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Nigeria is not among the 43 countries the President of the United States, Donald Trump is considering a travel ban on.
According to a Reuters report citing an internal memo, the proposed restrictions divided countries into three categories. The red, orange, and yellow.
The red list includes 11 countries—Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Cuba, Bhutan, Venezuela, North Korea, Yemen, and Somalia—whose nationals would be completely barred from entering the U.S. The orange list consists of 10 countries, including Russia, Belarus, Myanmar, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Pakistan, where visa access would be significantly restricted.
The yellow list features 22 nations, such as Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zimbabwe. These countries have 60 days to address U.S. concerns before facing potential restrictions.
Notwithstanding several African nations appearing on the list, major economies like Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria, and Egypt are not included.
However, three Caribbean nations—Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Lucia—are on the yellow list. These countries are known for selling citizenship through investment programs. A practice that has drawn EU scrutiny due to security risks.
Recall that in 2023, the EU raised alarms over ‘golden passports’. This was after discovering that Caribbean nations had granted citizenship to 88,000 individuals.
These are from countries like Iran, Nigeria, Russia, and China. Dominica, with a population of 70,000, had issued 34,500 passports. While St. Kitts and Nevis, with 48,000 residents, had distributed 36,700.
However, a U.S. official stated that the travel ban proposal remains under review and could change. The move, the official said, is part of Trump’s broader immigration crackdown. The policy was launched at the start of his second term in January, 2025.