UAE lifts Nigerian visa ban

Information Minister Mohammed Idris says the UAE has lifted the visa ban on Nigerians travelling to that country. The Premium Times reports that the UAE in December 2021 issued a travel ban on passengers from Nigeria and the DRC, citing a surge in Covid-19 cases from passengers. In June, the Minister of Aviation & Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, hinted that the visa restriction on Nigerians would soon be lifted, stating that the country had observed all protocols to facilitate the ban. ‘We have done everything. We have resolved everything,’ he said.