Passengers who have been physically present in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe will be denied entry or transit through Mauritius.
Israel has placed a travel ban on African states, following reported cases of the new coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa.
Afreximbank, which facilitated the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine, says the vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 per dose.
Nigeria under the Buhari regime only topped Ethiopia, South Sudan, Eritrea and Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Libya and Somalia.
Nigeria leads Group L with 15 points with Benin Republic coming second and both qualifying for the 2021 AFCON to be hosted by Cameroon.
The removal of sanctions may also signal to the ICC that Washington is not opposed to the investigation.
