The Nigerian Government says it has repatriated one hundred and ninety (190) Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates, UAE.

The Zonal Director of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) North Central zone, Bashir Garga, made this known to newsmen.

Garga says the returnees were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 5:45AM this Tuesday by a combined team of government officials led by NEMA

He says the returnees were profiled and documented by the relevant agencies and sensitized to behave with decorum and responsibility on their return to Nigeria.

He also says the federal government urges all Nigerians, wherever they may be, to act as exemplary ambassadors of their country.