President Muhammadu Buhari has approved $8.5m dollars to the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Humanitarian, Disaster Management and Social Development, for the evacuation of over 5,000 (registered and unregistered) Nigerians stranded in Ukraine.
A flight carrying the first batch of evacuees is expected to arrive Nigeria today.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports…
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