The Federal Government said yesterday that hundreds of
Nigerians who were evacuated from war-torn Sudan and were to be
airlifted from Egypt back to Nigeria yesterday were stranded as they
were not allowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival on Thursday evening.
Nigerians in Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission,
(NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement issued yesterday by Mr
Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NiDCOM in Abuja
said Nigerians were among the over 7,000 nationals denied entry by the
Egyptian authorities who were insisting on visas by Africans to transit
to their countries.