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  • 262 stranded Nigerians voluntarily return home from Libya

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    Two hundred and sixty-two more Nigerians voluntarily returned home from Libya on Wednesday with the help of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya. TheNewsGuru reports that the returnees arrived aboard a chartered Libyan Airlines aircraft with registration number 5A-LAR, which landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at…

  • Three migrants die as thousands are rescued in seas off Libya

    Three migrants die as thousands are rescued in seas off Libya

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    Three migrants died in the Mediterranean on Monday night, a German aid group said, during Italian-led rescue operations in which thousands more were pulled to safety from rickety boats. About 5,000 migrants were picked up off the Libyan coast by emergency services, Italy’s navy, aid groups and private boats on Monday, and rescues were continuing…

  • Another batch of 175 Nigerians return voluntarily from Libya

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    Another batch of One Hundred and Seventy-five (175) Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Tuesday aboard a chartered Nouvelair aircraft with registration number TS-INA. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the aircraft landed at 7.50p.m at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The returnees were made up of of 34 males, 122 females, 10 children and nine infants.…

  • There was a country called Libya By Owei Lakemfa

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    By Owei Lakemfa Saif al-Islam Ghaddafi, P.hd, London School of Economics, and the best known son of Muammar Ghaddafi was set free this week. He had been detained for six years since November 19, 2011 when following the Libyan ‘Civil War’ he was captured by the Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade while attempting to flee to…

  • Trump goes to court, insists on travel ban on citizens from Syria, Libya, others

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    United States President, Donald Trump, has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a freeze on the revised travel ban, after it was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. The Trump administration, Friday, asked the Supreme Court to revive the president’s plan to temporarily ban citizens from six Muslim dominated countries.…

  • Another batch of 165 Nigerians return from Libya

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    No fewer than 165 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Thursday aboard a chartered Nouvelair aircraft with registration number TS-INA. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the aircraft landed at 5.01 p.m at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The returnees were made up of 97 males, 54 females, 11 children and three infants. They were brought back…

  • 1,268 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in 5 months — NEMA

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    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said 1,268 Nigerians had voluntarily returned from Libya from December 15, 2016 to May 16, 2017. Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja, the Director General, NEMA, made the disclosure while receiving a fresh batch of 258 Nigerians who arrived on Tuesday in Lagos. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the returnees arrived the Murtala Muhammed…

  • Another set of 258 Nigerians return from Libya

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    No fewer than 258 more Nigerian returnees from Libya arrived the country on Thursday aboard a chartered Airbus A330-200 with registration mark 5A-LAT operated by Libya Airlines. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the aircraft landed about 9:43pm at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The 258 voluntary returnees, who include four children and one infant were made…

  • Another batch of 250 Nigerians return from Libya Thursday – NEMA

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    The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, on Wednesday said another batch of 250 Nigerians would voluntarily return to the country from Libya on Thursday.| NEMA’s spokesman for South-West Zone, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, told the newsmen in Lagos that the returnees were expected to arrive at the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company/Hajj Camp section of the Murtala…

  • Over 200 feared dead in two migrant shipwrecks off coast of Libya

    Over 200 feared dead in two migrant shipwrecks off coast of Libya

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    Almost 200 people are feared to have died in two Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks during the weekend, according to reports on Monday. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya said that seven people were rescued off the north-western city of Zawiya, and one of them said 113 others were missing. The information was posted…