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The Federal Government this evening shut down three international airports in the country as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The affected airports are Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano; Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; and the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa.
This was disclosed by the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Musa Nuhu, in a statement he personally signed.
Nuhu said the three airports would be closed till further notice effective 00:01hours, Saturdays, March 21.
He said the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos would still be opened but no flight from the thirteen COVID-19 high-risk countries would be allowed into the country.
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