FG Plans More Flights As 262 Nigerians Return From South Africa

The federal government has said additional evacuation flights would be arranged for Nigerians affected by the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
This followed the safe return of the first batch of 262 evacuees to Lagos.
The returnees arrived yesterday morning aboard a special Air Peace flight at the International Wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
They were accompanied by officials of the Nigerian Mission in South Africa led by the Acting High Commissioner, Ambassador Temitope Alexander Ajayi.
Receiving the evacuees on behalf of the federal government, the minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, said the evacuation refle...