The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 12,974 Nigerians have voluntarily returned from Libya in two years.

As about 2000 young Nigerian returnees are currently being taught self-employment skills nationally, some beneficiaries in Ijebu-Ode on Tuesday regretted their decision to travel to Libya.

A fresh batch of 162 Nigerians, including four pregnant women, have voluntarily returned from Libya with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) alongside other officials of the Federal Government have received a new batch of 116 returnees at the cargo terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. The returnees arrived at around 12:40 a.m on Wednesday aboard a chartered Al Buraq Airlines with flight number UZ 489. The Acting Coordinator, NEMA…

No fewer than 141 Nigerians including 11 pregnant women have voluntarily returned from Libya to Nigeria with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU).

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says that 116 of the Nigerian migrants trapped in Libya slave camps would be repatriated home soon.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said no fewer than 643 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in the last five weeks.

Some Libyan returnees in Edo State yesterday disrupted an empowerment programme over alleged bias in the selection of beneficiaries by the state task force on Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration.

The Federal Government yesterday evacuated no fewer than 1,490 stranded Nigerians from Libya to the country in three batches through the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State.

The Akwa Ibom State government on Thursday promised to cater for the welfare of the eight returnees from Libya into the state. The deputy governor, Moses Ekpo, gave the promise when he received the returnees who were rescued from Libya by the Federal Government.

Nigeria migrants evacuated from Libya by the Federal Government on Sunday have described their experiences as “hellish.” On arrival at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Sunday, one of the returnees shouted, “see food oh” when he sighted Federal Government....

Hundreds of African refugees are being bought and sold in slave markets across Libya every week, with some of them held for ransom or forced into prostitution and sexual exploitation to pay their captors and smugglers.