{"id":328894,"date":"2017-06-16T14:04:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T14:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=328894"},"modified":"2017-06-16T14:04:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T14:04:18","slug":"nigeria-apologises-to-saudi-arabia-over-ramadan-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/nigeria-apologises-to-saudi-arabia-over-ramadan-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria apologises to Saudi Arabia over Ramadan dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Nigeria has apologised to Saudi Arabia after 200 tonnes of dates the kingdom sent as a Ramadan gift were found on sale in local markets.<\/p>\n<p>Dates are traditionally the first things Muslims eat when they break the Ramadan fast each evening.<\/p>\n<p>The dates were intended for people who had fled their homes because of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s foreign ministry said an investigation was underway. However, no arrests have yet been made.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign ministry said that Nigeria&#8217;s Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons had drawn up a list of places where the dates would be distributed, which included IDP camps and some prominent mosques.<\/p>\n<p>The dates were found on sale in markets in Borno state, which has been hardest hit by the Boko Haram conflict.<\/p>\n<p>After eight years of unrest, some 8.5 million people need life-saving aid in north-eastern Nigeria, aid officials say.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria has apologised to Saudi Arabia after 200 tonnes of dates the kingdom sent as a Ramadan gift were found on sale in local markets. Dates are traditionally the first things Muslims eat when they break the Ramadan fast each evening. 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