Sudan: Second Batch of 130 Evacuees Arrive Nigeria

The second batch of 130 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, on Friday, around 3:10 pm.

The returnees were on board the B737-300 aircraft operated by TARCO Airlines from Port Sudan.

Sudan Crisis: First 376 Evacuees Arrive Abuja

The evacuees who were received by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo and the Director General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Ahmed walked into the Pilgrims terminal around 3:39pm.

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