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Breaking: Nigeria Evacuates 268 Citizens from China

Malik Yahya/

No fewer than 268 Nigerians evacuated from China arrived the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, this afternoon.

Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this in a tweet.

She said the returnees would observe compulsory 14 days quarantine as stipulated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

NewsmakersNG learnt that the beneficiaries included Nigerians who were evicted from their hotels and apartments by officials in the wake of the compulsory quarantine and testing of foreigners for coronavirus by the Guangzhou Municipal Authorities.

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