“The returnees are from different parts of Nigeria, particularly Katsina, Kano, Adamawa, Lagos, Enugu and Edo states, among others.
On Tuesday, NEMA received another batch of 148 stranded Nigerians from Niamey in Niger Republic.
“We alerted last week that 4.3 million people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states risk severe hunger from June to August.”
A top official said Uganda’s foreign affairs minister is working to evacuate 275 nationals trapped in the deadly military clashes in Sudan.
As a transit country, thousands of Nigerian migrants have remained trapped in different parts of Libya after failed attempts to proceed to their destination.
A doctor working in the area blamed civilians in Congo and Angolan security forces.
The coordinator said the returnees comprised 34 males, 18 females and 52 children who hailed from Kano, Katsina, Borno, Akwa Ibom and Yobe.
The UN Migration Agency and partners are seeking $84 million to provide humanitarian and development assistance to over one million migrants.
The UN says the New Year holiday witnessed a fresh surge of deadly attacks by Russian forces in Ukraine.
Amongst the evacuees were 48 persons who were released from Libyan detention facilities.
