The fifth batch of 136 Nigerian returnees from Libya arrived Port Harcourt International Airport in the early hours of Tuesday, Mr Martins Ejike, South-South Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has said. Joy Job, one of the returnees, thanked the Federal Government for rescuing them and fulfilling its promise of bringing Nigerians home. Job […]
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An explosion took place at a mosque in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, residents said. There was no immediate word on casualties. Two weeks ago, around 35 people were killed by a twin bombing at a mosque in the same city. NAN reports that on Jan. 23, a twin car bombing in […]
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Sudan edged out Libya 4-2 via penalties to claim bronze in the third-place play-off match at the 2018 CAF African Nations Championship at Stade de Marrakech on Saturday. Although the clash finished at 1-1 in regular time, penalties from Mohamed Tahir, Mohamed Babikir, Mahmoud Ahmed and Maaz Gesalla ensured Sudan were victorious. On the other […]
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The fourth batch of 461 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya landed in a Max Air Cargo Plane at the Port Harcourt Internaional Airport, Omagwa tarmac at exactly 12:24 am on Friday, after a four-hour flight from Tripoli, Libyan capital. The returnees who had various gory experiences in the hands of heartless Libyans narrated how some […]
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Libya slumped to a 0-1 defeat against Nigeria and were brought back down to earth at the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN). The home-based Eagles edged out Libya by a lone goal through Sunday Faleye in their CHAN Group C match at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangier, Morocco on Friday. The victory takes the […]
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The Libyan Navy on Wednesday said as many as 100 migrants have gone missing after their boat sank off the coast of Libya. The Libyan coastguard rescued 17 people from the boat that sank off the town of al-Khoms east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, the navy said on its Facebook page. The survivors clung […]
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, on Sunday in Port Harcourt said that the Federal Government would rehabilitate and empower 490 Nigerians evacuated from Libya. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onyeama gave the assurance on the arrival of the returnees at Port Harcourt Airport in Rivers. He said that President […]
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The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has disclosed that more than 25,000 Nigerians have been held in slave and sex camps in Libya. Okah-Donli made this known while defending the agency’s 2018 budget before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters […]
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Saif Gaddafi, the second son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will announce in coming days his intention to run for president of Libya, the family’s spokesman, Basem Hashimi Soul, told Sputnik Monday. On Wednesday, the Libyan Government of National Accord’s (GNA) foreign minister, Mohamed Siala, said that presidential election in Libya might be held […]
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a total of 1,317 Nigerians have voluntarily returned from Libya in the last 10 days having been stranded in the volatile country enroute Europe. The Director-General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihajja, made the disclosure while receiving a fresh batch of 116 Nigerians who arrived the country on Friday […]
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