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It was a joyous event last Sunday at the Benin Central Hospital, when one of the Libyan returnees, 24 year-old Augustina Omorodion was delivered of a baby girl few hours after she alongside others arrived Edo state from Read more via Vanguard News – http://ift.tt/2BRWWRO Get More...

At least 78 Libyan returnees, who are indigenes of Delta State, had been absorbed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa into his Job and Wealth Creation skill acquisition empowerment programme in the state. The returnees, who were between the ages of 18 and 28, described their ordeal in the dry lands of...

via Newtelegraph – http://ift.tt/2jt1u9V A 32-year-old Libyan returnee, Mr. David Onah, has said that they watched in consternation while Nigerian ladies were being raped in slave camps. Onah described the camp as a modern day slavery site, where victims were sold. The returnee disclosed that...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana (SAN) revealed the source of the Boko Haram sect’s arms. Falana said arms and ammunition used by the terrorist sect were looted from the armory in Libya. He also blamed the slave trade in Libya to the fallout from the removal and brutal killing of...

Oluremi Tinubu, the senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, on Thursday advised young Nigerians against leaving the country illegally in search of greener pastures abroad. Tinubu made the call in a message to Nigeria on the celebration of Maulid Nabiyy, the birth of Prophet...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for finally acknowledging the suffering of Nigerians in the 'evil hands' of Libyans. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday said all Nigerian migrants going through difficulties in the North African country...

Nigerian returnee from Libya has spoken about his ordeal in the North African country, how he and others were fleeced and transported to Libya with a promise of better life in Europe, only to land in penury and end up in jail in the north African country. According to The Nation, many of the...

Nigerian Senate on Wednesday discussed the migration and slave trade issue in Libya where Nigerian migrants and other citizens are being sold in to slavery, and subjected to inhuman treatment. While corroborating the Senators, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki said: “We need a prayer that...

The federal Government of Nigeria has repatriated 242 migrants from Libya following several “save our soul” messages from migrants stranded in the country. Nigerians, numbering 242 from Libya were returned to the country Tuesday evening. Federal Government had earlier in the week promised to...

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, on Wednesday asserted that most Nigerians sold into slavery in Libya were natives of Igbo, Edo and Yoruba. He wrote: Roasted alive! This is what Libyans do to sub-saharan Africans who are looking for a transit point to Europe. They sell them into...

The Nigerian ministry of foreign affairs has reacted to reports of Nigerian migrants being sold as slaves in Libya. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Tiwatope Elias Fatile, the ministry revealed that it has been working with the Nigerian mission in Libya to tackle the situation. The...