Another batch of 66 stranded Nigerians has been evacuated from South Africa and returned home, bringing the total number of citizens repatriated under the Federal Government’s emergency evacuation programme to 324.
The latest group arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday night, following President Bola Tinubu’s approval for the immediate evacuation of Nigerians facing difficulties in South Africa.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday by Abdur-Rahman Balogun. Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM).
According to the statement, the first batch of 258 returnees arrived in Nigeria on June 11, 2026, while the latest evacuation exercise added another 66 citizens to the growing number of Nigerians brought back home under the initiative.
The second evacuation operation was facilitated by Otunba Soname, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ValueJet Airlines, whose intervention was described as a humanitarian gesture aimed
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