{"id":133206,"date":"2024-10-05T16:46:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T15:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/war-fg-moves-to-evacuate-nigerians-in-lebanon"},"modified":"2024-10-05T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T16:52:49","slug":"war-fg-moves-to-evacuate-nigerians-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/war-fg-moves-to-evacuate-nigerians-in-lebanon","title":{"rendered":"War: FG moves to evacuate Nigerians in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government says it has begun preparations to evacuate Nigerians in Lebanon back to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, Spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, in view of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther to the deteriorating situation in Lebanon over the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, the government has commenced preparations for evacuation of Nigerians in Lebanon back to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government of Nigeria has taken measures to ensure the protection and safety of Nigerian nationals in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Embassy of Nigeria in Lebanon issued regular advisories to the Nigerian community with safety instructions and in August, advised compatriots to strongly consider voluntary evacuation, while the options of commercial flights remained available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerian nationals in the South of Lebanon have also been evacuated to Beirut and other safer areas in collaboration with the leadership of the Nigerian community.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said it had become pertinent to mention that no Nigerian life has so far been lost since the beginning of the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministry wishes to reassure Nigerians that the Federal Government is engaging with relevant stakeholders and remains committed to the protection and safety of Nigerian nationals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment is making preparations to evacuate them back home,\u201d Abu-Obe said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal Government says it has begun preparations to evacuate Nigerians in Lebanon back to Nigeria. Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, Spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, in view of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. \u201cFurther to the deteriorating situation in Lebanon over the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, the government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":133205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[14926,701,14927,254,1670,4005],"class_list":["post-133206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-eche-abu-obe","tag-fg","tag-lebanon","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerians","tag-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>War: FG moves to evacuate Nigerians in Lebanon - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal Government says it has begun preparations to evacuate Nigerians in Lebanon back to Nigeria. 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