By Pascal Ibe

Claim

An X user, @dr_dabo1 claimed that Nigerians are banned from entering the USA

Verdict

This claim is MISLEADING. Reputable news organizations reported that the Trump-led administration is CONSIDERING imposing a visa ban and other travel restrictions on citizens of Nigeria and 24 other African countries. However, this new the latest policy is yet to come into effect as of June 16, 2025.

Full Text

On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation restricting or limiting the entry of nationals from 19 countries, effective at 12:01am on June 9, 2025. The proclamation invokes sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to completely restrict immigrant and non-immigrant visas and legal entry from 12 countries and partially restrict certain immigrant and non-immigrant visas and legal entry from seven others, with narrow exceptions. The Trump administration is using the same legal authority it has relied on for prior travel bans.

The Trump administration cites national security as the primary justification for imposing this travel ban, relying heavily on section 212(f) of the INA. That statute allows the president to suspend the entry of noncitizens if deemed detrimental to U.S. interests.

On 15th June 2025, an X user @dr_dabo1 claimed that Nigerians are banned from entering the USA.

The post has garnered over 40k views and more than 850 likes, according to X analytics.

Verification

Reputable news organizations had reported that the Trump-led administration is CONSIDERING imposing a visa ban and other travel restrictions on citizens of Nigeria and 24 other African countries. However, this new the latest policy is yet to come into effect as of June 16, 2025.

In a memo signed by the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, the US authorities outlined a list of benchmarks that the countries allegedly failed to meet.

It indicated that some of the countries had no functioning or cooperative central authority to issue reliable ID or civil documents.

Others, the memo said, were plagued by widespread government fraud.

In several cases, large numbers of citizens from these countries had overstayed their US visas.

Read this similar report here and here.

Conclusion

The US government is considering imposing a visa ban on Nigeria and other countries, but has not yet done so at the moment.