The Nigerian Government has evacuated 324 Nigerians stranded in the United States due to COVID-19 pandemic using Ethiopian Airlines.
This was made known in a statement signed by the Ethiopian Airlines, Traffic and Sales Manager, Abuja, Tilahun Tadesse
The Traffic and Sales Manager stated that since the pandemic started with lockdowns all over the world Ethiopian Airlines has been at the forefront of evacuating nationals of different countries back home.
According to the airline, the Flight ET 509 from America will be another in a series of evacuations done by Africa’s leading airline
The 324 Nigerians evacuated by Ethiopian Airlines from the United States landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja on Saturday at 3.30pm
The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama announced their departure from Newark Airport, New Jersey, on Twitter Saturday morning.
Two more evacuation flights are slated from USA by the Nigerian Government on July 28 and 31 respectively.
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers.
She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay.
She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos.
As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender.
She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies.
Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the
prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category.
She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category.
She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations.
Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.
