Tag: COVID-19 Evacuation

COVID-19: FG evacuates 6,317 Nigerians from 21 countries

Ishaku Yohanna

Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the Federal Government has so far evacuated 6,317 Nigerians back home on account of the Coronavirus pandemic. She said the nationals were repatriated from 21 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, France, India, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Sudan, Kenya, Senegal and others. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, on the forthcoming National Diaspora Day celebration slated for July 25, 2020, she however explained that many Nigerians still stranded in foreign countries were awaiting evacuation. Giving…

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UK denies Air Peace landing permit for evacuation of stranded Nigerians

Ishaku Yohanna

The British Government has refused to grant Diplomatic Landing Clearance to Air Peace Limited for the purpose of evacuating Nigerians, who are stranded in the United Kingdom. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye this Sunday. The statement explained that the flight which was earlier scheduled to depart on Monday, July 13 from London Heathrow has now been rescheduled to Tuesday July 14 from Gatwick Airport London. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, in series of tweets from his…

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