Canada warn citizens against un-essential travels to Nigeria

Canada has warned its citizens against all un-essential travels to Nigeria.

In its travel advisory accessed by Punch correspondents on Tuesday, Canada said that “terrorist attacks could occur at any time and could target locations frequented by expatriates and foreign travellers, including hotels, bars, markets and shopping centres.”

It therefore enjoined Canadians “to maintain a high level of security awareness in these public areas.”

The travel warning noted that there have been a number of large scale coordinated terrorist attacks over the last few months.

The United Kingdom had in its website, on Monday, also warned its citizens against travels to Borno and Yobe states as well as the riverine areas of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states. Its specifically listed Warri and Kano among the no go areas.