Nigerians detained at Dubai Airport, passports seized

Some Nigerians who travelled to the United Arab Emirates have been detained at the Dubai International Airport and their passports seized, Vanguard Newspaper is reporting.

According to the highly credible newspaper, some of the Nigerians were kept at the airport by the authorities.

It said few others were seen demanding answers after their passports were seized without explanation in a video.

Others are seen sitting in an empty area as they waited to know their fate.

One of the persons who shared the video revealed that her sister later picked her up from Immigration after a “tedious process” but that other Nigerians who didn’t have anyone in the country were not released.

In the video, one of the officials at the airport was heard telling some of the Nigerians involved to leave the area where they were.

The male among them walked away after his protest.

He told the official that the United Nations will frown at such development after he had paid for and was issued with the UAE visa.

A lady’s voice was heard in the video calling for assistance from the Nigerian authorities over their plight.…

Another batch of Nigerians fleeing Russia-Ukraine war arrives Abuja

As another batch of evacuees from the Ukrainian-Russia crisis touched down in Abuja from Warsaw on in the early hours of Friday.

According to available information, they landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 1:40am.

Receiving the 124 evacuees, including an infant, the Head of Technology Transfer Innovation of NIDCOM, Hon. AbdurRahman Terab, said in addition to the $100 given to each returnee, the commission in partnership with MTN gave each of them a free SIM loaded with N5,000 airtime.

According to Terab, once the sim is activated, the N5,000 airtime will multiply to N19,500 worth of airtime.

This additional gesture was well received and appreciated by all the evacuees.

Ukraine War: 427 stranded Nigerians arrive Abuja

No fewer than 427 Nigerians based in the troubled Ukraine arrived Nnamdi Azikwe International airport, Abuja Friday morning.

They arrived en route Romania on Maxi air.

It was gathered that the Federal Government will give each of them $100.

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday approved over $5m to effect the immediate evacuation of stranded Nigerians in Ukraine which has been over week invaded by Russia.…