FG plans to evacuate 700 more Nigerians from South Africa

The Federal Government has announced plans to evacuate different 700 stranded Nigerians from South Africa arsenic xenophobic attacks continue.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the returnees volition beryllium brought location connected 3 further flights, with the adjacent batch of 271 Nigerians expected to get astatine the Murtala Muhammed International Airport successful Lagos on Friday, July 3.

The ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, said the authorities has already evacuated 593 Nigerians, including 66 radical whose formation tickets were paid for by a backstage citizen.

He said, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to guarantee Nigerians that 3 further flights volition beryllium operated successful the adjacent fewer days to guarantee that each Nigerians who voluntarily registered to beryllium evacuated and person been duly screened and cleared are brought backmost safely to the country.”

Ebienfa added, “The expected fig successful that respect is 700 Nigerians. The 3rd batch of evacuation flights volition get successful Nigeria on Friday, 3 July 2026, carrying 271 returnees. The expected clip of accomplishment astatine the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, is 5.30 am.”

Giving an update connected the operation, helium said the archetypal evacuation formation brought backmost 258 Nigerians connected 11 June, portion different 66 a...