About 300 American nationals and 293 British citizens have been evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos.
This is part of the ongoing evacuation of foreign nationals by their home governments because of the rising cases of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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The 2 countries had commenced the checking in formalities about the same time in the morning which led to a bit of confusion at the airport as there was thorough screening from the Nigerian Port Health officials as well as those of the 2 countries.
The nationals of the 2 countries also comprised mainly of Nigerians with dual citizenship.
The British nationals were airlifted with British Airways aircraft while the American citizens were airlifted with a chartered aircraft from the United States.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
