“Reports of student visa ban for Nigerians is false” – US Embassy

The United States Embassy in Abuja has denied reports that the country has banned student visas for Nigerians.

The embassy disclosed this in a statement on its Twitter handle on Monday.

“#FakeNews Alert! Be advised, reports of Student Visa ban for Nigerians is false. If you have seen such manufactured item on Facebook and Twitter or received it via WhatsApp, please communicate that it is false,” the Embassy wrote.

See tweet:

#FakeNews Alert! Be advised, reports of Student Visa ban for Nigerians is false. If you have seen such manufactured item on Facebook and Twitter or received it via WhatsApp, please communicate that it is false. pic.twitter.com/1EvoiST6ak

— U.S. Mission Nigeria (@USinNigeria) June 17, 2019

The embassy five days ago held a Facebook live event to answer non-immigrant visa questions from Nigerians where the embassy was accused of alleged visa ban for Nigeria students.

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