{"id":4397,"date":"2020-03-05T15:58:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=4397"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:59:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:59:01","slug":"nigerians-doing-well-abroad-how-is-our-passport-faring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/nigerians-doing-well-abroad-how-is-our-passport-faring\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians “Doing Well” Abroad, How is Our Passport Faring?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A blog post suggested that the Nigerian passport is now the fifth most dominant following CNN’s Fareed Zakaria’s analysis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nigeria’s passport remains number 95 on the Henley’s global index, allowing visa-free access to 46 countries. Concerning passport power, the “global index” ranks her at 82.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the first time ever, an African passport is among the top five most powerful in the world. Revealing this on Monday on its website, the Henley Passport Index released its ranking for the year 2020 and Nigeria had a dramatic rise from being at the 95th spot to going up to the 5th most powerful knocking out both Spain and Denmark and tying with Luxembourg.<\/em><\/p>Excerpt from blog post<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The above is a fraction of what a viral WhatsApp post says concerning the Nigerian passport. We also found this message on a blog post<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post added how the Nigerian passport’s value suddenly skyrocketed following Fareed Zakaria, American journalist and political scientist’s analysis on the Trump administration’s travel ban list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the post noted how the CNN host’s analysis on spurred countries not limited to Canada, Britain, Germany, France, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Brazil to relax their visa requirements for Nigerians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nigeria was added to the Trump administration\u2019s controversial visa and travel bans list. @FareedZakaria<\/a> analyzes whether this is a security measure or a result of Trump\u2019s views on immigration. https:\/\/t.co\/hwqBe8PA4l<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/sAQhilGah2<\/a><\/p>— CNN (@CNN) February 16, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>