The National Emergency Management Agency has received 181 Nigerian returnees from Tripoli, Libya, under the Assisted Voluntary Return programme facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration in partnership with the Federal Government. This was learnt from a post on NEMA’s X account yesterday, reports The PUNCH. The agency stated t...
Libya granted several foreign companies new oil exploration and production licences for the first time in 17 years today, after more than a decade of political instability. With oil and gas production and exports at their strongest since 2011, the North African country is seeking to draw major global energy companies back, reports AFP. But [&h...
•Mass grave in Libya Libyan authorities have uncovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 21 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, local media reported yesterday. News outlets cited government sources as saying a Libyan national has been arrested on suspicion of killing the migrants and holding others captive on a farm in the northeastern town ...
•Screenshot of the stranded Nigerian woman in Libya A Nigerian woman stranded in Libya has appealed to Nigerian authorities, including the Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri, for urgent assistance to return home, citing threats to her safety. The appeal was made in a video shared on social media this mor...
•Mercy Oluwagbenga An undergraduate, Mercy Oluwagbenga, who was recently rescued from Libya, has said that she was beaten and forced to donate blood for the sick mother of her employee in the North African country. Oluwagbenga, who spoke on Channels TV today, also narrated how she was trapped in Libya and worked without pay. “The […]...
•Adenike Thirty-year-old single mother of two, Olaonipekun Adenike, narrates the horror of travelling to Libya by road for three months after her mother’s friend lured her under the pretence of getting her a better life, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: Can you tell us about yourself Adenike? I’m from Sagamu Local Government Area in Ogun Stat...
•World Refugee Day road walk in Abuja Nigeria has over 250,000 refugees in Libya, South Sudan, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and other parts of the world. Conversely, at least 135,000 refugees live in Nigeria, reports The Nation. Out of the 250,000 Nigerian refugees, 125,000 are resident in Cameroon. The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and...
•Nigerian arrested in Libya Authorities in Sabha, Libya, have arrested five Nigerian nationals accused of stealing electrical equipment from a local farm. The arrests were announced by Migrant Rescue Watch via social media yesterday, Monday, May 26, 2025, reports Vanguard. According to the report, officers from the Al-Qahira Police Department ...
•The Nigerian returnees disembarking from the Al Buraq Boeing chartered flight with registration number 5A-BAC The National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos Operations Office and other stakeholders yesterday received 203 vulnerable Nigerian returnees from Libya. This was according to a statement shared on NEMA’s official X handle today. The ...
•Terrorists The federal government will today (Monday) arraign five suspected terrorists linked to the notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. In the charges, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/633/2024 filed before Justice Emeka Nwite, the federal government alleged, among others, that the suspects imported a military gun...
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