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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday in Lagos received 126 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya as they returned home. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the Agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Farinloye, who represented the Director General, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, said that the Nigerians were received at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 16:22 p.m. He said that the returnees, who arrived aboard a Boeing 700-787 Al Buraq Air with registration number 5A-DMG, were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through a voluntary repatriation programme. Farinloye said that the programme was meant for the distressed Nigerians who had left the country to seek greener pastures in various European countries but could not afford to return when their journey became frustrated. He said that the returnees brought back comprise 46 male adults, 62 female adults, two male and six female children, as well as four female and six male infants. The acting coordinator urged Nigerians to be wary of close associates, family friends or neighbourhood elders who deceive with sweet talks of better life in foreign countries. Farinloye said that many were now being deceived with promises of assistance to destinations such as Iraq, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Egypt, but end up in connection houses in Libya. He enjoined the returnees to turn a new leaf in looking for ample opportunities that abound in the country, which are enough for everyone to achieve their desired goals. ”We admonish the returnees on the need to realise that there’s no country better than Nigeria. ” There are ample opportunities for all of us to thrive and live happily in virtuous and God fearing manners in Nigeria without unnecessarily exposing ourselves to undeserved dangers in foreign lands,” he said. Farinloye encouraged the returnees to be positive ambassadors toward advocacy and sensitisation against irregular migration that leaves the youths vulnerable to all sorts of abuses and death in extreme cases. He said that officials of sister agencies such as Immigration Service, Refugee Commission, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Police, were also on hand to receive the returnees. In the meantime, The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa confirmed the arrest of two suspects for alleged possession of 24 bags of adulterated fertiliser. The NSCDC Spokesman in the state, Superintendent of Corps (CSC) Adamu Shehu, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Thursday. Shehu said the suspects, aged 27 and 23 were arrested on Tuesday in Hadejia Local Government Area. He said the suspects were arrested in Hadejia town after they allegedly conspired and adulterated the commodity. The offence, he said, contravenes the provisions of sections 184 and 97 of the Penal Code Law. “The suspects were arrested following an intelligence report that the act was committed in one particular store behind Fatima Mai Fulani Plaza along Kano road. ”They are mixing NPK fertiliser of various companies with sand meant to be sold to unsuspecting members of the public,” he said. The spokesman added that 27 bags of the commodity, with 24 already adulterated and three others filled with sand were recovered from the suspects during their arrest. According to him, the recovered items are valued at N336,000. Shehu added that the suspects had been charged to court.

126 Nigerians back from Libya; Jigawa NSCDC nabs 2 men, 24 bags of adulterated fertiliser

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday in Lagos received 126 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya as they returned home. The Acting Coordinator...

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180 Stranded Nigerians Return from Niger Republic

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Health and Safety3 years ago

174 Nigerians stranded in Libya return home

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Health and Safety3 years ago

NEMA, IOM receive 34 voluntary returnees from Chad

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NEMA receives 98 stranded Nigerians from Niger Republic

Health and Safety3 years ago

NEMA receives 98 stranded Nigerians from Niger Republic

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday received 98 Nigerians stranded from Agadez in the Niger Republic. The NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen...

Human Trafficking: NAPTIP presents 2022-2026 National Action Plan to stakeholders

Health and Safety3 years ago

Human trafficking: NAPTIP secures 70 convictions in Edo, Delta

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has secured convictions of 70 people involved in human trafficking in Edo and...

UN: 76 missing after migrant boat sinks off coast of Tunisia

Accidents3 years ago

UN: 76 missing after migrant boat sinks off coast of Tunisia

Seventy-six people went missing after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Tunisia, the United Nations migration agency said on Wednesday. Twenty-four others were saved...

Health and Safety3 years ago

4 migrants dead, 3 missing off Libyan coast

… As Police present suspects on alleged ritual killings, others in Niger*** The Libyan Navy on Tuesday said that four bodies of illegal migrants were recovered...

Health and Safety3 years ago

NEMA receives158 stranded Nigerians from Libya

… As Federal Fire Service trains 500 NSCDC personnel in C’ River*** The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 158 Nigerian returnees from Libya at...

Migrant shipwreck death toll rises to 25, 35 others fear drowned

Maritime3 years ago

Migrant shipwreck death toll rises to 25, 35 others fear drowned

International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said the death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia has risen to 25, amid fears that 35 others in the...