Nigeria, July 1 -- The Nigerian government has announced that domestic flights will resume on July 8.

Nigeria shut its airports to non-essential flights in March, to check the spread of COVID-19.

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced the new dates for resumption of flights on Wednesday.

According to a press statement signed by the Ministry of Aviation's spokesperson, James Odaudu, Mr Sirika also disclosed that only the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos will commence operations on July 8.

The Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri, and Maiduguri airports will reopen to flights on July 11, while other airports across the country will join on the July 15.

The minister had last month dur...