Nigeria to shut Lagos, Abuja international airports. Nigeria will close its two main international airports in the cities of Lagos and Abuja from Monday night, its civil aviation regulator said on Saturday, as the number of coronavirus cases in the country almost doubled.
The airports, which join three others around the country, will be shuttered for one month, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. The closure comes as Nigeria’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose on Saturday from 12 to 22, three of them in Abuja, the capital’s first positive identifications.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) bans all international flights from Lagos and Abuja due to COVID-19 Pandemic from 23rd March to 23rd April
The closure of the Lagos Murtala international airport (LOS) and Nnamdi Azikwe Airport Abuja (ABV) is only to international flights and will be effective from Monday 23rd of March until 23rd of April 2020.
“All airports in Nigeria are closed to all incoming international flights with the exception of emergency and essential flights,” the authority said.
Above is the letter issued by the NCAA
