Sudan
Federal Government has called on relevant authorities at the contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition for about 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians, to have access to their various destinations. Nigerians in Diaspora Commission chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this call on Friday that the nationals were not being allowed to cross the […]
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, on Wednesday, said no Nigerian life has been lost so far in the crisis engulfing Sudan. He stated this at a media briefing after the Federal Executive Council Meeting, adding that the Federal Government had already perfected plans to evacuate over 5,000 citizens in the […]
The federal government says the 40 buses evacuating Nigerians from the civil unrest in Sudan cost about $1.2 million. According to NAN, Geoffery Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, spoke on Wednesday. The minister said the high cost of the evacuation was to provide security cover for the Nigerians’ journey to the Egyptian borders. “The sum […]
A para-military group in Sudan, Rapid Support Force (RSF) has agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire plea from the United States and asked Sudan’s military to do the same. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s military head, and Mohamed Dagalo, RSF leader, have been involved in a violent power struggle that has claimed hundreds of lives since […]
With the war in Sudan and Nigerians in the war-torn country crying out for help, Air Peace Airline has expressed willingness to evacuate the stranded Nigerians free of charge. The airline noted that Nigerian students and others stranded in the war-racked nation need our help. Allen Onyema the Chairman of Air Peace stated that […]
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had agreed to a 72-hour truce on humanitarian grounds, effective from 6 a.m. local time on Friday, offering a potential respite from a six-day military conflict with the Sudanese army. The capital, Khartoum, was rocked by bombing and shelling earlier on Friday. There was no immediate comment from the army and […]
The Ethiopian government has scrapped visas-on-arrival for Nigerians with immediate effect. In a statement on Tuesday, the government said travellers would need to obtain their visas at its embassy in Abuja before embarking on any trip to the country. The development comes barely two weeks after Ethiopian Airlines emerged as the core investor […]
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