Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- The Japanese government has denied the President Bola Tinubu administration's claim of a newly created visa category allowing skilled Nigerians to relocate to Japan.

It said, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that the claim of inclusion of immigration measures or special visas for Nigerian citizens in the new 'JICA Africa Hometown' initiative launched last week was "untrue."

The Japanese government issued this rebuttal in a statement on Monday, about four days after the Nigerian presidency announced that it had launched an initiative with the Asian country creating a new migration route for Nigeria.

This announcement was made during the 9th meeting of the Tokyo International Conference for African Development...