President Muhammadu Buhari has received his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja amid Omicron variant of the COVID-19 concerns.
Ramaphosa arrived at the Villa around 10 am on Wednesday and was received by Buhari. He, thereafter, inspected a guard of honour and was treated to a 21-gun salute.
His visit to the Villa is coming hours after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed the first three cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria, saying they are linked to passengers from South Africa.
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