Tag: Libya
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NEMA receives 171 Nigerians from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday received another batch of 171 stranded Nigerians from Libya. Alhaji Idris Muhammed, Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, who was represented by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Public Information Officer, said the returnees arrived the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport about 1.10 a.m. on Friday. He…
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Bombing of Migrants centre in Libya is 'inhuman, wicked, callous' – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the deadly airstrike that killed about 40 people in a migrant centre near Tripoli, Libya. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday, Buhari described the attack as “inhuman, wicked and callous” on “helpless and defenceless people”. President Buhari…
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U-23 AFCON Qualifiers: Osimhen scores hat-trick as Nigeria beat Libya
Former Golden Eaglets hotshot, Victor Osimhen, grabbed a hat-trick on Monday as Nigeria ‘s under-23 male national football team defeated their Libyan counterparts 4-0 on Monday in Asaba. The match, which was palyed at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, is the second leg of a qualification round for the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The…
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U-23 AFCON Qualifiers: Nigeria lose 0-2 to Libya
Nigeria began the race towards the defence of their African Under-23 title on Wednesday on a sour note as they lost 0-2 defeat to their Libyan counterparts in Tunisia. The match played on the artificial turf of the Ben Guerdane Stadium in Bergandan, near Tunis was a first round first leg encounter in the qualification…
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12,574 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in 23 months – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said 12,574 Nigerians have so far returned from Libya under the Assisted Voluntary Returnees Programme, which began in April 2017. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the the Coordinator, NEMA Lagos Territorial Office, Malam Idris Muhammed made this while receiving a fresh batch of 174…
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NEMA receives 326 Nigerians from Libya
At least, 326 stranded Nigerians in Libya have arrived Nigeria, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. Alhaji Idris Muhammed, Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, who confirmed the development to newsmen on Friday in Lagos, said the returnees were received in two batches. Muhammed said the Nigerians arrived the Cargo Wing of the…
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2 suspected traffickers nabbed as 164 Nigerians return from Libya
Two suspected human traffickers were on Friday apprehended for trafficking some Nigerians to Libya with the promise of taking them to Europe. The suspects (named withheld) were apprehended after they were identified by their victims during the profiling of 164 Nigerians who voluntarily returned from the volatile North African country. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, spokesperson for…
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Unimaginable horrors of Nigerian migrants in Libya
The United Nations has released a new report, which detailed the unimaginable horrors Nigerian migrants were being subjected from the moment they entered Libya and throughout their stay in that country. The report, released by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),…
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NEMA receives 193 Nigerians from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 193 stranded Nigerians from Libya. Mr Segun Afolayan, Acting Zonal Coordinator, NEMA, South West Zone, confirmed the development to the newsmen on Friday in Lagos. Afolayan said the Nigerians arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 8.32pm on…
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Again, NEMA receives 174 Nigerians from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 174 stranded Nigerians from Libya. The returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 1.10a.m. on Friday. They were brought back in an Al Buraq Airlines Boeing 737-8000 aircraft with registration number 5A-DMG by the International Organisation for…