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Over 4,000 citizens of the United Kingdom have indicated interest in returning to their country amid the coronavirus pandemic. The British high commission in Nigeria broke the news in a tweet on Friday. This is coming despite Nigeria’s less number of coronavirus cases compared to the figures in the UK. Nigeria currently has 190 confirmed …
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SEVERE danger lies ahead of Nigeria in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, particularly with the stance of the Northern Governors’ Forum on locking down the region. In spite of the escalation in the rate of infections and deaths from COVID-19, the NGF, at its last virtual meeting, decided that it would not prescribe a …
The president has made grave errors in addressing the coronavirus outbreak. Come November, there must be a reckoning for the lives lost and the suffering endured. Alex Brandon/Associated Press “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold,” wrote W.B. Yeats in 1919. A century later, it’s clear: The epicenter cannot hold. Catastrophic decisions in the White …
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For Consular assistance, please use the contact forms: For Abuja: https://www.contact-embassy.service.gov.uk/?country=Nigeria&post=British High Commission Abuja For Lagos: https://www.contact-embassy.service.gov.uk/?country=Nigeria&post=British Deputy High Commission Lagos 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑, we are considering expressions of interest (EOI) from British Nationals who live in 🇬🇧, who wish to return from #Nigeria.Send your EOI to Consular.Lagos@fco.gov.uk with name, 📧, ☎️, location & if we need …
Our author braves closing borders and airport chaos to catch one of the few planes still flying.Flying Home During the Pandemic: Expensive, Demanding, and Dangerous
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