Breaking: First batch of Nigerians evacuated from Ukraine arrives Abuja

The first batch of Nigerians evacuated from Ukraine have arrived in Abuja.

The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri disclosed this in a tweet.

Dabiri revealed that the passengers, numbering 416 from Romania, landed at the private jet terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 7:10 am today.

The evacuees are mostly students who fled Ukraine into Romania following Russia’s invasion of the Eastern European country.

Recall that the federal government on Wednesday, approved $8.5 million for the immediate evacuation of 5,000 Nigerians stranded as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war.

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