Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar has said Nigeria won’t cave in to pressure from the Donald Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees from the United States, the country’s
Tuggar, who spoke on Thursday, said Nigeria has enough challenges of its own and won’t be a dumping ground for Venezuelan prisoners deported from the US amid Trump’s crackdown on undocumented migrants.
However, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu joined other world leaders to attend the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 6 to 7, 2025.
On the final day of the summit held by the 11-member economic and political force with Chinese influence, US President Donald Trump announced his decision to hit “anti-American” BRICS nations – including China, India and Nigeria – with an extra 10 percent trade tariff.
Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister said the tariff hike threat might not have to do with Nigeria’s participation in the BRICS summit.