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Another batch of about 419 stranded Nigerians have returned to the country from Saudi Arabia, barely 24 hours after 384 others came back from the same nation.
The returnees who include 126 men and 293 females, including children, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport onboard Saudi Airline SV-3413 at exactly 11:57am on Friday.
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The evacuation of the stranded Nigerian nationals from the Arabian country follows a video made by them in which they appealed to the federal government to come to their aid after being stranded at a facility for over seven months.
Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa had said that the COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for the delayed evacuation as both Saudi Arabia and Nigeria bickered over who will bear the cost of COVID-19 tests on arrival.
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