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tarantino1:
Boxing no be street fight, na sweet science.
That's why the softest, freshest boxer that ever lived is called the Greatest.

Carcholce:
He’s right!

In developed countries, nobody send you even if you ride in a rolls Royce of 400m

Omicron Covid appeared in Nigeria in OCTOBER - weeks before South Africa announced discovery of variant, new tests reveal

Nigeria found first cases of Omicron Covid today in travellers from South Africa
But health chief said retroactive testing had found an earlier case in October
If confirmed it would be the earliest-known Omicron infection, meaning the virus was in circulation undetected for weeks before South Africa identified it
Comes after Dutch scientists also found case that pre-dates Omicron's discovery

Nigeria has confirmed its first cases of Omicron Covid and revealed it was in the country in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world to its existence.

Three Omicron cases were detected in travellers who arrived in Nigeria from South Africa within the past week, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control said today.

But Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, the agency's director, added that retroactive testing of Covid samples collected in recent weeks had identified another case of Omicron dating back to October.

It means that Omicron - designated a 'variant of concern' by the WHO and believed to be the most-infectious form of Covid yet found - was likely circulating undetected for weeks before first being identified.

The discovery comes just a day after after Dutch health authorities said they also found a case of Omicron in a sample collected on November 19, four days before South Africa sounded the alarm.

If confirmed, the Nigerian case would be the earliest-known Omicron infection - rewriting the timeline of the variant's origins.

However, it does not necessarily mean the variant emerged in Nigeria because it is unclear how or why the sample was collected. Dr Adetifa did not give details.

uchezdedon:
I believe the German embassy in Lagos will soon open.
If you want to try Ghana or kotonu, u will still need to get their resident permit and must have lived there for atleast 6months.

My sister was issued an interview date in lagos, but it was cancelled due to the pandemic and I'm very sure she will get a new date as soon as they re-open. She's equally starting October.

j1mmy:
That is not the reason,
Nigeria allowed China to humiliate IGBOs openly using corona as excuse (with impunity)...others know they can do it and get away with it.
This is no longer about covid-19, it is new cover to treat ""Nigerians"" the way they were not confident to do before.

What the world sees as Nigerians are mostly IGBO criminals, covid-19 or not, no country wants them!

7lives:
So Nigerian government is organizing Covid 19 test for Nigerians in UK?.
Is the UK government no longer testing them free?.