Tag: ONYEAMA

Sudan: FG spent $1.2m to evacuate stranded Nigerians to Cairo -Foreign Affairs Minister

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government, yesterday in Abuja, said it has spent $1.2m to deploy 40 buses to evacuate at least 2,400 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chambers of Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Onyeama said the high cost of the evacuation was to provide security cover for the eight-hour journey from Luxor to Cairo and the eleven-hour trip from Aswan to…

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Buhari to attend Gambian President, Adama Barrow’s inauguration Wednesday

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
President muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and Adama Barrow of Gambia

  President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Wednesday, depart Abuja for Banjul, Republic of The Gambia, to attend the inauguration of Gambian President, Adama Barrow, following his re-election for a second term. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Media Aide, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Shehu said: “On the invitation of his host, President Buhari will be special guest of honour at the ceremonies to be attended by other African leaders at Independence Stadium, Bakau.’’ Buhari, along with other ECOWAS leaders, played a leading role in the restoration…

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