The pleasant sport between the Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria and Albiceleste of Argentina has been cancelled resulting from visa points.

This match was deliberate for March of this yr in Hangzhou Olympic Sports activities Middle Stadium in China, VisaGuide.World studies.

Nevertheless, the Argentinian Soccer Affiliation (AFA) introduced the sport was cancelled due to some visa points. As a substitute, the Costa Rica staff will change the African Staff, and the sport will happen in the US.

Because of an administrative drawback with visas, the Nigerian Nationwide Staff will be unable to play its match towards the Argentine Nationwide Staff, scheduled for the double date in March in the US. That’s the reason the Costa Rica Nationwide Staff will change the African staff on the stipulated schedule.

Because of this difficulty, AFA additional unveiled the video games will probably be scheduled as follows:

• Argentina vs El Salvador (March 22, at Lincoln Monetary Subject stadium)
• Argentina vs Costa Rica (March 26, at Los Angeles Coliseum)

The Tremendous Eagles secured the second place on the lately concluded Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire, the place Nigeria misplaced a 2-1 defeat to the hosts within the ultimate match, as reported by The Cable newspaper.

Subsequently, the Eagles staff ascended to twenty eighth place within the newest FIFA rankings, marking their highest place since 2013.

Nigerian Residents Can Journey Visa-Free To Solely 27 International locations Worldwide

As of February 2024, Nigerian passport holders are capable of journey with out visas in 27 international locations all over the world, in response to the VisaGuide Passport Index.

Nevertheless, they need to make sure that their passport is legitimate for not less than six months after the departure date and buy journey medical health insurance as required by the supposed vacation spot nation.

However, they need to receive a visa to journey to 170 different international locations. 12 international locations difficulty e-visa, whereas 17 others difficulty visas on arrival for residents holding a Nigerian passport.

Over 41% of Schengen Visa Purposes Filed by Nigerians Have been Rejected in 2022

In 2022, Nigerian residents had a number of the highest visa rejection charges from Schengen international locations. Of 86,815 visa functions, 53.4 p.c have been authorised, whereas the remaining 39,189 have been rejected.

France, Spain and Italy acquired the vast majority of visa functions submitted by Nigerians.

In the meantime, international locations with the best rejection charges for Nigerian candidates have been Hungary (66.1 p.c), Spain (65.6 p.c), Belgium (64.7 p.c) and Denmark (63.8 p.c).