{"id":41815,"date":"2024-08-05T10:36:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T10:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=41815"},"modified":"2024-08-05T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T10:36:34","slug":"fg-issues-travel-alert-to-nigerians-heading-to-uk-amid-deadly-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/08\/05\/fg-issues-travel-alert-to-nigerians-heading-to-uk-amid-deadly-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Issues Travel Alert to Nigerians Heading to UK Amid Deadly Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"98611f9e-5b2f-4f5d-9f21-45aa324387ab\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>The Nigerian government has issued a travel alert to its citizens planning to visit the United Kingdom following recent violent riots in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, August 5, 2024, Eche Abu-Obe, the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, advised Nigerians to exercise extreme caution due to the ongoing unrest.<\/p>\n<p>England is currently experiencing severe anti-immigrant and far-right violence, with towns and cities being overtaken by mobs attacking hotels housing asylum seekers and mosques, clashing with police, and causing widespread destruction. These riots erupted after a mass stabbing in Southport, near Liverpool, where three young girls were killed during a dance class.<\/p>\n<p>Before the suspect, Axel Rudakubana, 17, was identified, far-right influencers falsely claimed he was a Muslim asylum seeker, inciting further violence and spreading Islamophobic sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign affairs ministry&#8217;s statement highlighted the heightened risk of violence and disorder following the tragic event, urging Nigerians to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid political processions, protests, rallies, or marches<\/li>\n<li>Steer clear of crowded areas and large gatherings<\/li>\n<li>Remain vigilant and self-aware at all times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nigerians in the UK are also encouraged to contact the High Commission for any relevant information via email at <a rel=\"noreferrer\">hc@nigeriahc.org.uk<\/a> or telephone at +44 207 839 1244.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian government has issued a travel alert to its citizens planning to visit the United Kingdom following recent violent riots in the country. In a statement on Monday, August 5, 2024, Eche Abu-Obe, the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, advised Nigerians to exercise extreme caution due to the ongoing unrest. England is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":41828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[1295],"class_list":["post-41815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-uk-travellers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41815"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41852,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41815\/revisions\/41852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}