Trump set to impose travel ban on Nigerians going to the USA

The US president, Donald Trump appears set to impose a new set of travel bans on new countries and Nigeria has been touted as one of the countries to be affected by the latest ban.

White houses insiders say a a new executive order pending the signature of US President, Donald Trump, will see Nigeria and 6 other countries being added to a travel ban list.

The president could still alter the list and add or remove countries but barring any last minute changes, citizens of Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania will face bans on some visa categories if the executive order is signed.

The president who is facing a touch reelection battle this year disclosed in an interview with Wall Street Journal, that he is considering adding some countries to the travel ban list but he wasn’t specific about the affected countries.

Commenting on the travel ban list, a senior official in the Trump administration said countries that failed to comply with security requirements, including biometrics, information-sharing and counter-terrorism measures, faced the risk of limitations on U.S. immigration.

Citizens of Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as some Venezuelan officials and their relatives are blocked from obtaining a large range of U.S. immigrant and non-immigrant visas in the mean time.