At least 131 Nigerian evacuees who were stranded in Sudan arrived in the country yesterday. The returnees, who were transported by a B737-300 aircraft, operated by Tarco Airline, landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 1:45 pm. With this third batch of returnees, 637 Nigerians have been evacuated and airlifted back to the country since the airlifting …

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 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 …

Some state governments on Saturday evacuated their indigenes or those sponsored by them, who were entrapped in the ongoing Sudanese crisis. This is the Federal Government on Friday called on relevant authorities along contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition for about 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians, to have unfettered access to their various destinations. Sunday PUNCH reports that …

A second citizen of the United States has died in Sudan during brutal fighting between rival military factions, the White House has confirmed. According to report, US National Security spokesman, John Kirby told reporters the administration is still “actively” trying to get trapped Americans out after a week of terrifying violence. He did not provide much detail on how the …

Stranded Nigerians have expressed their frustration as the Nigerian embassy in Sudan continue to delay their movement from Khartoum to Cairo in Egypt. The Federal Government had said it was making preparations to evacuate about 5,500 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan through the Egyptian town of Luxor, and that would seek Egypt’s support to enable the stranded Nigerians move to …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed plans to evacuate over 2,000 Nigerians in crisis-hit Sudan this morning. This came on a day management of Air Peace expressed its willingness to evacuate Nigerians stranded in the Horn of Africa country free of charge. This is even as the Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa also …

A team of British troops have flown into a port town in the East of Sudan on a reconnaissance mission as the United Kingdom government weighs available options to evacuate British nationals stranded in the crisis-hit country, most prominently its capital, Khartoum. According to report,  the soldiers landed at Port Sudan, on the Red Sea on Monday. This, however, does …

Nigeria has advised its students in Sudan to remain indoors while it continues making arrangements for their safe evacuation from the troubled country. A statement from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Khartoum, signed by H.Y Garko for Charge D’ Affairs on Sunday, advised the students to disregard the notice circulated by the National Association of Nigerian …