Emirates announced it would resume flights to Nigeria in October 2024, two years after the airline suspended operations in the country.

Emirates suspended flights to Nigeria in August 2022 when the airline said it could not repatriate its US$85 million in earnings from Nigeria to the UAE. Flights between the two countries briefly resumed in September 2022 after the Central Bank of Nigeria

The Federal Government of Nigeria has installed 30-second biometric checkpoints for the Nigerian Immigration Service at all international airports, thenationonlineng.net reports.

Biometric gates with facial recognition will check and allow passengers through within 30 seconds without any interface or intervention from immigration officials.

17 gates will be ready for