The Federal Government has indicated its readiness to evacuate Nigerians in Wuhan province in China if the need arises amidst the ongoing Coronavirus epidemic. Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunibe Mamora, made this known during a press briefing on resolutions reached by the Ministers of Health of the Economic Community of West African States on regional preparedness and response to the ongoing Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in Abuja. The statement comes in the wake of appeals from Nigerians in China through social media for the Federal government to facilitate their evacuation. Minister Mamora assured that the government is closely monitoring the situation through Nigeria's ambassador to China and in collaboration with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria. "We are in touch with our...

Fareed Zakaria, a host on CNN, has conducted an analysis on the recent addition of Nigeria to the US travel ban, a move that has sparked widespread controversy in the past few weeks.    As a reminder, the White House announced that immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries would no longer be eligible for visas allowing them to permanently reside in the US, expanding their contentious travel ban policy. In a presidential proclamation on January 31, Nigeria’s failure to comply with security and information sharing requirements, and its high "terror" risk to the US were cited as the reasons for imposing the restriction.   Zakaria, delving into the development, explored whether the ban was a security measure or an enforcement of President Donald Trump's stance on immigration. He ...