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Nigerians Can Now Obtain UAE Visas — Minister, Mohammed Idris by adamusuleiman1(op): 5:11pm On Jul 15, 2024

The announcement comes ahead of Emirates Airlines' resumption of Lagos-Dubai flights scheduled for October 1, 2024.

The Federal Government has reached an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow Nigerian passport holders to obtain visas for travel to that Arab nation starting today, July 15, 2024.

The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Monday when he briefed State House correspondents following the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

The announcement comes more than two years after the UAE suspended visa issuance to Nigerians following a period of protracted diplomatic row with Africa’s most populous nation.

It also comes about two months after UAE national carrier Emirates Airlines announced the resumption of flights to Nigeria. The airline said in May that its daily Lagos-Dubai flights would resume from October 1, 2024.

Emirates Airlines suspended its Dubai-Lagos flights in 2022 over its inability to repatriate trapped funds in Nigeria in the heat of the diplomatic fireworks between the two countries.

Nigeria and the UAE have a long history of restriction of flights between both countries based on certain unresolved issues surrounding the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA). Visa restrictions later surfaced as diplomatic fireworks continued between Nigeria and the UAE, which is a top destination for Nigerian migrants and tourists.

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.

https://www.channelstv.com/2024/07/15/breaking-nigerians-can-now-obtain-uae-visas-minister/

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Re: Nigerians Can Now Obtain UAE Visas — Minister, Mohammed Idris by nemos: 5:12pm On Jul 15, 2024*

Congrats to those who wants to travel to UAE

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Re: Nigerians Can Now Obtain UAE Visas — Minister, Mohammed Idris by madridguy(m): 5:12pm On Jul 15, 2024*

I hope the FG will do everything possible to caution Nigerians traveling to UAE and know their mission there before some people will go there again and start misbehaving.

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Re: Nigerians Can Now Obtain UAE Visas — Minister, Mohammed Idris by Arobaga: 5:13pm On Jul 15, 2024

Shebi Keyamo said we can now travel to UAE sometime last year after our darling Druggie visited even when they warned him not to enter their country again

Which UAE again una dey celebrate abi na UAR una mean🤣🤣🤣🤣

Useless government people are crying of hunger una dey open UAE gate Shey na who chop dey travel

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Re: Nigerians Can Now Obtain UAE Visas — Minister, Mohammed Idris by lionshare: 5:14pm On Jul 15, 2024

Confirmed?

Re: Nigerians Can Now Obtain UAE Visas — Minister, Mohammed Idris by SmartPolician: 5:15pm On Jul 15, 2024

Congratulations to those who are interested in traveling to the UAE. To date, I wonder why this lift is important because I have yet to understand the positive impact that country makes on Nigeria.

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