THE United Nations (UN) under then Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon met on March 17, 2011 to decide the  fate of Libya. Civil War had broken out in the country  with rebels seizing the city of Benghazi and parts of the country. The rebels were armed by the West with the United States getting Saudi Arabia to supply anti-tank rockets, mortars and surface-to-air-missiles.

Nigeria, despite its multiple dysfunctions and frustrations, is not a totally Lost Cause…and is surely safer than Libya and the perilous Mediterranean waters in which so many drown while trying to escape

The Libyan Higher National Commission of Elections on Wednesday announced the start of registration of voters for the 2018 elections.

The UN migration agency is stepping up the rate at which it flies migrants home from Libya, aiming to evacuate up to 15,000 in the final month of the year.

We didn’t take our bath for two months, and did not brush our teeth; some of us fixed pipes to our private parts to be able to urinate

We don’t seem to realise just how powerful and well organised the trafficking networks are operating across West Africa

144 more Nigerians repatriated from Libya by the federal government with the assistance of International organization for Migration, IMO, Tuesday arrived the cargo section of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The deportees arrived the airport aboard a chartered Gurak plane late in the light.

The Federal Government says it has a record of 2,778 Nigerian migrants registered in “accessible” detention camps in Libya, ready for repatriation.

Arab countries have a tradition of slavery dating back to centuries. This has persisted despite the existence of international conventions and legal frameworks classifying slavery as a crime against humanity. The current situation in Libya, involving slavery and human trafficking, has been brought to global attention because we now live in the age of communication where nothing good or bad can be hidden forever. But the situation is far worse than has been depicted.

THE former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has described the news coming out   of Libya about the enslavement of Nigerians in that country, as not only sad but also troubling.

A mild drama ensued in Abuja as the group of good governance protesters, under the leadership of maverick musician, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, led a protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Monday, to demand well coordinated government action to ameliorate the plight of Nigerians allegedly sold as slaves in Libya.

A mild drama ensued in Abuja as the group of good governance protesters, under the leadership of maverick musician, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, led a protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Monday, to demand well coordinated government action to ameliorate the plight of Nigerians allegedly sold as slaves in Libya.

Libya is a conflict economy in which everything including human beings are commodified; it is ruled by violence and the persons who can muster the most violence, get away with anything

Fr. Kingsley Idaewor on Sunday cautioned Nigerian youths against travelling illegally to other countries, noting that since they (youths) could trek in the desert for days under the scorching sun with no shoes and swim through Mediterranean sea to Libya and other countries, they have the wherewithal to survive in Nigeria.

Nigerian criminal groups typically ‘offer’ victims an irregular migration package to Europe for an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 Nigerian naira (roughly 250 euros) during the recruitment in Nigeria