European Union Commission has barred Nigerians from the region from July 1 when the borders will be opened.
The EU Commission excluded Nigerians from the list of countries whose nationals will be allowed into Europe from Wednesday.
European countries had shut their borders when the COVID-19 pandemic spread into the region.
But with the easing of lockdown restrictions, the EU had released a draft list of 54 countries that will be granted entry into the borders.
An update of the countries on the entry list to Europe include Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, and New Zealand. Others are Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, and China.
On June 11, the EU Commission had asked its member-countries to extend the entry ban on third-country nationals until June 30.
The EU commission also exempted the United States, Brazil, and Russia from the approved list.
EU Commission’s spokesman, Eric Mamer, said the criteria used to select the countries were determined by their health situation. “The European Union has an internal process to determine from which countries it would be safe to accept travellers,” he said.