The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suspended flights from Nigeria due to the the new Coronavirus variant, Omicron. Earlier on Wednesday, there were unconfirmed reports that there were preparations for repatriating Nigerians in the Kingdom over Omicron. However, several sources in the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Kano as well as officials at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) confirmed to Daily Trust that there was an order to restrict flights from Nigeria over Omicron. Since the Kingdom lifted the ban on Nigerian flights, many people, especially from Kano, have visited the country for lesser Hajj, while others are…

Chairman of Ojodu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Segun Odunmbaku, has confirmed identity of the two students killed in an accident that occured at Grammar School, along Ojodu-Berger road, Lagos, on Tuesday. Odunmbaku in a statement on Wednesday identified the deceased students as Adedoyin Adebayo and Akpolebi Israel. He, however, failed to specify their classes and which of the three schools within the vicinity of the accident they attended. But Odunmbaku noted that 12 students - seven females and five males, who sustained injuries were in stable conditions and were receiving medical attention at God’s Apple City Hospital, Royan Hospital,…

Up to one million Covid-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters, one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty African nations have getting shots in arms. Governments on the continent of over one billion people have been pushing for more vaccine deliveries as inoculation rates lag richer regions, increasing the risk of new variants such as the Omicron coronavirus now spreading across South Africa. In Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and home to more than 200 million people, fewer than 4% of adults have been…

Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority says international airlines will be made to pay $3,500 fine on each passenger flown into the country not complying with Federal Government’s Revised Covid-19 Provisional Quarantine protocol. The NCAA said non-compliance with the Covid-19 protocol requirements could also lead to an outright ban of the non-compliant airline. In an All-Operators Letter with reference NCAA/DG/AIR/16/327 issued to all accountable managers and signed by the Director-General NCAA, Musa Nuhu, international airlines were reminded that the protocols for international flight operations and quarantine protocols for travellers arriving Nigeria issued on July 1, 2021 still hold sway. The NCAA said,…