Tag: MIGRATION
Libya was hell – Nigerian returnees
Nigerian migrants expressed relief as they arrived home on Tuesday from Libya, describing the "hell" of harsh conditions in detention camps where they had...
Slavery: Remi Tinubu warns against futile search for greener pastures
Senator Oluremi Tinubu representing Lagos Central Senatorial District has urged young Nigerians intending to leave the country illegally in search of greener pastures abroad...
Poverty, unemployment to blame for illegal migration – Emir Sanusi
Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has attributed the excessive quest by Nigerian youths to engage in illegal migration to poverty and unemployment.
The emir...
Dogara leads delegation to Italy after burial of 26 Nigerian women
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, is leading Nigerian delegation to Italy to discuss fight against human trafficking following the death of...
Italy buries 26 Nigerian women who died crossing Mediterranean Sea
More than two dozen young Nigerian women who drowned during a migrant crossing from Libya were honoured Friday with an interfaith funeral.
The ceremony closes...
Nigeria urges UN probe into deaths of 26 female migrants
Nigeria on Wednesday called for an international inquiry after 26 women and girls drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
The bodies of...
Another 257 Nigerians return from Libya
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday received another 257 Nigerian voluntary returnees flown back from Libya.
The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed...
Disowning your country
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We were raped, kidnapped in Libya, Nigerian returnees lament
Some Nigerian returnees from Libya have narrated their experiences in the hands of officials in the North African country.
Some of the returnees appealed to...
Nigerian survivors recount horror as bodies of migrants arrive Italy
Some Nigerians have recounted their horrible experience on a migrant ship after the bodies of 21 women and one man were brought ashore to...