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The United States Mission in Nigeria has refuted reports that it placed a ban on the issuing of student visas to Nigerians.

In a brief statement issued by the embassy on Monday, the commission said the media reports claiming that a ban was placed, is false, hence describing them as ‘fake news’.

Some reports sprang last week claiming that the U.S. immigration office had put a hold on issuing student’s visa to Nigerians.

The reports went further by also claiming that the decision was a new measure to impose visa restrictions on countries whose citizens have a track record of overstaying beyond the validity of their short-term US visas.

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However, the U.S mission said claims are unfounded and urged the public to disregard the claims.

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