Nigeria, July 11 -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said Nigeria and other African countries have been increasingly pressured by the US to accept Venezuelan deportees.

According to the minister, the recent 10 per cent tariff imposed on Nigeria by the Donald Trump administration was likely a result of its refusal to accept the deportees rather than a result of Nigeria attending a meeting with BRICS nations.

The minister, who spoke in an interview on Channels Television's Politics Today, on Thursday, said it would be difficult for Nigeria to accept the deportees.

"You have to also bear in mind that the US is mounting considerable pressure on African countries to accept Venezuelans to be deported from the US, some strai...