The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Lagos received 102 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya.
The returnees were officially received on Wednesday by Mustapha Ahmed, director-general of NEMA, on behalf of the federal government.
According to a statement by the agency, of the 102 returnees, 96 were females, two males and four infants.
It added that the returnees arrived late Tuesday evening at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, aboard an Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG.
It quoted the DG as saying that the federal government was committed to ensuring that Nigerian citizens were protected anywhere they found themselves.
NAN