Nigerian carrier Arik Air has suspended services to Liberia and Sierra Leone following an outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa.
The suspension was triggered by the death of a passenger from the disease, who had flown into Nigeria aboard an Asky Airlines flight from Liberia.
Arik Air General Manager Public Relations, Ola Adebanji said: "As a result of the first Ebola virus death officially confirmed in Lagos, and involving a Liberian national who flew on a foreign-based airline from Monrovia via Lome [Togo] into the city last week, Arik Air will be suspending operations into Monrovia [Liberia] and Freetown [Sierra Leone] effective July 28, 2014."
The government of the Gambia has also banned flights into its territory from Liberia and Sierra Leone as a response to the outbreak.