The Canadian government has removed Nigeria and nine other countries from Omicron COVID-19 variant red list.
This is as the United Kingdom (UK) has announced resuming processing of visitor visa applications from Nigeria, following the lifting of red list restrictions from 4am on 15 December.
The British High Commission had suspended processing of visitor visa applications from Nigeria over Omicron COVID-19 concerns.
However, following outrage, the UK was forced to rescind the red listing of Nigeria and 10 other African countries.
In a statement on Thursday, the British High Commission said UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) will lift the pause on processing visitor visas in all countries previously on the red list.
The statement released by the British High Commission contains information for non-visitor visa applications, including student and work visas as well.