The second batch of Nigerian returnees fleeing from xenophobic attacks in South Africa arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fleeing returnees were aided by the Federal Government with the assistance of a Nigerian carrier, Air Peace.
The B777 aircraft, with registration number 5N-BWI, which departed Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, landed at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at 7:22pm.
Trending
- EFCC arrests 23 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan
- Energy, solid minerals remain top priority for stimulating Nigeria’s economy, Tinubu tells German businessmen
- Chrisland: Agege stadium workers not interviewed during investigation – Witness
- We’ll handle return of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso to ECOWAS with wisdom – Tinubu
- US gives $400,000 to preserve ancient Nigerian earthworks
- Dangote-led flood committee delivers N1b relief items to Borno
- FG moves to rehabilitate unused buildings, assets in Lagos
- Tax Reform Bills: Economic Confidential stands by report on RMAFC’s opposition