This brings to 1,794 the number of Nigerians evacuated since the global lockdown occassioned by the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Three hundred Nigerians stranded in United Arab Emirates have been successfully evacuated.
This brings to 1,794 the number of Nigerians evacuated since the global lockdown occassioned by the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Chairman, Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, announced this on Friday via Twitter.
She said the evacuees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, on Friday afternoon aboard an Emirate flight.
She said, “300 stranded Nigerians in UAE landed in Abuja today, Friday 19th June, 2020 via Emirates.
“All evacuees are to go on compulsory 14 days self-isolation according to the new protocol by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.”