No fewer than 542 Nigerians stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been evacuated.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received the returning citizens on Sunday.
They arrived at 4:29 a.m. on a Max Air chartered flight at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
According to NEMA spokesperson Manzo Ezekiel, the citizens included 79 men, 460 women, and three infants.
They were screened by health officials, profiled by various relevant agencies and cleared by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).
Ezekiel disclosed that NEMA gave each of them a token to aid their transportation to their destinations.
The Director-General, Mustapha Ahmed, advised them to learn from their experiences and contribute to national development.
The Consul General of Nigeria in Dubai, Atinuke Mohammed, accompanied the returnees back to the country.
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