{"id":396055,"date":"2017-06-16T14:58:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T14:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/16\/nigeria-apologises-to-saudi-arabia-over-ramadan-dates\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T14:58:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T14:58:12","slug":"nigeria-apologises-to-saudi-arabia-over-ramadan-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/16\/nigeria-apologises-to-saudi-arabia-over-ramadan-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria apologises to Saudi Arabia over Ramadan dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/96516628_dates.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<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\u2019s foreign ministry said an investigation was underway. However, no arrests have yet been made.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign ministry said that Nigeria\u2019s 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>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\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. 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