The increment is deemed inadequate to counter rising oil prices.
“Looking for greener pastures in foreign land is no longer a reality,” said the NEMA official.
They are two-time African champions, having won the then African Beach Soccer Championship in 2007 and 2009, and were runners-up in 2010.
Mr Farinloye said that the returnees were 63 male adults, 73 female adults, 15 male and 13 female children, six female infants and eight male infants.
Nigerians unable to obtain a visa to the West are condemned to journey through Africa’s vast desert — where forced labour and sexual exploitation are rampant.
The OPEC report showed that crude oil output increased in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Angola, Algeria, and Congo.
Local media reported that the intense fighting involved two influential militias from western Libya.
Mr Farinloye said that the returnees are 77 male adults, 66 female adults, eight male and four female children, four female and seven male infants.
Some 650 people have died in the Mediterranean this year, according to IOM spokesman Flavio Di Giacomo.
On Saturday the Tunisian coast guard said four boats, carrying 120 African migrants headed for Italy, had sunk off the coast near the city of Sfax.
