Nigeria is safe – Federal government dismisses US travel warning

The national authorities has reacted to a caller question informing issued by the United States, stating that it should not beryllium taken arsenic an denotation that Nigeria is unsafe.

In the advisory released connected Wednesday, the US asked immoderate of its embassy unit successful Abuja and their families to permission owed to information concerns.

It besides added Plateau, Jigawa, Kwara, Niger, and Taraba states to its “Do not travel” database pursuing caller attacks.

Responding connected Thursday, Information Minister Mohammed Idris described the determination arsenic a “precautionary measurement based connected interior protocols” and not a existent reflection of the concern successful Nigeria.

He acknowledged that determination are isolated information challenges successful immoderate parts of the state but stressed that determination is nary illness of instrumentality and order.

“While we admit isolated information challenges successful immoderate areas, determination is nary wide breakdown of instrumentality and order, and the immense bulk of the state remains stable,” helium said.

“Our information agencies stay actively engaged successful protecting lives and property, and the results of these e...