Nigerian students who were evacuated from war-torn Sudan have lamented the tedious processes of getting admitted into Nigerian universities. In all, 2,518 stranded Nigerians were evacuated from Sudan in May 2023. On 7th June 2023, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board unveiled modalities for the absorption of Nigerian students returning from war-torn countries, including Sudan, into tertiary institutions. JAMB Registrar, …

A total of 2,518 Nigerians have been evacuated from Sudan and returned home, according to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). On Sunday, NiDCOM’s Head of Public Relations and Protocols Unit, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, issued an update on the exercise. The evacuation was done through 15 flights, with four from Aswan, Egypt, and 11 from Port Sudan. The latest figure is …

About 125 Nigerians, evacuated from war-ridden Sudan, have successfully touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The returnees arrived  aboard a Tarco B737-300 aircraft at 12:49 pm. They were received at the airport by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Nigeria Immigration Service, and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NiDCOM). …

Welcome home to the Nigerians that Air Peace and the military jets brought in from Sudan. It is heart-warming that you survived all the drama, danger, and deceit on your paths as you fled the disaster that leaders have made of Sudan. Happy survival! Kudos to Air Peace and its chairman Allen Onyema. Mr Onyema’s offer of a great free …

The Federal Government on Saturday explained that only smaller planes can evacuate stranded Nigerians in Port Sudan for now. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management of Social Development, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo stated this after receiving the third batch of 131 evacuees from Port Sudan in Abuja. The Tarco airline plane B737-300 that conveyed the third batch …

The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mallam Mustapha Ahmed has said that about 800 students would be airlifted from Aswan tomorrow. The Federal Government had been airlifting Nigerians in Sudan to safety following the breakout of hostilities between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the Northeasterner country. Ahmed said: “We have aircraft on …

The Federal Government has explained that the N100,000 stipend given to the evacuees from troubled Sudan was a life-saving support for the people coming from a distressing situation. While addressing the evacuees, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Dr. Sani Gwarzo said: “Some of you may have encountered difficulties, or all of you, …

Egyptian authorities have sent over 500 Nigerian students back to Sudan following the failure of two of them to provide either a passport or Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC). According to a voice note of a Nigerian official obtained by The PUNCH on Friday morning, students without passports or ETC had been instructed to stay back. The official added that two …

At about 11:450 pm, the aircraft lifting Nigerians stranded in crisis-torn Sudan landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. It was the first batch of the rescue operation by the Nigerian government. There were 376 stranded Nigerians in this first batch. They were the first batch of evacuees who arrived Argeen border last Wednesday for airlifting in Aswan Egypt. …

The chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa Egypt has said that Egypt has now opened its border for Nigerian students evacuated from Sudan. Dabiri-Erewa said the border was opened after President Muhammadu Buhari spoke with Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the Egyptian president. On Friday, the Federal Government had called on relevant authorities along contiguous borders of Sudan …