The Nigerian Government has reacted to the decision of the United Kingdom, UK, to put Nigeria on its red list over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, expressed hope that the UK government…
The Federal Government has called on the British Authority to immediately rescind its ban on foreign travels from Nigeria over the discovery of cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai…
President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on Monday said that the travel ban placed on some African countries over Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant, is “very unfair, non-scientific and discriminatory”. Recall that due to the newly detected…
Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat has said the travel ban on southern African countries due to COVID-19 Omicron variant is a form of stigmatization against Africa. Mahamat said this while reacting to the travel ban on…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in the country. A statement signed by the NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa said the two cases were discovered through genomic sequencing. Adetifa said the…
