JUST IN: NIGERIANS CAN NOW OBTAIN UAE VISAS – MINISTER
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According to a deal struck by the Federal Government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), holders of Nigerian passports will be able to apply for visas to visit that Arab country as of today, July 15, 2024.
Following the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information, briefed State House media on Monday.
The declaration was made more than two years after the UAE stopped issuing visas to Nigerians as a result of a protracted diplomatic spat with the country that has the largest population in Africa.
It also occurs around two months after Emirates Airlines, the official airline of the United Arab Emirates, declared the start of new flights to Nigeria. The airline announced in May that it would start operating daily flights from Lagos to Dubai on October 1, 2024.
In 2022, Emirates Airlines halted its flights from Dubai to Lagos due to its inability to return cash that was embezzled in Nigeria during the tumultuous diplomatic relations between the two nations.
There has long been a history of flight restrictions between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria due to outstanding concerns pertaining to the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA). Later, as diplomatic tensions between Nigeria and the UAE—a popular destination for Nigerian visitors and migrants—grew, visa restrictions were revealed.
In September 2023, President Bola Tinubu met with UAE President, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Abu Dhabi, to smoothen the rough edges in the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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