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Breaking: Second batch of Nigerians arrive from Ukraine

The second batch of Nigerians from Ukraine have arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Friday evening.

They arrived from Warsaw, Poland at about 6:30pm on Friday.

Their arrival was confirmed by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM).

NIDCOM on its twitter handle said: “BREAKING NEWS 2ND BATCH OF EVACUATION: The Second batch of Nigerians from #Ukraine arrive Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja at about 6:30 local time from Warsaw, Poland. 04/03/2022.”

The first batch arrived on Friday morning from Romania where they fled to when the Ukraine war escalated.

The first batch comprises 416 evacuees, according to NIDCOM Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa,

She said two more batches were still expected to arrive the country today.

With the arrival from Poland, the their batch from Hungary is still being expected.

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