Tag: Lebanon
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VIDEO: We regret coming here, please help us, over 20 Nigerian girls stranded in one room in Lebanon
A viral video of over twenty Nigerian ladies stranded in Lebanon are pleading with President Muhammadu Buhari and spirited individuals to come to their rescue. Locked up in one room and pleading seriously to be rescued in a video circulating online, the ladies who only God knows how they left the country for Lebanon called…
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69 stranded Nigerians arrive from Lebanon
Fifty trafficked girls and 19 stranded Nigerians arrived from Lebanon on Sunday night. Their evacuation was at the expense of the Lebanese authorities. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed these via his verified Twitter handle. He tweeted: “With the financial and logistic support of the Lebanese Government and Lebanese community in Nigeria, 50…
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[Video] FG secures release of Nigerian woman put up for sale on Facebook by Lebanese
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), on Tuesday, said the Nigerian woman, Peace Busari Ufuoma, who was put on sale by a Lebanese has been released. Dabiri said the 30-year-old Oyo indigene was released to the Nigerian Embassy, Lebanon Beirut on Tuesday. TheNewsGuru(TNG) had reported that Jerro, who resides in Beirut…
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Oyo ensures safety of indigene put up for sale in Lebanon
The Oyo State Government has pledged to ensure the safe return of an indigene of the state identified as Peace Ufuoma Busari who was recently put up for sale on the internet in Lebanon for $1000. The government’s pledge was contained in a statement issued in Ibadan by Mrs Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu, the Senior Special Assistant…
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NIS arrests nine girls en route India, Lebanon, Dubai
The Operatives of Nigeria Immigration Service, Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Command in Lagos, has apprehended another nine girls being trafficked. The girls were on their way to Lebanon, Cairo, Dubai, and India on Ethiopian, Peace, Egypt and East Airlines. The service Public Relations Officer, DCI Sunday James, made this known in a statement on Saturday…
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Trafficked Nigerian woman in Lebanon rescued
A Nigerian woman trafficked to Lebanon, Omolola Ajayi, has been rescued and now in the custody of Nigerian embassy in Beirut. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), in a WhatsApp message, said Ms. Ajayi would be return to Nigeria soon. “Update on the viral video of trafficked Nigerian girl in Lebanon. She is now happily…
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British radio presenter found dead in Lebanon
A British radio presenter well-known in Lebanon, where he worked at a radio station, was found dead in his home in the North-East village of Beit Mery on Tuesday, police said on Tuesday. “We suspect it is a murder, but we do not know the circumstances yet,’’ a police officer, who requested anonymity, said. Gavin…