First batch of the Nigerians, mostly students, evacuated from war-torn Sudan returned home on Wednesday.
Gatekeepers News reports that some of the Nigerians evacuated from Egypt by Air Peace arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja at about 11:30 pm on Wednesday.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane conveying another set of Nigerians also touched down at the airport in Abuja at about midnight.
Officials of the Ministry of Health were on the ground to screen the evacuees upon arrival in the country.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouk said each returnee would be given N100,000.
Another batch of evacuees from Sudan is expected to return to the country on Thursday.
Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa had earlier told journalists that 376 Nigerians were expected in the first batch.
Dabiri-Erewa said 90 persons, including women and children, were on the NAF plane while the rest were aboard the Air Peace plane.
On Tuesday, the Air Peace aircraft landed in Egypt in preparation to airlift the stranded Nigerians back home.
The NAF evacuation team also left for Aswan Airport in Egypt on April 29 for the same operation.
The evacuees from Sudan had been stranded at the Egyptian border following visa issues.
However, Dabiri-Erewa on Monday, said the border was opened after President Muhammadu Buhari spoke with the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
