Tag: Libya
Super Eagles slump again in FIFA ranking
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have further slumped in the latest FIFA ranking of footballing nations. The Super Eagles that won the…
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Football: Libya are CHAN 2014 champions
Libya won their first continental tournament Saturday after beating Ghana in the African Nations Championship 4-3 on penalties when their…
CHAN 2014: Libya stay top, Ethiopia shocked
Libya remained top of Group C at the African Nations Championship courtesy of a 1-1 draw with Ghana on Friday,…
Gaddafi’s son charged in a tribal court
The son and one-time political heir of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared in a tribal court on Thursday after…
Cameroon picks last play-offs ticket, edges out Libya
Cameroon defender Aurelien Chedjou turned goalscorer Sunday to sink Libya 1-0 and move his country closer to the 2014 World…
Desperation for Europe: 10 Nigerians, 68 others rescued from sinking boat
The Maltese military on Tuesday rescued 10 Nigerians and 71 other African migrants from a large dinghy that was adrift…
Libya’s deputy PM resigns
Libya’s deputy prime minister Awadh al-Barassi announced his resignation late on Saturday, slamming the government as “dysfunctional” and unable to…
Nigeria leads Africa in illicit forex outflows to the world
The image of Africa is that of a continent with the beggars bowl, urging richer nations to bankroll development. But…
African Beach Soccer Tourney: Sand Eagles Battle Libya Today
Nigeria’s Super Sand Eagles will this evening at the Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida, Morocco confront Libya in their first…
Car bomb at French embassy in Tripoli
A car bomb hit the France embassy in Libya, wounding two French guards and causing extensive damage in the first…
Top aide of Libya’s PM kidnapped
Gunmen posing as security personnel kidnapped a top aide of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, just hours after the premier…
Clashes in Libyan capital, car blast in Benghazi
TRIPOLI(AFP) – Libya’s two largest cities were rocked by violence on Sunday with clashes between militias wounding five in the…
After US embassy attack, Libya sacks security chiefs
Libya’s interior minister has sacked Benghazi security chiefs after last week’s deadly attack on the US consulate in the eastern…
Al Qaeda dubs Libya attack on US a revenge
Al-Qaeda said the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi in Libya was in revenge for the killing of…
US envoy killed in Libya supported revolution
US ambassador Chris Stevens fervently backed the Libyan revolt that overthrew Moamer Gadhafi and the broader Middle East spring, only…
Anniversary of 9/11: US Consulate burnt in Benghazi
An armed mob protesting over a film they said offended Islam, attacked the US consulate in the Libyan city of…
Mauritania extradites Gaddafi’s spy chief
Mauritanian authorities have handed over Muammar Gaddafi’s ex-spy chief to Libya nearly five months after he was arrested for entering…
Liberals lead Libya polls
The leader of one of Libya’s main Islamist parties said on Sunday that a rival liberal coalition had a solid…
Libyans vote for congress amidst protests
Polls opened on Saturday for Libya’s first national elections in over four decades amid acts of sabotage in the east…
Ghadafi’s PM extradition ignites row in Tunisia
Tunisia has extradited Moamer Kadhafi’s former premier to Libya, igniting a fierce row between Tunis’s president and prime minister, who…
World Cup: Libya stun Cameroon
At the end of two rounds of group stage action in Africa’s qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil,…
2014 W/Cup Qualifier: Libya Host Cameroon On Neutral Ground
Libya will have to play their home qualifier against Cameroon for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil on neutral ground.…
Libya recovers London mansion from Gadhafi’s son
The Libyan transitional government on Friday won possession of a plush London mansion belonging to a son of the late…
Rat As A Metaphor —Isaac Asabor
Amidst thousands of political terminologies and phrases that can be found in lexicons, one of the phrases that continues to…
Libyan Returnees: Let Government Act Now
The persistent protests at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos by hundreds of Nigerians who recently returned from Libya…
Gaddafi: Allied Forces In Air, Ground Assault
Allied forces have launched a second night of strikes on Libya, destroying a building inside the embattled leader’s compound and…
Stock Market Takes A Deep Plunge
Nigeria’s broadest stocks measure declined for a 10th day, the longest streak of decreases since August 2009, as political turmoil…
12,440 Nigerians Stranded in Libya, Nigeria’s Ambassador Flees To Malta
The promise by President Goodluck Jonathan that he would continue to ensure that the life of every Nigerian, whether in…
Britain, US Mull Military Action Against Gaddafi
Western leaders including Britain and the United States have announced plans to remove defiant Libyan leader, Colonel Moammar Gaddafi. Libyans,…
Gadaffi’s 42-Yr-Old Regime Falling, Mass Defection Of Envoys, Soldiers
With mass protests by pro-democracy demonstrators sweeping across Libya, the 42-year old regime of Colonel Moamar Gadaffi yesterday started crumbling.…