THE Federal Government says Egypt has opened its borders to Nigerians fleeing conflict-hit Sudan.
The chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa made this known on Monday, via her Twitter handle.
According to Dabiri-Erewa, the Egyptian border was opened after the President Muhammadu Buhari spoke with the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
“With the intervention of President Buhari, Egypt has finally opened its border to Nigerians fleeing Sudan,” she tweeted.
The development comes six hours after an 8:15 am tweet by NIDCOM, saying the Egyptian border was “still not opened for our students”.
Earlier, Egypt gave Nigeria stringent conditions for stranded Nigerians to cross its border.
The first sets of 637 Nigerian students evacuated from Sudan are stranded at the Egyptian border with the war-torn country.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama said on Sunday night that Egyptian authorities had insisted on clearing all the 637 Nigerians before they could be allowed entry into their country.