An estimated 7,000 people, including Nigerians, were disallowed to cross the border into Egypt since their arrival on Thursday evening from war torn Sudan.
Chairman, NiDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made the disclosure in a statement issued by Mr Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NiDCOM on Friday in Abuja.
Dabiri-Erewa called on those concerned with passages and movement of persons and services along the borders of Sudan to create a safe corridor for them to have access to their various destinations.
The chairman also said the Nigerian mission in Egypt had been working on the issue, as the Egyptian authorities were insisting on visas by Africans to transit to their countries.
She appealed to the Egyptian authorities to allow the travellers to transit to their final destinations in various countries in Africa.
Meanwhile, as fighting continues in Sudan, at least 113 humanitarian workers from various aid organisations have been flown out of North Darfur State in the west of the country.
The staff were airlifted to neighbouring Chad on Thursday, the Governor of North Darfur, Nimir Mohamed Abdel Rahman, told dpa on Friday.
The evacuated workers include those of the World Food Programme, UNICEF, the UN Mission in Sudan and the Norwegian Refugee Council.
Sudan’s de facto President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been fighting his Deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, with the help of the military since April 15.
Daglo is the Leader of the influential paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces.
The two generals took over the leadership of the country of about 46 million people through two joint military coups in 2019 and 2021.
According to the governor, a ceasefire extended by both sides on Thursday is expected to hold in the capital of North Darfur.
He said the situation in the city was calm and stable.
However, according to eyewitnesses, there has been heavy shelling in Khartoum.
The renewed ceasefire was agreed for a period of 72 hours.
