The Federal government has evacuated another batch of 306 Nigerians from Ukraine on Sunday.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) stated that they arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 00:30 a.m. aboard Air Peace Boeing 777-300 Flight APK7534 through Budapest.
With their arrival, the number of Nigerians evacuated by the Federal Government have increased to 1,112.
Thelagostimes recalls that 807 others had earlier been evacuated in three batches as of Saturday.
President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the release of 8.5 million dollars for the immediate evacuation of at least 5,000 Nigerians fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian conflict zone to Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Slovakia.