Nigeria is to speed up repatriating its citizens from Libya which has been accused of exploiting and ill-treating migrants, its foreign minister said in Tripoli on Saturday.

Ekiti-Ekiti State police Command on Thursday parades some conmen who specialises in using the name of Deputy Governor of the state, Kolapo Isola to recruit unsuspecting women into Libya slave market

abuja—THE Federal Government’s special delegation, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, yesterday, left Abuja for Tripoli, the Libyan Capital to evacuate Nigerians trapped in North African  country

The Federal Government’s special delegation, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama on Wednesday departed Abuja for Tripoli, the Libyan Capital to evacuate Nigerians trapped in that country.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) have evacuated 134 more Nigerians from Libya.

THE Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ihiala, Anambra State, Rt Reverend Israel Okoye has condemned the resurgence of slave trade in the Maghreb region of North Africa, calling on the Nigerian government to take proactive steps to stem the tide as many Nigerians had become victims.

Less than 24 hours after a batch of 157 Nigerian Returnees from Libya arrived Lagos on Wednesday, another batch of 257 Returnees arrived Lagos at about 6.05pm today.

Oil prices have touched two-and-a-half year highs in light volume boosted by an explosion on a crude pipeline in Libya and voluntary OPEC-led supply cuts.

The slave trade continues to thrive under the nose of the UN. After collecting the money several times, they sell the migrants as slaves or use them for forced labour

The governor is always very emotional when he sees sordid pictures such as we all have seen in Libya, so he is very passionate in changing their lives and we pray they all come home and work

Edo State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, has said that it has concluded arrangements to recall indigenes of the state who were deported from Libya, so they can undergo HIV/AIDS screening before integrating them into the society

The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has disclosed that more than 25,000 Nigerians have been held in slave and sex camps in Lybia.

Libya on Tuesday announced a state of maximum security alert in the capital Tripoli, a security source said.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday received 167 stranded Nigerians from Libya, bringing the total number of Nigerians brought back to the country in the last four days to 532.

They pushed me and my wife into the boat to cross the sea but Libyan militia arrested us and took us to prison