Tag: travellers
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UK officially recognises Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccination certificate, relaxes rules for vaccinated Nigerian travelers
The United Kingdom has reviewed its travel protocols for travellers from Nigeria who have taken their complete jabs of the COVID-19 vaccines approved by authorities in the c
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JUST IN: Gunmen kidnap 18 travellers in Ondo
Daredevil gunmen have launched fresh attacks on travellers in Ondo State, kidnapping 18. According to reports, the victims were abducted on Wednesday night along the Ifira-Akoko/Idoani road in Akoko South East Local Government Area of the state. The abductors were said to have fired gunshots into the air to scare the passengers before taking them…
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Buhari condemns massacre of 21 travellers in Plateau, orders manhunt for killers
The Presidency has condemned the attack on travellers from a religious event in Bauchi, passing through Jos, Plateau State Capital. A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Saturday night, said the Presidency regretted the deaths of at least 21 persons with several others injured in the ambush. He said President Muhammadu Buhari has…
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Gunmen ambush travellers in Plateau, kill 22
A suspected Christian militia attacked a convoy carrying 90 Muslim faithful on Saturday in Plateau state, leaving at least 22 people dead, police said. Northwest and central Nigeria have for years struggled with tensions between mainly Muslim nomadic herders and Christian farmers who tussle over control of resources, water and land. “At about 0928hrs (08:28…
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Covid-19: FG declares 63 Nigerians, 27 foreigners wanted
The federal government has declared 63 Nigerians and 27 foreigners wanted over violation of COVID-19 guidelines. A statement issued on Sunday night by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 and signed by its chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said the identified individuals failed to observe the newly instituted…
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COVID-19 tests: ‘We accept full responsibility,’ NCDC apologises over delay in travellers’ results
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said recent complaints by travellers to Nigeria over their inability to obtain QR Codes and acknowledgement of COVID-19 test results was due to system failure. The Director General, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that passengers…
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Man reports abduction of seven Rivers travelers on radio
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have seized a commercial bus with seven passengers on its way to Omoku in Rivers State. The gunmen were said to have invaded the bus on Sunday around 8pm and whisked the passengers to an unknown destination. A relation of one of the victims, who gave his name simply as…
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Ondo hunters kill kidnapper, rescue seven abducted Abuja travellers
Hunters and rescue team in Akunu Akoko in Akoko North East local government area of Ondo State have killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued seven kidnapped victims. According to reports, the hunters stormed the forest on the orders of the Regent of the town, Princess Tolani Orogun, after news filtered in that some travellers have…
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Gunmen kidnap three travellers in Osun
The Police Command in Osun on Tuesday, confirmed the kidnapping of three travellers along Ilesha-Akure Express in Osun on Monday night. The spokesperson of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, confirmed in a statement that the incident happened around 7 p.m. in Iwaraja town of Oriade Local Government Area of the state. She said the police…
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17 travellers perish in Abuja-Keffi road crash
Seventeen travellers who were plying the Abuja/Keffi road between Gudi and Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa State, have died following an accident on Saturday. The Federal Roads Safety Commission, (FRSC) unit Commander in Akwanga, Assistant Corps Commander Ebere Onyegbaduo confirmed their death on Sunday. He said, “we received a distress call of a ghastly…