The National Emergency Management Agency has received 139 Nigerian migrants who returned from Agadez, Niger Republic.
The returnees arrived on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. They landed around 7:57 p.m. aboard a Sky Mali flight.
NEMA shared the update on Thursday through its official X account. According to the agency’s Kano Operations Office, the group included 22 male adults, 52 female adults, 33 male children, and 32 female children.
After landing, the returnees were taken to Badala Hotel in Kano for accommodation. Proper documentation and profiling were done the next day, July 30.
NEMA said, “The returnees were documented and were subsequently transported to Badala Hotel for accommodation, and profiling took place the following day, 30th July 2025. The reception exercise was well coordinated and successfully conducted.”
