
DUE TO ESCALATING CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THAT IT IS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO EVACUATE NIGERIAN CITIZENS STRANDED IN ISRAEL AND IRAN.
IN LIGHT OF THIS, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS THROUGH A PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY ITS SPOKESPERSON, KIMIEBI EBIENFA, URGED AFFECTED NATIONALS TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE NEAREST NIGERIAN EMBASSY OR MISSION FOR REGISTRATION.
PROMISING A SAFE AND SECURE EVACUATION PROCESS, THE STATEMENT ADVISED THAT THEY FOLLOW SECURITY DIRECTIVES.
SIMILARLY, THE NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN PILGRIM COMMISSION (NCPC), HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER PILGRIMAGES TO ISRAEL UNTIL THE COUNTRY’S CONFLICT WITH IRAN IS RESOLVED.