175 Nigerian immigrants repatriated from Libya

Another group of 175 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Tuesday aboard a chartered Nouvelair aircraft.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the aircraft landed at 7.50 p.m. at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The returnees were made up of 34 males, 122 females, 10 children and nine infants.
They were brought back by the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya.
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