The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, on Monday received 149 Nigerian returnees who had been stranded in Libya, bringing the total number brought back to the country in the last five weeks to 975. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Registration Number 5A-DMG which flew in the returnees […]
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It has been revealed that a total of 826 Nigerians stranded in Libya have voluntarily returned to the country. The returnees include 270 Nigerians who arrived into the country via the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Tuesday. They were received by officialsof the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA the Nigerian Immigration Service National Agency for […]
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Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti, says it is like President Muhammadu Buhari is endorsing sufferings for Nigerians by saying he is satisfied with the economy when even a “two-year-old child knows that there is hunger in the land”. At a meeting with Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Kemi Adeosun, minister of […]
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Former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he is not advocating for the restructuring of the country; saying that it is the mentality of Nigerians that needs changing. In an interview with Channels TV, the former president said Nigerians should concern themselves with how the country’s resources could be effectively managed. “I have […]
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An aircraft conveying 253 Nigerians repatriated from Libya, landed about 6.45pm at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The returnees were made up of of 102 males, 140 females, six children and five infants. They were brought back by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian embassy in Libya. The returnees were received […]
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Some 50 Nigerians were on Thursday deported from eight European countries for committing immigration-related offences. The Nigerians were deported from Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Spain and Hungary. Their deportation is coming barely 48 hours after another set of 40 Nigerians were deported by the Italian Government, for similar reasons. The News Agency of […]
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Hakeem Balogun, the chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington, says different reasons are responsible for the extreme vetting Nigerians face during entry into the US. In an interview with NAN in Washington, Balogun said the Nigerians restricted from entering the US failed to meet other required procedures. “What manner of visa did […]
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The Nigerian Community in South Africa have confirmed attacks and looting of Nigerian-owned businesses in Pretoria West on Saturday. Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, President, Nigeria Union, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Pretoria, South Africa, that the attacks began at 4.00 a.m. He said that the union had reported the incident to […]
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At least 15 houses either belonging or rented by immigrants, especially Nigerians, have been burnt by angry residents in Rosettenvile, south of Johannesburg. The residents are reported to be angry that foreign nationals had turned the neighbourhood into a drug haven. According to Africa Review, some shops belonging to foreign nationals in the area were […]
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According to the Deputy Director, Search and Rescue, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Dr Bandele Onimode, the Federal Government is to evacuate another set of Nigerian from Libya in February. Onimode made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja when he led a delegation to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and […]
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