{"id":5405,"date":"2019-03-10T21:52:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T21:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=5405"},"modified":"2019-03-10T21:52:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T21:52:06","slug":"travel-alert-to-canadians-nigerian-security-situation-is-unpredictable-huge-risk-of-terrorism-government-of-canada-crime-inter-communal-clashes-armed-attacks-and-kidnappings-rampant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/travel-alert-to-canadians-nigerian-security-situation-is-unpredictable-huge-risk-of-terrorism-government-of-canada-crime-inter-communal-clashes-armed-attacks-and-kidnappings-rampant\/","title":{"rendered":"TRAVEL  ALERT TO CANADIANS!  &#8216;NIGERIAN Security situation is Unpredictable, Huge Risk of Terrorism&#8217;-Government of CANADA   &#8230; crime, inter-communal clashes, armed attacks and kidnappings rampant  *  &#8216;Avoid all travels to Niger-Delta, Middle Belt and Northern States&#8217;  *  &#8216;Exercise high degree caution in Abuja, Calabar and Lagos due to the incidence of crime&#8217;  * &#8216;Pregnant women and those considering becoming pregnant should avoid travel to Nigeria&#8217;  BY BIDEMI BRIYON\/DIPLOMATIC  REPORTER, ABUJA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Canada-Government-1-1.jpg-citizens-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5406\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TRAVEL ALERT\nTO CANADIANS!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> &#8216;NIGERIAN\nSecurity situation is Unpredictable, Huge Risk of\nTerrorism&#8217;-Government of CANADA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">  <strong>&#8230; crime,\ninter-communal clashes, armed attacks and kidnappings rampant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>*  &#8216;Avoid all\ntravels to Niger-Delta, Middle Belt and Northern States&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>*  &#8216;Exercise\nhigh degree caution in Abuja, Calabar and Lagos due to the incidence\nof crime&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>* &#8216;Pregnant\nwomen and those considering becoming pregnant should avoid travel to\nNigeria&#8217; <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>BY\nBIDEMI BRIYON\/DIPLOMATIC  REPORTER, ABUJA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE\nGOVERNMENT OF CANADA this morning issued a travel alert to all\nCanadians citizens in Nigeria, as such has harped on non-essential\ntravel notices that could make Canadians feel safe to Nigeria, even\nas Government of Canada rolls out the full details in its website,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\nreads:  \u201cAvoid non-essential travel. The security situation\nthroughout the country is unpredictable, and there is a significant\nrisk of terrorism, crime, inter-communal clashes, armed attacks and\nkidnappings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nstatement furthers read: \u201cAvoid all travels to the following areas:\nnorthern and Middle Belt states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe,\nKaduna, Kano, Plateau and Yobe, due to the high risk of terrorism,\ninter-communal violence and kidnapping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201cThe\nNiger Delta states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Imo\nand Rivers (with the exception of Rivers\u2019 capital city, Port\nHarcourt, where we advise against non-essential travel), due to the\nunstable security situation and the heightened risk of kidnapping\nwith  Abuja, Calabar, Lagos-Exercise  high\ndegree of caution: the cities of Abuja, Calabar and Lagos due to the\nincidence of crime\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVEL ALERT TO CANADIANS! &#8216;NIGERIAN Security situation is Unpredictable, Huge Risk of Terrorism&#8217;-Government of CANADA &#8230; crime, inter-communal clashes, armed attacks and kidnappings rampant * &#8216;Avoid all travels to Niger-Delta, Middle Belt and Northern States&#8217; * &#8216;Exercise high degree caution in Abuja, Calabar and Lagos due to the incidence of crime&#8217; * &#8216;Pregnant women and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}