The evacuees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 8:27 p.m. aboard an Al Buraq Airlines flight under the Assisted Voluntary Return programme.
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NEMA gave the update in a statement on its X handle on Tuesday.
The Federal Government agency disclosed this in a statement shared via its official X (formerly known as Twitter) handle: @nemanigeria.
NEMA, in collaboration with the State Emergency Management Agency, handed over the relief items to the representatives of the affected communities on Thursday in Umuahia.
They were abandoned in the remote town of Bambari by their employer, who they said was Chinese, working with a Nigerian, leading to a distress video call.
The returnees arrived at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, aboard a Sky Mali flight which landed at approximately 7:57 p.m.
The 203 returnees comprised 50 males, 96 females, 29 Children and 28 infants.
This was discussed during the World Meteorological Day commemoration on Monday in Abuja.
This was disclosed in a press statement by NEMA on Monday.
The NEMA South-West Coordinator, Kadir Olanrewaju, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Wednesday while assessing the level of damage at the scene.
The South South Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Adebiyi Razak, issued the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
The Director General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, made this known during the handing over of the food items to the state government in Uyo, the state capital, on Wednesday.
The NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr. Nuraddeen Abdullahi, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria.
The Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, disclosed this in a statement by the Head of Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel.
According to reports, the visit by the NANS team, led by the Senate President, Comrade Akinteye Afeez, was to clarify if there was truly a diversion of 42,000 metric tonnes of food, as alleged.
Hajiya Zubaida Umar, the Director General of NEMA, spoke at the inauguration of the 2024 Effective Waste Management and Flood Mitigation Sensitisation Campaign on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe.
The Director General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, restated the position and warning in Awka, the Anambra State capital.
The affected LGAs which are under high and moderate flood risk areas include: Aba North, Aba South, Osisioma Ngwa
Dr. Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, confirmed the incident and casualty figures on Friday.
Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos Territorial Coordinator of NEMA, made the confirmation in a statement on Friday in Lagos.