Just a day after eminent Nigerians graced the Queen’s 90th birthday party celebrations in Lagos along with the British High Commissioner, Paul Arkwright, the government of the European country has named Nigeria as one of the countries that its citizens should avoid visiting.
According to reports in The Sun UK on Saturday morning, the British Foreign Office just released the 18 most dangerous countries to visit for citizens and the 45 which are partially dangerous.
Nigeria was named as one of the 45 partially dangerous alongside other West African countries like Burkina Faso and Mali and a host of other African countries.
The office also released a new map for British citizens showing the dangerous countries. While the 18 most dangerous are in red colour, the 45 partially dangerous countries are in yellow.
The popular tabloid reports that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has urged British travellers to avoid these danger hotspots when looking for potential holiday locations.
One region highlighted is the north Sinai area in Egypt, where the Russian commercial plane crashed after taking off from family favourite Sharm el-Sheikh.
Back here in Nigeria, with the military fighting hard against Boko Haram insurgents (the deadliest terrorists in the world) who are still using suicide bombers on so-called ‘soft targets’ in the North, armed Fulani herdsmen massacring other tribes across the country and almost daily explosions from vandalized gas pipelines and fallen oil trucks, may be Nigeria should be grateful not to be in the red zone.
Full List
The 18 most dangerous countries to avoid:
Afghanistan
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Guinea
Iraq
Libya
Mauritania
Niger
Palestinian territories
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Somaliland
South Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
Yemen
Countries deemed to be partially dangerous:
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Burkina Faso
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
Cameroon
Colombia
Djibouti
Ecuador
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Georgia
Haiti
India
Iran
Israel
Ivory Coast
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Kosovo
Lebanon
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mali
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Republic of Congo
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
Venezuela
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