ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied placing a tourist visa ban on Nigeria following a robbery incident in a Bureau de Change in Dubai a fews day allegedly involving five Nigerians.The UAE Embassy in Abuja in a statement posted on Instagram late on Thursday said it the clarification became necessary because of media reports on Thursday indicating that UAE had suspended issuing tourist visa to Nigerians.
The statement said: “In the light of the press reports published this morning (Thursday) alleging that the United Arab Emirates has suspended issuing tourist visas to Nigerian nationals, the United Emirates Embassy in Abuja would like to announce these news inaccurate, and stresses the importance of getting the news from its official channels.”