The Federal Government has evacuated 289 more Nigerians stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-related border closure.
An Ethiopian Airlines plane conveying the evacuees took off from New Jersey on Tuesday night, and is expected to land in Abuja on Wednesday afternoon.
This is the fourth evacuation flight, which brings to 1,095 the total number of stranded Nigerians so far repatriated by the Federal Government from the U.S.
According to the Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, he said the families of seven were dropped from this flight, that they were denied boarding for failing to present COVID-19 test result, which is a key requirement for the flight.
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