By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja –
The Federal Government on Saturday said it has evacuated no fewer than 301 stranded Nigerians from Ukraine amidst Russia attacks on multiple fronts through Budapest.
This is according to a statement issued by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) through its verified Twitter handles: @ NigeriaGov.
NDiCOM noted that the evacuees boarded Flight AZM2351 with AzmanAir from Budapest, Hungary.
It stated that the evacuees arrived the Nnamdi International Airport at 8.50 p.m local time, of which the majority of the returnees are the #SumyStudents from Ukraine.
Many Nigerians and other nationals in the past few weeks have fled Ukraine into nearby countries since Russia launched a full-scale war on its neighbour on Feb. 24.
The Nigerian government approved the release of 8.5 million dollars for the immediate evacuation of at least 5,000 Nigerians fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian conflict zone to Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.
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