The political risk consultation group “Eurasia” predicted that the oil production in Libya will continue to rise in the upcoming years as a result of the expected political agreement in the country. In a research note published by “CNBC”, on Tuesday, the group said that the political agreement in Libya …
Read More »Libyan weightlifter snatches 5 medals in the African Youth Weightlifting Championship
Libyan international weightlifter, Abdulmalik Abuhamed won four silver and one bronze medals at the African Junior Weightlifting Championships in Cairo. Abdelmalek participated in the 56 kg weight, raising a total of 171 kg. Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Botswana, Burundi, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, …
Read More »149 Nigerians return home from Libya
The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) announced on Friday, the voluntary return of 149 illegal immigrants to Nigeria from Libya. The migrants arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport on a chartered plane operated by Al-Buraq Air, the agency said. The returning migrants, who are mostly men with 37 …
Read More »Al-Ittihad arrives in Nigeria in preparation for Akwa United match
Al-Ittihad has landed in the Nigerian city of Oyo to prepare for the match against Nigeria’s Akwa United in the second leg of the African Confederation Cup round of 32. The Libyan team held on Friday, within the framework of its preparations to meet with its Nigerian counterpart, next Sunday, …
Read More »Nigeria starts repatriating its migrant citizens from Libya
The foreign minister of Nigeria Geoffrey Onyeama confirmed, during his meeting with the head of the Presidential Council (PC) Faiz Al-Saraj, on Wednesday in Tripoli, the start of repatriating Nigerian migrants. The PC media office said, on its official page, that Al-Saraj agreed with the Nigerian foreign minister to coordinate …
Read More »OPEC excludes Libya and Nigeria from production cuts for 2018
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) excluded Libya and Nigeria from production cuts that is enforced on oil-producing countries next year. However, both were capped at the combined output of Nigeria and Libya at 2017 levels. On Thursday,OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers, mainly Russia, had agreed to extend …
Read More »IOM deports 165 illegal migrants from Nigeria and Senegal
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), deported 140 illegal migrants from Nigeria and 25 others from Senegal via Mitiga airport on Tuesday. #ArraedLG #BuildingANation #Libya #News
Read More »More than 130 illegal immigrants were deported to their country of origin
On Monday, the Libyan Illegal Immigration Agency,in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), deported 131 illegal immigrants originating from Nigeria to their country via the international airport. The agency said that the deportation of these migrants comes within the program of voluntary return supervised by the United …
Read More »Tripoli illegal immigration agency announces deportation of 257 Nigerian illegal immigrants back to their country through Mitiga airport.
On Tuesday, The illegal immigration agency in Tripoli announced the deportation of 257 illegal immigrants of Nigerian nationality back to their country of origin, through Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli. #ArraedLG #BuildingANation #Libya #News
Read More »Over 200 Nigerians Deported from Libya
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Libyan unity government (GNA) along with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian embassy in Libya, have deported 220 Nigerians back to their country. A chartered airplane took the deported Nigerians, who were gathered from various locations in Libya, to the Murtala …
Read More »America’s Own War Criminal In Libya
(Republished from the Huffington Post) by: Aly Abuzaakouk At the onset of the Libyan Revolution in February 2011, Colonel (General) Khalifa Haftar, who had been living comfortably in exile in suburban Virginia for two decades, returned to Libya with the blessing of the United States to finally get vengeance against Muammar …
Read More »Sirte Could be Just the Beginning for ISIS in Africa
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Libyan forces have been making significant advancements against ISIS in Sirte as a result of support from the US who have led an airstrike campaign that began earlier this month. ISIS has since been desperate to establish a new base, and there are reports that …
Read More »West African Diplomats Visit Migrant Detention Centre in Libya
(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) On Monday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), brought “seven West African embassies in Libya to visit an immigration detention centre in Tripoli,” said a report by the IOM. The IOM brought the embassies to the detention centre, which was holding citizens from West African …
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