In Sudan, about 435 children have been killed and 2,025 injured since violence broke out three months ago, according to a statement issued by the UN children’s agency UNICEF on Monday. “The impact that this conflict has had on children in Sudan over the last 100 days is unfathomable,” said …
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Renewed Violence In Sudan As Ceasefire Officially Ends
As the three-day ceasefire between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) expired, the RSF set fire to the intelligence building next door to Army Headquarters. According to media reports, the renewed violence in Khartoum comes as the aid organisation, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported severe violence against …
Read More »UNILORIN Opens Portal To Admit Displaced Nigerian Students From Sudan
University of Ilorin has opened a website: www.unilorin.edu.ng for consideration of admission of Nigerian students returning from war-torn Sudan. Mr Kunle Akogun, the university’s Director of Corporate Affairs told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Thursday that interested students should check “University Transfer’’ on the website and …
Read More »Sudan Crisis: 1,984 Nigerians Evacuated So Far
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) said the eleventh batch of evacuees consisting of 128 Nationals (117 Adults and 11 Minors) that departed Port Sudan International Airport have arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 9am local time on Thursday via Tarco Air. NIDCOM said no life has been lost …
Read More »Loud Explosions Rock Sudan’s Capital As Crisis Worsens
Sudan’s capital, Khartoum was hit with more loud explosions on Wednesday, as fighting between warring generals escalated despite truce talks in Saudi Arabia. Two huge explosions were heard across greater Khartoum during the night as reported by residents of multiple districts, according to BBC. Vanguard reported that representatives of the …
Read More »Sudan war: JAMB Promises To Support Returning Students, Integrate Them Into Universities
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it will provide the necessary support to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from Sudan are integrated into the nation’s universities. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, spoke while hosting the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on …
Read More »Another 126 Evacuees Arrive From Sudan
Another batch of 126 Nigerians stranded in Port Sudan have been evacuated home. The evacuation plane, Tarco Airline, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja around 10.30am. According to Director Media and Protocol Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Mr. Abdulrahman Balogun, the arrivals bring to 1730, the number …
Read More »Sudan Crisis: Max Air Joins Other Airlines To Evacuate Nigerians From Egypt
Max Air airline has joined Nigerian Air-force, Air Peace and Azman air in airlifting stranded Nigerians being evacuated from Sudan to Egypt. In a statement issued on Thursday via its official Instagram handle, the airline will send out its Boeing 747-400 aircraft. We are pleased to announce that Max Air, …
Read More »Sudan Crisis: We Need 4 Aircraft To Bring Nigerians Back —Says FG
The Federal Government has said that if four aircraft were made available to move at once, every Nigerian in Sudan will be evacuated. The first group of several Nigerians stranded in Sudan arrived in Abuja on Wednesday, after days of trying to escape persistent fighting. According to Nigerian authorities, the …
Read More »Sudan War: First Batch Of 376 Stranded Nigerians Arrive Abuja
The first batch of 376 Nigerian students trapped in war-torn Sudan has arrived in Abuja, Nigeria. The Nigerian students arrived at the Pilgrims Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 11:25 pm through the Air Peace Plane and the Nigeria Airforce Jet with the number NAF C-130. The …
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