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.