Hundreds of Nigerian students who fled fighting in Sudan are yet to find places in universities back home three months down the line.

A bill has been proposed to Nigerian government to address the underlying factors that drive young professionals to study or for better opportunities abroad.

The fuel subsidy which was ended by Nigeria’s incoming president will play a small part in a surge of international student migration, but its full effects are “unlikely to be felt” for at least a year.

Egyptian universities are in talks to enrol some of the 5,000 Nigerian students who have fled fighting in Sudan in its own institutions.