Tag Archives: Libya

A Nigerian couple has been arrested for the murder of a Nigerian woman identified as Happiness Monday, in Libya.    The Libya Observer, in a report on Wednesday, April 13, 2023, said police forces arrested the couple in Tripoli.   According to the report, the suspects allegedly killed the woman …

A 20-year-old Nigerian woman and four other migrants have been arrested by security forces in Libya for allegedly running a prostitution ring in Hawari area of Benghazi, Libya.   Rob Gowans of the Migrant Rescue Watch, who disclosed this in tweets on Sunday, April 9, 2023, said the Nigerian woman …

CNN  —  Efforts are underway to find more than 2 tons of natural uranium reported missing from supplies held in Libya, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Wednesday. A spokesman from the nuclear watchdog told CNN in an email that “approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium” contained in 10 drums …

At least 73 migrants are reported missing and presumed dead after an inflatable rubber boat sunk off the coast of Libya, the UN’s International Organization for Migration said.   The boat, crammed with around 80 migrants, reportedly departed from the village of Qasr al-Akhyar, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of …

Justice Phoeba Ayua of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a 35-year-old woman, Amadi Joy Ngozi, to three years imprisonment for human trafficking.    The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in a statement on Thursday, January 19, 2023, said Amadi was …

UN acceptance of ambassadors from Myanmar’s military, the Taliban, and Libya’s eastern government would act as the first step towards their official recognition on the global stage. The United Nations General Assembly has approved postponing its decision on whether Myanmar’s military government and Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders can send ambassadors to …

Eight Nigerian women have been arrested in Libya for alleged involvement in prostitution.    According to Migrant Rescue Watch, police raided a house in Kufra district and arrested the women on charges of prostitution.   A Nigerian man said to be a pimp was also arrested during the raid.   “Police following an investigation …

Security forces raided a ‘brothel’ reportedly run by foreigners in Tobruk city, Far East Libya and arrested four Nigerian nationals.    According to a post by Libya News Today, those arrested included two men and two women, aged 23 and 25.   However, some Nigerians in Libya have kicked against the …

Police forces in the city of Tobruk, eastern Libya raided a brothel ran by African migrants in a private apartment.   During the raid carried out on Thursday, August 18, police arrested six Nigerian nationals and a 55-year-old Ghanaian man.    The Nigerian nationals include two men and four women, aged …

A Nigerian lady identified as Deborah Yusuf, is fighting for her life after she was allegedly pushed off the 3rd floor of a storey building in Benghazi, Libya.    According to members of the Nigerian community in Benghazi, a suspected female human trafficker identified simply as Princess Jameu pushed the victim from the building on …