{"id":52065,"date":"2023-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?guid=b82071819b890097900de230fe4d31b1"},"modified":"2023-05-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T00:00:00","slug":"fg-airlifts-2371-stranded-nigerians-from-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/fg-airlifts-2371-stranded-nigerians-from-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"FG airlifts 2,371 stranded Nigerians from Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Federal Government has so far evacuated 2,371 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Dr Onimode Bandele, Director of Special Duties, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) gave the figure in Abuja on Saturday when 125 stranded Nigerians arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the batch was the 15th set of Nigerians the Federal Government airlifted back to the country.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
They were airlifted from Port Sudan.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Bandele, who welcomed the returnees on behalf of the Federal Government, said there were no more stranded Nigerian women and children in Sudan.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He said arrangements were already made to airlift the remaining Nigerians stranded in Sudan who are mainly male, adding that another batch of evacuees would arrive later on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Representatives of the Ministries of Humanitarian Affairs, Foreign Affairs, NEMA, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, among others were on ground to receive the returnees.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: News Agency of Nigeria<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Federal Government has so far evacuated 2,371 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan.Dr Onimode Bandele, Director of Special Duties, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) gave the figure in Abuja on Saturday when 125 stranded Nigerians arrived …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n