UAE lifts visa ban on Nigeria, resumes flights
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted a year-long visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers.
It comes after negotiations on Monday between Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu and UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi.
President Tinubu’s spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale says following the agreement, Emirates and Etihad airlines are to resume Nigeria flight operations immediately.
Flights were stopped last year after Dubai’s Emirates airline suspended operations in Nigeria as it was angered by moves preventing it from transferring its revenues overseas because of a foreign currency crisis.