A nursing mother and 154 out of 230 Nigerian football fans stranded in Russia after the 2018 FIFA World Cup arrived the country on Friday night.

The stranded football fans including a nursing mother in her mid- thirties came through Ethiopian Airline flight number ET- ALP that arrived Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja at about 9 . 12 pm on July 20 .

The Minister of Foreign Affairs , Mr Geoffrey Onyeama , who was at the airport to monitor their arrival , lauded President Muhammadu Buhari ’s effort to ensure their safe return.

He said that Mr President had directed that Nigerians , who were stranded in Russia after the 2018 World Cup tournament, should be evacuated immediately .

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