IOM received the 182 returnees aboard a chartered flight on Tuesday.
Ms Sani said she travelled to Libya in search of a better livelihood.
At least around 340,000 family members are estimated to have been directly affected.
He said the return marked the first organised repatriation of Nigerian migrants from Sudan in 2026.
At least 80 selected women from different security frontline areas in Katsina participated in a training on conflict prevention through interest-based negotiation.
The United Nations says Nigeria has risen to the challenge and taken action to realise the UN secretary-general’s Action Agenda on internal displacement worldwide
Ms Dimanche said the IOM desired to help the over 1.5 million Abia people in the diaspora serve the state better.
Ms Pace said more than 70 per cent of Nigeria’s population is under the age of 30.
The International Organisation for Migration has donated $1.1 million (N1.69 billion) to support internally displaced persons in Benue.
The IOM stated that its Voluntary Humanitarian Return programme had facilitated the return of illegal migrants stranded in Libya to their homeland.
