Over 16,800 illegal migrants have returned to Nigeria since 2017– IOM
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Friday said no fewer than 16,800 illegal migrants had returned to Nigeria under its joint initiative with the European Union from 2017 to…
Libyan authorities arrest men suspected of burning Nigerian man to death
Three Libyans killed a Nigerian man by setting him on fire in Tripoli, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, in what a U.N. agency described as “another senseless crime against…
Post COVID-19 will be so hard, irregular migration, trafficking expected to increase – IOM
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has warned of expected increase in trafficking and irregular migration at post COVID- 19 pandemic as a result of socio-economic pressure in some countries….
NAPTIP collaborates with JDPC to combat Trafficking in Persons, says there’s a huge case of internal trafficking
(2nd R): Zonal Commander, NAPTIP, Lagos zone, Mr. Daniel Atokolo; (3rd R)Ms. Comfort Sanni, Lead Research & Program Development, NAPTIP, Lagos; Deanery Coordinator, Festac JDPC, Mr Onyema Onyenakeya (1st R);…
474 women, 364 minors among over 6,800 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast in 2020
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said, on Tuesday, that 6,848 illegal immigrants have been rescued and returned to Libya so far in 2020. IOM said the rescued immigrants include…
African migrants push on toward Europe amid pandemic
Many Africans are managing to evade coronavirus lockdown barriers in Niger, the Sahel’s migrant crossroads, as they press on with their perilous desert trek to the Mediterranean Sea and ultimately…
AVR: 161 stranded Nigerians return from Libya – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 161 stranded Nigerians from Mtiga in Libya. The acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, received the…
Military hands over 86 Boko Haram child fighters to Borno gov’t
Troop on patrol in N/East The Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) has handed over 86 Boko Haram child fighters who voluntarily surrendered to troops of Operation Lafiya Dole to the…
Ebola: U.N. migration body suspends some screening after killing of aid workersÂ
United Nations migration organization body IOM said on Wednesday it had suspended some of its screening services for Ebola after three of its aid workers were killed in South Sudan….
400 years after, West African slavery lives on
Blessing was only six years old when her mother arranged for her to become an unpaid housemaid for a family in the Nigerian city of Abuja, on the promise they…