Nigeria has announced the temporary ban on flights from all nations that put it on their red list following the discovery of a few cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the country.
Minister of Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika made the announcement on Sunday in the spirit of equivalent retaliation.
The countries affected are Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Argentina. Flights from their territories into Nigeria have been banned till further notice.
This is as the Federal Government locks horns with the government of the United Arab Emirates over what it described as an insulting and unacceptable letter wherein it justified the reasons it granted only one slot a week to Air Peace but expected to enjoy 21 frequencies into Nigeria every week.
Sirika, in an audio message made available to Daily Sun, said the sovereign interest of over 200 million Nigerians was too important for any foreign government to toy with it.
He warned that any country that rubbishes all diplomatic etiquettes and bilateral agreements to slam unfair deals on Nigerians will be resisted and served in similar measures as tit for tat remains a fair play.
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