The Nigerian Ambassador to Egypt, Nura Rimi, has said that the first batch of stranded Nigerians has been moved from the Sudanese side to the Egyptian side of the border.
Furthermore, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has denied an allegation against its Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa that she prevented some Nigerians, especially of the South East extraction from boarding buses hired by the Federal Government to evacuate stranded Nigerians from the war-tornIn a statement signed by the NiDCOM Spokesperson, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Tuesday described the allegation by a Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, signed by one Goodluck Ibem as ‘wicked, divisive and a...
“To bring sanity and to abide by the instruction of the Minister of Foreign Affairs that priority should be given to women, children and students, the officials started calling them in according to states in alphabetical order, beginning with Abia State.
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