Tag: Egypt
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Sudan: How Egyptian contacts helped perfect evacuation of Nigerians
Details have emerged on how the Nigerian security community used Egyptian contacts to perfect the evacuation of Nigerians escaping the war in Sudan.
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How President Buhari moved to secure smooth passage for Nigerian evacuees from Sudan
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has confirmed the commencement of processing of Nigerian evacuees from Sudan stranded in Egypt after they were denied passage by the authorities. Dabiri-Erewa said that the Egyptian border had been opened, albeit with stringent conditions, after President Buhari’s intervention with…
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Sudan: Bus transporting Nigerian students catches fire
On Monday, one of the buses that was transporting stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, to Port Sudan, where they were scheduled to enter Saudi Arabia, went up in flames. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports that a total of 26 buses had departed from Al Razi at midnight and were en route to Port Sudan…
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BREAKING: Finally, Egypt opens border for evacuation of Nigerians
Egypt has finally opened its border for the evacuation of Nigerian students escaping the war in Sudan.
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JUST IN: NANSS, finally confirms evacuation of all Nigerian students from war torn Sudan
Nigerian students remaining in Khartoum, Sudan, have all been evacuated from the raging war in the country. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the National Association of Nigerian Students Sudan. The statement, signed by the NANSS Public Relations Officer 1, Amal Mohammed Pantami, said: “This is to inform the general public that…
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Sudan: Egyptian border remains closed against Nigerian students
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has disclosed that the Egyptian border is still not opened yet for students and other Nigerians escaping from Sudan to be evacuated.
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Sudan: FG defends $1.2m spent on evacuating Nigerians
The Federal Government has explained that the sum of 1.2 million dollars allegedly spent in hiring buses for the evacuation of Nigerian students in Sudan was due to the dire need of the war situation.
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BREAKING: Nigerian students in war-torn Sudan head to Egypt [VIDEO]
Nigerian students in war-torn Sudan are currently on their way to Egypt from where they will be airlifted to Nigeria.
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Egypt 2023: Nigeria to face Gambia in semi-final clash
The Gambian U-20 side made it to the semi-final of the ongoing 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nation after thumping South Sudan 5-0 on Friday. The result meant that the tiny west Africa nation will be featuring at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup slated for Indonesia in May.