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U.S and Nigeria Talk Trade and Investment Despite Visa Outcry

Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, has expressed hope that President Donald Trump's administration might be able to lift visa restrictions placed on Nigeria if the country takes the steps needed to remove itself from U.S. visa restrictions. The United States has also announced an additional U.S.$40 million aid to Nigeria to address the humanitarian crisis arising from decades of the Boko Haram insurgency.

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama deliver statements to the press, at the Department of State, in Washington D.C., on February 4, 2020.

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