South Africa: new batch of evacuees sponsored by public-spirited private individuals to arrive Lagos

From Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja
The Federal Government, has announced that a new batch of Nigerian evacuees sponsored by public-spirited private individuals will arrive Lagos on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement issued in Abuja by its spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, said the batch consisting of 83 Nigerian nationals, will arrive at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, via South African Airways.
The evacuees, Ebienfa also said, are expected to depart the Oliver Tambo Airport in Johannesburg at 3.35pm local time to arrive Lagos at approximately 08.45pm the same day.
“The Ministry wishes to note that this latest cohort of returnees is fa...