Tag: Libya
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‘I am now ready to remain in Nigeria to start frying Akara’ – Libyan returnee
A Libyan returnee presently undergoing rehabilitation in Delta state has said he willing now willing and ready to remain in Nigeria after all the ‘awful and animalistic’ he passed through trying to cross into Europe. Okafor Abraham, who hails from Umunede in Ika North-East, said he joined the movement to Libya in November 2016 having…
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Gov. Okowa grants 78 Libyan returnees automatic job placement
The Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has absorbed at least 78 Libyan returnees, who are indigenes of state, into the state’s job and wealth creation skill acquisition and empowerment programme. The returnees, who were between the ages of 18 and 28, described their ordeal in the drylands of Kano to Niger republic to…
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Again! 100 migrants missing in shipwreck off Libya – Navy
The Libyan Navy on Wednesday said as many as 100 migrants have gone missing after their boat sank off the coast of Libya. The Libyan coastguard rescued 17 people from the boat that sank off the town of al-Khoms east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, the navy said on its Facebook page. The survivors clung…
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Delta to rehabilitate 78 returnees from Libya
The Delta Government said on Tuesday that it was committed to rehabilitating the 78 returnees from Libya who are from the state. The state Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr Ernest Ogwezzy, said this during an interview with newsmen in Asaba. Ogwezzy said that the returnees arrived the state on Saturday and that the state government…
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FG evacuates 1,030 Nigerians from Libya in two days – Official
The federal government on Monday said it evacuated 1,030 stranded Nigerian migrants from Libya between January 7 and January 8, 2018. Mustapha Maihaja, the Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency, disclosed this at a joint news conference by the federal government delegation to Libya. The Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, had on January 5 led…
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JUST IN: 490 out of 5027 Nigerian returnees from Libya arrive in PH Airport
No fewer than 490 out of 5,027 Nigerian returnees from Libya arrived in Port Harcourt Airport on Sunday. They arrived at about 4.55 p.m. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and other government top officials have received the returnees. Details later.
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FG delegation storms Libya, commences massive evacuation of Nigerians
A high profile federal government delegation has arrived Libya to commence the process of massive evacuation of Nigerians stranded in the North African country back home. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Sani Datti, and made available to TheNewsGuru on Thursday. TheNewsGuru reports the…
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Slave trade: Oyeama leads FG’s delegation to evacuate stranded Nigerians in Libya
The federal government’s special delegation, led by Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Wednesday departed Abuja for Tripoli, the Libyan Capital to evacuate Nigerians trapped in that country. The Head, Press and Public Relations of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Josiah Emerole, made this known in a statement in…
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FG appoints Med-view Airline to evacuate 5,037 Nigerians from Libya
The Federal Government has appointed Med-View Airline, through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to participate in the evacuation of 5,037 Nigerians from Libya. The airline’s executive director, Business Development and Commercial, Isiaq Na’Allah, and Ibrahim Farinloye, the spokesman of NEMA, South-West Zone, confirmed the development in Lagos on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria…
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6,672 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in 2017 – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said a total of 6,672 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya from Jan. 6 to Dec. 28, 2017. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihajja, made this known while receiving a fresh batch of 257 Nigerians who arrived from…