A group of 174 Nigerians who left Ukraine during the Russian invasion arrived back home late Friday, raising the total number of people evacuated to over 600.
Earlier Friday, a group of 415 individuals came from Bucharest, Romania, one of the sites from which African governments are trying to retrieve their residents.
"The second wave of Nigerians (174) has arrived (in) Abuja from Poland," Nigerian carrier Air Peace announced on Twitter, raising the total to 589.
Many of the first passengers to arrive in Abuja were fatigued but pleased that their experience was done.
"I'm extremely delighted to be back home, thank you, Nigeria!" said one young woman as she stepped off the runway and into the airport.
One student detailed his harrowing experience as they filled out government documents, many of them were still dressed in their winter garb.
"There was a lot of heavy artillery, rockets, explosives, and stuff like that," said Oyewo Elisha, a 22-year-old student in Kharkiv.
"My school, everywhere... it's a disaster. We couldn't remain there much longer."
Haroun Rukayat, 20, claimed she had to wait 14 hours in the cold before entering Romania.
"I'm one of the lucky ones... other people are still trapped in different places, notably in Sumy, where the fighting is really raging," she explained.
"I am grateful that I was able to escape."
Before the conflict, there were around 5,600 Nigerian students and an estimated 8,000 Nigerian nationals in Ukraine, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama.
On Monday, he stated that an estimated 1,000 nationals from Romania, 200 from Slovakia, and 250 from both Hungary and Poland were ready for collection.
The UN warned Thursday that a million refugees have fled Ukraine so far, and that unless the attack is stopped soon, millions more are certain to escape.
Ghana became the first African country to repatriate its people on Tuesday, flying home 17 of 500 stranded pupils.
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