Emirates Airlines have resumed flight operations to Nigeria following the settlement of dispute with the federal government.
Dubai authorities had previously mandated a COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (RDT) for travellers visiting Dubai from Nigeria and selected countries. The test was to be taken four hours before departure.
The requirement irked Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, who described it as “discriminatory profiling” who said the 72-hours PCR test should suffice and insisted that RDT tests should not be conducted on Nigerian passengers four hours…
