No fewer than 12,000 young Nigerians are in prisons or stranded in different parts of North African country, Libya.
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI) has confirmed and said that 3,887 have been deported since February this year.
Eight days after 149 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya, another batch of 258 were received in Lagos on Tuesday night.
Scores of traders who were relocated to Industrial Cluster, Naze, after the demolition of Owerri main market by the state government, on Monday barricaded the Imo State Government House, Owerri, in protest.
The embittered traders who blocked the main gate to the Government House caused panic in the area.
The Nigerian Police has dismissed as “mischievous”, reports that its Inspector General, Ibrahim Idris, said he was at liberty to have romantic affair with any Policewoman.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, in a statement on Sunday, said the news was pure fabrication and fake.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued a weather alert to all airline operators indicating hazards associated with Harmattan dust haze in flight operations at this period of the year.
A statement by the NCAA General Manager, Public Relations, Mr Sam Adurogboye, on Sunday said the alert was important as Harmattan was a threat to aircraft particularly in areas of challenging terrains due to low visibility.
The Federal Government is set to inaugurate 10 new coaches and two locomotives for the Abuja-Kaduna rail service on Dec. 10. 2017.
Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday while projecting his achievements to mark his two years in office.
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has been certified by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
Mr Muktar Usman, NCAA’s Director-General, made this known while presenting the certificate to Mr Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in Abuja on Friday.
