The Federal Government has continued to evacuate Nigerians trapped in countries around the world as a result of the coronavirus, Covid-19 pandemic.

This comes as a new set of two hundred and sixty-nine stranded Nigerians arrived in the country from India in the early hours today.

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission announced the arrival of the returnees on its Twitter handle.

According to the agency, one hundred and three of the evacuees arrived in Lagos and one hundred and sixty-six others landed in Abuja.

Following their arrival, the returnees were subjected to compulsory fourteen days self-isolation, in line with the protocol by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19.

The NIDCOM stated that all the evacuees tested negative before boarding the plane and would be re-tested within 72 hours at a designated testing centre of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

They were brought back to Nigeria from India aboard an Air Peace plane which first landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja before proceeding to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

The management of Air Peace has also confirmed the airlifting of the evacuees in a statement.