Nigeria denies ethnic bias in Sudan evacuations
The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) and the minister of foreign affairs, Nidcom, have been invited to testify before the House of Representatives to discuss the progress of Nigerians' evacuation from Sudan.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
Authorities in Nigeria have rejected claims of racial discrimination during the evacuation of their citizens who were stuck in Sudan.
This comes after a viral video in which one of the stranded Nigerians in Sudan claimed that some of them were excluded from the evacuation due to their ethnicity.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom), however, refuted the claims, calling them "divisive and ridiculous" in a statement on Tuesday.
The Nidcom spokesperson, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, reported that all individuals who gathered at the designated areas were picked up and transported in 40 buses either to Port Sudan or to the Egyptian border.
He claimed that women, children, and students received priority treatment and were called according to their states in alphabetical order, starting with the state of Abia in the southeast.
"They can't blame anyone if some arrived after the scheduled time or failed to show up at the pickup location," Mr. Balogun added.
