US amid ongoing uncertainty over Donald Trumps executive order banning immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries, reports www.independent.co.uk. Nigeria is not on the list of six countries affected by Trumps so-called travel ban executive order, but the special assistant to the President on foreign affairs and the diaspora said in a statement that several Nigerians with valid visas have been refused entry to the US. Abike Dabiri-Erewa said their visas were cancelled when they landed in the US and they were put on return flights. She said: Nigerians who have no compelling or urgent reason to travel to the US to postpone their travel plans until the new administrations policy on immigration is clear. Earlier in February the US State Department warned US citizens to avoid travelling to Nigeria due to violence from extremist group Boko Haram, and said the security situation in northeast Nigeria remained fluid and unpredictable. The advisories come several weeks after Trumps travel ban, affecting seven Muslim-majority countries, was knocked down by a federal court in Washington state.