{"id":66583,"date":"2025-05-26T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66583"},"modified":"2025-05-26T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T13:55:13","slug":"fg-stops-eight-foreigners-from-entering-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/26\/fg-stops-eight-foreigners-from-entering-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Stops Eight Foreigners From Entering Nigeria\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has stopped eight foreign nationals from entering Nigeria over visa violations, as part of a sweeping crackdown on undocumented migration.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known during a live interview on TVC News on Sunday, stating that Nigeria is tightening its immigration gates and will no longer tolerate lax entry procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I stated in my meeting with airline operators, we\u2019re putting an end to the practice of allowing individuals into the country without valid visas,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that the Ministry recently met with the Airline Operators of Nigeria to ensure airlines uphold visa checks before passengers board flights to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t board a flight to the U.S. or the U.K. without a visa airlines know this and act accordingly. Nigeria will not be treated differently. We are not a dumping ground,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s move signals a stronger enforcement regime aimed at protecting Nigeria\u2019s borders and national security by holding airlines accountable and rejecting improperly documented travelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Federal Government has stopped eight foreign nationals from entering Nigeria over visa violations, as part of a sweeping crackdown on undocumented migration. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known during a live interview on TVC News on Sunday, stating that Nigeria is tightening its immigration gates and will no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":66584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-66583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66583","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66585,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66583\/revisions\/66585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}