The Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has said that the airline lost over N700 million as a result of the disruption of its operations by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). Members of the NLC and the TUC on Wednesday disrupted Air Peace flight…
The federal government has reacted to the allegation that some Nigerians of Igbo background were intentionally left behind in the current evacuation of citizens of the country from the war-ravaged Sudan. The earlier reports had claimed the chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa issued the directive for the Igbos in Sudan to…
The Egyptian authorities have given stringent conditions for stranded Nigerians to cross its border. The first set of 637 Nigerian students evacuated from Sudan are stranded at the Egyptian border with the war-torn country. Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, who spoke Sunday, said the Egyptian authorities had not opened its border with Sudan…
Two Nigerian students believed to be part of the final set of students stranded in Sudan owing to the ongoing war in the Northeast African country have lamented that they were extorted, in the name of evacuation. On April 29, the Nigerian government provided additional six buses which were sent to the International…
The intention of the Federal Government of Nigeria to evacuate Nigerians in Sudan in the past few hours has been filled with controversy. Reports on Friday claimed that the hope of many Nigerians in Sudan leaving the country is hanging in the balance. A source close to the evacuation move, in a chat with Daily…
The Federal government has sent out luxurious buses to carry Nigerian students stranded in Sudan to nearby borders in Egypt where they are expected to be flown back home. There have been concerns about their safety since the Sudanese conflict broke out. Abike Dabiri-Erewa who is the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora…
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama has said Nigerians stranded in Sudan may have to be evacuated by road from the North African country. Nigerians in Sudan have intensified calls on the Nigerian government to rescue them following the violent clashes between Sudan’s Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The government had…
The United Kingdom has revised its policy on the recruitment of health workers from overseas. The code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, recently updated, has Nigeria returned to the red list countries, which means, “no active recruitment is permitted”. Apart from Nigeria, the UK…
Super Eagles players will receive $10,000 each for the victories over Egypt and Sudan at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, our correspondent has learnt. Truetells Nigeria understands that this comes comes after the Nigeria Football Federation and the Eagles reached an agreement over the mode of payment for wins and draws at the…
Sudan’s Military Dissolves Govt, Declares State Of Emergency. The chairman of Sudan’s ruling body General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday announced the dissolution of the transitional government and the sovereign council and declared a nationwide state of emergency. Just hours after the information ministry said most of the civilians in the two bodies…
