Omicron

By Jabiru Hassan, Kano.Independent Hajj Reporters, a civil society organisations that monitors and reports Hajj and Umrah activities has called on the Federal...

The UK Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, has pledged up to £105 million of UK emergency aid to help vulnerable countries tackle the Omicron Covid-19...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has now been detected in 89 countries.Omicron — labelled a “variant of...

The price of crude oil dipped on Friday amid surging cases of Omicron coronavirus variant, raising concerns that new restrictions may affect fuel demand....

The global oil price climbed above $75 per barrel on Friday amid ease in concerns that the travel restrictions instigated by the Omicron variant...

The British High Commission says it will “pause making decisions” on visitor visa applications from all red list countries, including Nigeria.The decision was announced...

The United Kingdom says Nigeria will be added to the countries on its red list as a result of the discovery of COVID Omicron...

By Joyce Remi-BabayejuAs the new Omicron COVID-19 variant surfaces in Nigeria, the Federal Government through the Presidential Steering Committee in collaboration with the...

Major oil producers decided Thursday to keep raising output levels in January, despite the Omicron coronavirus variant raising fresh questions over demand.The OPEC+ alliance...

The World Health Organisation has named the latest COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa, the Greek name ‘Omicron’, and labelled it a variant of...