NEMA, IOM receive 145 Nigerian returnees from Libya in Lagos
The National Emergency Management Agency and International Organization for Migration have received 145 Nigerian returnees evacuated from Libya. The group arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport aboard an Al Buraq Airlines flight. According to officials, the returnees included adults, children, and infants, showing the scale of the evacuation effort. On arrival, the Nigeria Immigration Service […]
NEMA receives 153 Nigerian returnees from Chad
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 153 Nigerian returnees who arrived from Chad under the Assisted Voluntary Return Programme, facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria. In a statement released by NEMA’s Lagos Operations Office on Tuesday via X, the agency confirmed that the […]
Libya transfers 18 Nigerian migrants from Sirte to Sabha ahead of repatriation
Authorities in Libya have transferred 18 Nigerian migrants who did not have proper documents from the Sirte Immigration Detention Center to the city of Sabha in the south. The migrants are now waiting to be sent back to Nigeria. The movement happened on Monday, September 15, under the watch of Libya’s Department for Combating Illegal […]
203 Nigerians Safely Return from Libya with Support from NEMA
In a major humanitarian effort, 203 Nigerians who were stranded in Libya have been successfully brought back home through the support of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Monday at about 7:00 pm. They flew in […]
158 Nigerian Migrants Has Been Returned to Nigeria From Libya.
Recently, 158 Nigerian migrants were brought back to Nigeria from Libya. The group included 77 men, 45 women, 26 children, and 10 infants. Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed, Nigeria’s Charge d’Affaires in Libya, shared this news on Wednesday. He explained that among those repatriated, 26 men were released from the Abu-Salim Detention Centre in Tripoli, where they […]