590 Stranded Nigerians in The UK Have Arrived in Nigeria

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Two flights from the United  Kingdom conveying stranded Nigerians have arrived in Nigeria. The first flight carrying 261 Nigerians arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The second flight from the Uk has also arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. There were 329 passengers in it. This was announced by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Tuesday. The former flight arrived at 7pm and the latter at 8pm NIDCOM tweeted.

The flights are concerted efforts to bring back stranded Nigerians abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“This brings to 590 the total passengers evacuated from the UK today,” the tweet added.

“All Evacuees tested Negative to #COVID19 before boarding and are now on a 14-day SELF-ISOLATION as mandated PTF on #COVID-19.”

NIDCOM said the flight was operated as a partnership between Air Peace and Air Wamos, a Spanish airline headquartered in Madrid.


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