DAILY TRUST
The Federal Government says the first batch of Nigerians being evacuated from the crisis-torn Sudan will arrive in Abuja today.
Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this to journalists in Abuja yesterday.
“As I speak to you, we’re expecting about 1,500 Nigerians.
“And also, Air Peace will be leaving tonight (Thursday night) from Nigeria to pick them up from Egypt and bring them back safely to Nigeria by tomorrow (today),” she said.
She said over three million Nigerians were residing in Sudan and efforts were being made to evacuate as many as possible if the war persisted, adding that priority would be on children, students and women…
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