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Jubilation as 292 Nigerians evacuated from Saudi Arabia arrive Nigeria

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May 20, 2020
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There is jubilation across social media as two hundred and ninety-two Nigerians evacuated from Saudi Arabia due to the Coronavirus pandemic have arrived the country.

This was disclosed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama via Twitter on Wednesday morning, said the evacuees were mostly women and children.

“We received 292 evacuees stranded in Saudi Arabia yesterday. The Saudi Government transported them to Abuja. A large number are nursing mothers and children and they are all comfortably settled in hotels under the mandatory 14 days quarantine.” He wrote.

This will be the fourth batch of Nigerians to be evacuated from foreign countries. 265 Nigerians were evacuated from the United Arab Emirates on May 6. On Friday May 8, 253 Nigerians were evacuated from the United Kingdom, and then on Sunday May 10, 160 Nigerians were evacuated from the US.

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With this latest evacuation, 970 Nigerians have so far been evacuated from other countries due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

 

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