The Nigerian Government has repatriated another batch of Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sudan.
Checkout Magazine learnt that 311 came in from UAE while 87 arrived from Sudan totalling 398.
Since the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown about 9,000 Nigerians have been evacuated from different parts of the world.
The evacuees from UAE arrived in Nigeria yesterday, 8th of August, aboard Air Peace, a local airline.
The flight with 311 evacuees, according to a tweet by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), “arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport, Abuja at about 1150HRS from the United Arab Emirates, yesterday, Saturday, 8th of August, 2020.”
Some of the evacuees disembarked in Abuja while others proceeded to Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. They all tested negative to #COVID-19 and now on a 14-day self-isolation as mandated by @NCDCgov, according to the Commission.
Earlier in the day, a flight conveying 87 evacuees arrived from Sudan.
They arrived at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja at about 9.15am yesterday, 8th August 2020.
