Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control says 60 people evacuated from Ukraine have tested positive for covid.
The new cases pushed the number of new daily infections to 118, the agency said in its latest update.
These new cases were reported mainly in the capital, Abuja, and in Lagos.
Earlier Nigeria had reported only two new infections this week, the lowest daily figure ever since the outbreak reached here in 2020.
The World Health Organization had warned that the Russia-Ukraine war may result in undetected transmission of Covid-19.
More than 700 Nigerians have returned home from Ukraine as the government hopes to evacuate approximately 5,000 citizens.
Many of them reportedly crossed into Romania, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia from where they will be transported back to Nigeria.
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Ethiopian opposition figure under house arrest
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An inquiry committee set up by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (Nebe) has confirmed that the chairman of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), Dawud Ibsa, has been under house arrest since May 2021.
Mr Dawud’s residence is guarded by plain-clothes security agents who prevent visits to the chairman, local media report.
Nebe described Mr Dawud’s arrest as “unacceptable” and has demanded his immediate release.
The board has also written a letter to the federal police and the National Intelligence and Security Service to ensure his right to movement is respected.
Mr Dawud and his OLF rebels returned home from their base in neighbouring Eritrea after signing a peace agreement with the Ethiopian government in August 2018.
However, a rift soon emerged within the former rebel group and it ran into trouble with the government, which accuses the group of having links with a splinter armed group behind attacks in the Oromia region.
The party boycotted last year’s general election, alleging that some of its key officials were in jail and that some of its offices had been shut down by the federal Oromia Regional State security forces, making it hard for it to prepare for the elections.
Source: BBC
