The Nigerian government on Monday announced that it will begin evacuation of Nigerians fleeing Ukraine from Wednesday.
Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s minister of foreign affairs, made this known at a meeting with Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representative.
He noted that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved an airlift by Air Peace for Nigerians willing to return to the country.
“We had to sit with Mr President very quickly last week, we went with the chief of staff, saw him and he approved that we should go ahead with an airlift. We…