BREAKING: First batch of Nigerian students stranded in Sudan arrive Nigeria | TheCable SudanCrisis
May 3, 2023 11:36 PMThe students who were evacuated from Egypt by the Nigerian Air Force plane arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja arrived at about 11:30 pm on Tuesday.
Nanso Ezekiel, spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency , said the students aboard Air Peace plane were expected to arrive by 11.13 pm while the Nigerian Air Force conveying is expected by 11.45 pm.
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