Nigeria, April 9 -- Five months after the US designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern following false claims of Christian persecution, America has now asked its citizens not to travel to the West African country. The US has also asked its non-essential workers to leave Nigeria.

In a post shared on X on Wednesday, the US Department of State cited the rising insecurity in parts of Nigeria as the reason for its latest decision, although US officials have in the past seven months made repeated false claims about Nigeria that reflect the Donald Trump administration's hostile disposition to the current Nigerian leadership.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that Nigeria faces several security crises with various armed groups operating in differe...