The Federal Government has announced the evacuation of another batch of 107 Nigerians stranded in Libya. <\/p>\n
The evacuation exercises are in furtherance of the federal government efforts to ensure no Nigerian is left behind in the beleaguered North African country.<\/p>\n
Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge D\u2019affaires en titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the evacuees would arrive at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), have successfully carried out four evacuation exercises, repatriating about 700 stranded Nigerians from Libya in 2023 already.<\/p>\n
\u201c107 stranded Nigerians departed Misrata International Airport aboard chartered flight No.UZ189 at 13:15 local time and are expected to arrive [at] the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, same Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmong the evacuees are 49 males, 48 females, eight children and two infants.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigeria, with the support of the IOM, will continue to intensify efforts to rescue, protect and ensure the safe return of all stranded migrants in Libya,\u201d Musa said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Federal Government has announced the evacuation of another batch of 107 Nigerians stranded in Libya. The evacuation exercises are in furtherance of the federal government efforts to ensure no Nigerian is left behind in the beleaguered North African country. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge D\u2019affaires en titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":210678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[371,60435,2739,2738],"class_list":["post-263361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-fg","tag-kabiru-musa","tag-libya","tag-stranded-nigerian"],"yoast_head":"\n