The federal government has shut the remaining two international airports, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe Internatio
The federal government has shut the remaining two international airports, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, barring incoming international flights, TheCable is reporting.
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) disclosed this in a statement.
“Further to our earlier letter on restriction of international flights into Nigeria, we wish to inform you that effective Monday 23 March at 2300Z to 23 April at 2300z, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos (DNMM) and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja (DNAA) will be closed to international flights,” the statement read.
“This is in addition to the closure of Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano; Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; and Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa effective Saturday, 21 March at 2300Z. Henceforth, all airports in Nigeria are closed to all incoming international flights with the exception of emergency and essential flights.”
NCAA added that domestic flights would continue operations at all airports across the nation.
The federal government had initially placed a ban on flights from 15 countries, including UK, US, China and Italy.
