Nigeria

Omicron: Canada lifts ban on travel from Nigeria, says ‘measure has served its purpose’

The Canadian government has lifted the ban imposed on travel from 10 African countries — including Nigeria. Jean-Yves Duclos, minister…

4 years ago

Monguno lists religious groups ‘backing terrorism’ in Nigeria

Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd), the National Security Adviser (NSA), has alleged that there are three religious organisations giving potency to…

4 years ago

Passengers stranded over fresh Nigeria-UAE row

The fate of thousands of passengers was in the balance Sunday over the ban on Emirates flights from Nigeria, which…

4 years ago

Nigeria leads with 27% in global malaria deaths – WHO

Nigeria accounted for 27 per cent of the global malaria deaths in 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.…

4 years ago

Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa… Canada rejects COVID test results from 10 African countries

The Canadian government says it will not accept results of molecular COVID tests done in Nigeria and nine other African…

4 years ago

COVID-19 Omicron: UK govt puts Nigeria on red list, bans foreign travellers

The UK Government has said Nigeria will be added to the countries on its red list. This is due to…

4 years ago

Prepare for likely spread of Omicron – WHO tells Nigeria, other countries

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday urged countries, including Nigeria, not to panic but to prepare for the likely…

4 years ago

Omicron Covid-19 not in Nigeria yet; we’ve ramped up surveillance — FG

… as NCDC prioritises sequencing of samples from SARS-COV-2 positive travellers As concerns continued to mount over the new variant…

4 years ago

Navy set to commission third made in Nigeria warship

All is set for the commission of a seaward defence boat which was locally constructed by the Nigerian Navy. The…

4 years ago

El-Rufai: Cameroon shut down its refinery because of cheap fuel from Nigeria

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has said the current fuel subsidy regime is not beneficial to Nigerians. According to…

4 years ago