{"id":73189,"date":"2025-08-14T12:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73189"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:44:21","slug":"stranded-nigerian-miners-return-from-central-african-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/14\/stranded-nigerian-miners-return-from-central-african-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded Nigerian Miners Return From Central African Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of Nigerian miners stranded for weeks in the Central African Republic (CAR), are set to arrive in Abuja today, ending a harrowing ordeal marked by insecurity, poor living conditions, and uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>The miners, mostly artisanal workers, had been trapped amid escalating conflict in parts of CAR, which disrupted mining operations and made safe movement nearly impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Many reportedly faced shortages of food, medicine, and basic supplies while stranded in remote mining camps.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in collaboration with the Nigerian embassy in Cameroon, CAR authorities, and international humanitarian agencies, coordinated a complex evacuation.<\/p>\n<p>The operation involved securing travel permits, arranging safe passage through volatile areas, and providing emergency relief before departure.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, the miners will undergo health screenings, security debriefings, and counselling.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said efforts are ongoing to reunite them with families and provide reintegration support, including temporary accommodation and medical care.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated its commitment to protecting Nigerians abroad, urging citizens to avoid conflict-prone regions without proper security guarantees.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also announced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the miners\u2019 presence in CAR to prevent similar incidents in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat &nbsp; Dozens of Nigerian miners stranded for weeks in the Central African Republic (CAR), are set to arrive in Abuja today, ending a harrowing ordeal marked by insecurity, poor living conditions, and uncertainty. The miners, mostly artisanal workers, had been trapped amid escalating conflict in parts of CAR, which disrupted mining operations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73191,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73189\/revisions\/73191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}