Sowore Barred from Leaving Nigeria by Immigration Over Watchlist Travel Ban

Omoyele Sowore, the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has revealed that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has barred him from leaving the country, citing his inclusion on their watchlist. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sowore made this disclosure in a statement and video shared on his X account on Friday. He … Read more

BREAKING: UK Removes Nigeria, 10 Others From Red List

Red List

Currently, all UK arrivals from red list countries must pay for and self-isolate in a pre-booked, government-approved hotel for 10 days EKO HOT BLOG reports that the British government has said that all 11 countries will be removed from the UK’s travel red list from 4am on Wednesday. Nigeria alongside Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, … Read more

United States Reopening Borders After 20 Months

NATO

The months of restrictions affecting hundreds of millions of people helped fuel both personal and economic suffering…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States will on Monday reopen its land and air borders to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against COVID-19, ending 20 months of restrictions on travel from around the globe that separated families, … Read more

FG Imposes Travel Sanctions On Passengers Who Shun COVID-19 PCR Tests

COVID-19

…passengers arriving Nigeria must go through the routine port health screening and present electronic or print-out evidence of pre-boarding COVID-19 PCR test…  The Federal Government has imposed travel restrictions on passengers who shun the COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the … Read more