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Nigerian returnees from Libya urge FG to provide jobs
Nigerian returnees from Libya have appealed to federal and state governments to provide job opportunities for Nigerian youths to prevent…
161 Nigerians return home from Libya
161 Nigerians, who have been stranded in Libya voluntarily returned to the country yesterday. The returnees journey back to Nigeria…
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Stay away from Libya, FG tells Nigerians
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has warned Nigerian migrants to avoid…
20 killed in Libya over monkey attack on girl
Ethnic fighting has left at least 20 people dead in the south Libyan town of Sabha after an incident with…
562 Nigerians return from Libya – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said that no fewer than 562 Nigerians have returned in batches from…
Breaking: 6,500 migrants rescued off Libya
About 6,500 migrants have been rescued off Libya, the Italian coastguard says, in one of the biggest operations of its…
241 Nigerians repatriated from Libya
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 241 Nigerians have been repatriated from Libya, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has disclosed. NEMA’s…
Breaking News: US launches strikes on IS in Libya
The United States has carried out air strikes on positions of so-called Islamic State in Libya, following a request by…
162 Nigerian migrants voluntarily return home from Libya
An Airbus 320 aircraft with registration number 5A-WAT on Thursday arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport , Lagos with 162…
Minister, 13 others killed in Libya
A former Libyan minister and prominent lawyer, Abdelrahman al-Kiste, were killed along 13 others, military sources disclosed on Thursday. It…
104 migrant bodies washed up Libyan beach
The bodies of at least 104 migrants have washed up on a beach in the western Libyan town of Zwara,…
Greece bans flights from Libya
NATO member state Greece, has shut down its airspace for flights from Libya until September 8, according to a media…
172 Nigerians deported from Libya
deport One hundred and seventy-two Nigerians deported from Libya over immigration related offences arrived the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in…
17 Libya-bound trafficking victims arrested in Nigeria
Immigration officials have arrested 17 Nigerians attempting to cross the border into Niger on their way to Libya with no…
23 nations converge on Rome to discuss anti-Islamic State push, Libya
Nearly two dozen nations gathered on Tuesday to plot their fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria and…
RRS rescues 4 women from trafficker on way to Libya
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, has rescued four women from a suspected human trafficker in Lagos,…
U.S. confirms death of top Islamic State leader in Libya
The U.S. has confirmed the death of the Islamic State’s senior leader in Libya, known as Abu Nabil, who was…
Over 4,700 migrants rescued off Libya coast
Over 4,700 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya as they tried to reach Europe, an Italian coast…
Obasanjo laments growing rate of African immigrants
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed sadness over the growing rate of Africans illegally travelling to…
50 migrants feared missing at sea off Libya
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Friday said it had a report of 40 to 50 migrants missing at…
Four Libyan soldiers killed by Islamist fighters in Benghazi
Reuters – Four Libyan soldiers were killed and six wounded in fresh fighting with Islamist groups in the eastern city…
82 bodies recovered as migrant boat sinks
A Red Crescent official said on Friday that the organization has recovered 82 bodies washed ashore after a boat packed…
Boko Haram strengthens ties with ISIS, fights in Libya
AP — Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists are strengthening ties with the Islamic State group, as shown by reports that Nigerian…
Over 200 migrants feared drowned off Libya
Rome (AFP) – Over 200 migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean were feared to have drowned Wednesday after…
Islamic State kidnaps Nigerian, two others in Libya
Libya, (Reuters) – Islamic State has kidnapped three African Christians in eastern Libya, the group said, publishing their passport pictures.…
Islamic State seizes another town in Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have seized another town in Libya, the group and a military source said…
Italy better than Libya but Nigeria is worst – Nigerian mother
RAGUSA, Italy (Reuters) A Nigerian who gave birth on a warship after the Italian navy rescued her from a migrant…
Breaking: 700 African migrants drown in Libyan waters
Seven hundred people are feared to have drowned when a fishing boat smuggling migrants to Europe capsized off Libya, the…
Two dead in gun attack on S. Korea embassy in Libya
Unidentified gunmen attacked South Korea’s embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday and killed two local security guards, officials…
Pope voices sadness over Libya beheadings of Christians
Pope Francis on Monday expressed “profound sadness” over the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by Islamic militants in Libya,…