UAE relaxes entry ban on Nigerian travellers from Saturday
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will resume passenger flights from Nigeria and 11 other African countries on Saturday, January 29. UAE’s National Crisis and Emergency […]
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Omicron Ban: FG engages Saudi Arabian Ambassador on removal of travel restrictions
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zubairu Dada has engaged with Amb. Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, calling for the removal of travel […]
Over 4,500 flights cancelled as Omicron hits holiday travel
Over 4,500 flights were cancelled around the world by Saturday and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted holiday travel, according […]
Omicron: UK Govt removes Nigeria, 10 others from red list
The UK government has removed Nigeria and 10 other countries from its red list. Health Secretary Sajid Javid, announced this on Tuesday while addressing Members […]
Omicron: Travel ban on Southern African countries, form of stigmatisation – AU
Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has said the travel ban on southern African countries, due to COVID-19 Omicron variant, it a […]
No recorded case of Omicron variant in Nigeria – NCDC
The Federal Government has insisted that the country is yet to record a case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19, despite Canadian authorities’ claims […]
New COVID-19 variant: South African President calls for urgent reversal of travel ban
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to “immediately and urgently” reverse scientifically “unjustified” travel bans linked to the discovery of the […]
Angola bans flight to many African countries due to new variant of coronavirus
The Angolan authorities on Saturday announced the suspension of flights to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Tanzania due to the emergence of […]
Omicron variant: Virologists urge FG to ban travels from South Africa, others
Renowned virologists in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government to be swift in its emergency response to the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19, first […]
WTO postpones conference due to pandemic travel restrictions
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has postponed a major conference that was to be held next week in Geneva after governments around the world imposed […]