- No fewer than 301 stranded Nigerians arrive from Ukraine
- majority of the returnees are the #SumyStudents from Ukraine
EKO HOT BLOG reports that another 301 stranded Nigerians have returned home from Ukraine amidst Russian attacks on multiple fronts.
This was made known by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission which confirmed their arrival on Saturday night through its Twitter handle: @ NigeriaGov.
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The stranded Nigerians, which include students from war-torn Sumy, Russia, were evacuated through Budapest, Hungary. According to NiDCOM, the evacuees boarded Flight AZM2351 with AzmanAir from Budapest, Hungary.
It stated that the evacuees arrived at the Nnamdi International Airport at 8.50 p.m local time, of which the majority of the returnees are the #SumyStudents from Ukraine.
One of the tweets read, “Returnees are getting $100 transport fare from the Federal Government of Nigeria, free SIM cards loaded with 5,000 Naira airtime to allow them to reach their family members courtesy of a partnership between NiDCOM and MTN.”
This online media platform recalls that the Nigerian government approved the sum of 8.5 million dollars for the immediate evacuation of over 4,000 Nigerians fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian war zone to Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Slovakia following the launch of a full-scale war by Russia on its neighbour on February 24, 2022.
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