The exercise which is slated for July 3, will be the second special flight for Nigerian citizens stranded in the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Consulate General of Nigeria in New York announced this in a statement on behalf of the Nigerian Missions in the U.S.
According to the consulate, the evacuees will depart the Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane.
They are expected to arrive at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on July 4.
It would interest you know that no fewer than seven hundred Nigerians registered with the missions in the U.S. for evacuation.
