The first set of Nigerians fleeing the ongoing war in Ukraine have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
About 411 Nigerians arrived in Nigeria at 7:11 am on Max Air flight from Romania.
The federal government had on Wednesday, approved $8.5 million for the immediate evacuation of 5,000 Nigerians stranded as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war.
The government earlier scheduled the arrival of the first batch of evacuees for Thursday. But the flight was rescheduled.
The evacuees were received at the airport in Abuja by Edward Adedokun, director search and rescue of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA); officials of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
