libya news

President of Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria, AISSON Dr. Ona Ekhomu, yesterday, advised the Federal Government and security agencies to be on the alert and investigate returnees from Libya who claimed to be Nigerians, with a view to preventing ISIS fighters...

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, Ernest Ogwezzy, said this during an interview with newsmen in Asaba. Mr. Ogwezzy said that the returnees arrived the …...

No fewer than 490 out of 5,027 Nigerian returnees from Libya arrived in Port Harcourt Airport on Sunday. They arrived at about 4.55p.m. Details later. Details later The post Breaking- 490 out of 5027 Nigerian returnees from Libya arrive PH Airport appeared first on Vanguard News. via Vanguard...

Former president Robert Mugabe’s high-living sons face arrest for alleged corruption during their father’s time in office, a newspaper claimed on Friday. Robert Mugabe Junior and Bellarmine Chatunga are being investigated for illegal gold trading, said the Zimbabwe Independent. Russell Goreraza...

A Federal Government's delegation has arrived Tripoli to begin mass evacuation of Nigerians stranded in the North African country. The spokesman of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Sani Datti disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the delegation is led by the Minister...

Gunmen fatally shot the mayor of Libya’s third-largest city, Misrata, late on Sunday, ambushing his car inside the city, security officials said. The North African oil producer has been in chaos since the 2011 uprising that unseated Muammar Gaddafi; but Misrata, Libya’s biggest port, had been...

One of the 84 Nigerians who tried to migrate to Europe through Libya but were deported to the country has given account of his ordeal in the desert. After spending one and a half years in dehumanizing conditions in Libya, the Nigerians were deported. The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki on...

On Tuesday, 175 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya aboard a chartered Nouvelair aircraft with registration number TS-INA. They were brought back by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya. The returnees were made up of of 34 males, 122...

The United Nations (UN) revealed on Wednesday that hundreds of migrants from Nigeria and other West African countries passing through Libya enroute Europe are being bought and sold in what it described as modern-day slave markets before being held for ransom, forced labour or sexual...

161 Nigerians have voluntarily returned to the country from Libya after a torrid experience in the North African country. They were assisted back home by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The returnees comprised 60 males including 51 adults, two children and seven infants...

Over 200 Nigerians were on Monday deported from Libya to Nigeria, The Nation reports. The deportees arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The deportees were received at the cargo wing of the airport, where they underwent documentation procedures.