COVID-19

An emergency use listing (EUL) has been issued by World Health Organisation (WHO) for NVX-CoV2373 to give lower-income countries more access to vaccination. This development has increased the number of...

Canada has lifted the travel ban on Nigeria and nine other countries in Africa. The nine other countries are Zimbabwe, Botswana, Egypt, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and...

Chief Public Health Officer Dr Theresa Tam has disclosed that Canada is reconsidering its travel ban on 10 African countries after calls have been made for the ban to be...

Two government sources have revealed that the federal government is set to advise Canadians against non-essential travel outside Canada, as the country attempts to curb the spread of the Omicron...

Starting from December 14, the Federal Government of Nigeria will restrict airlines travelling from Canada, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia into Nigeria. Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Capt. Hadi Sirika, announced...

United Kingdom authorities have disclosed that the travel ban against Nigeria would not be reversed despite the threat by the government of Nigeria to implement a travel ban against the country....

A scientific researcher at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Professor Richard Adegbola, has warned that the vaccines that are currently available in Africa are the best for Africans...

The President of the African Community Association of Calgary, Michael Embaie, has said its members are hurt by the newly enforced travel ban and that it was important for the...

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rebuffed the travel ban placed on Nigeria by Canada and UK over the Omicron variant and described it as “precipitate, unfair and discriminatory.” The...

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has accused Western countries of unfairness and discrimination. These accusations came in the wake of the travel ban on...