The number of people who have fled the fighting in Sudan was now more than 500,000 while two million are internally displaced, the UN says on Tuesday. CHANNELS reports.Information Guide Nigeria The head of the UN’s refugee agency Filippo Grandi stated on Tuesday that the number of people who have fled the fighting in Sudan … Read more
Persistent fighting in Sudan’s twin flashpoints of Khartoum and Darfur has forced volunteers to bury 180 bodies recovered from combat zones without identification, the Sudanese Red Crescent said. CHANNELS reports. Since fighting between Sudan’s warring generals erupted on April 15, volunteers have buried 102 unidentified bodies in the capital’s Al-Shegilab cemetery and 78 more in … Read more
University of Ilorin has opened a website: www.unilorin.edu.ngfor consideration of admission of Nigerian students returning from war-torn Sudan. THE NATION reports.Information Guide Nigeria 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 apply … Read more
The UN Human Rights Council, acting on the request of Germany and other countries, will hold a special session on Thursday due to the ongoing fighting in Sudan. NEWSDIARY reports.Information Guide Nigeria The purpose of the meeting is to condemn the violence and to insist on the observance of human rights and international humanitarian law, … Read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will provide the necessary support to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from war-torn Sudan are integrated into the nation’s universities. THE GUARDIAN reports.Information Guide Nigeria Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission … Read more
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has advised governments to allow civilians fleeing Sudan into their territory and not to send them back. DAILY POST reports. Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection, addressed reporters on Friday at a briefing in Geneva, Switzerland.Information Guide Nigeria “We’re advising governments not to return people to Sudan because … Read more
The first batch of Nigerians fleeing war-prone Sudan has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. NIGERIAN TRIBUNE reports.Information Guide Nigeria The 376 returnees, who took off from Aswan, Egypt, were airlifted by the Nigerian Air Force on the NAF C-130H aircraft at about 4pm. They landed at the Federal Capital Territory at 11:35 pm … Read more
Returnee Nigerian students who were airlifted back to Nigeria from Egypt, have recounted their ordeal, alleging that some females were sexually harassed and were so broke to the extent of picking things from shops and ran away. VANGUARD reports. A returnee female student told journalists on arrival at the International Airport Abuja that they faced … Read more
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) denied allegation that it abandoned Nigerians of Igbo extraction in Sudan, describing it as a “fabricated lie from the pit of hell.” BUSINESS HALLMARK reports. Recall that some Igbo people in Sudan had a viral video revealed that they were asked to alight from a bus meant to evacuate … Read more
One of the buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to Port Sudan where they would move into Saudi Arabia caught fire in the early hours of yesterday. THIS DAY reports. Sani Aliyu, who is Sudan was quoted as explaining that one of the buses conveying some 50 Nigerian students from Sudan with … Read more