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Covid-19: 292 Nigerians Return From Saudi Arabia

Last updated: May 20, 2020 2:34 pm
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292 Nigerian citizens stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic have returned home.

The returnees arrived Nigeria late on Tuesday.

A post on the official Twitter handle of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama confirmed the Saudi Government transported them back to Abuja.

The returnees were mostly nursing mothers and children.

They’ve been comfortably settled in hotels under the mandatory 14 days quarantine.

Editor (Omor Bazuaye)

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