At least 162 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya

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At least 162 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya

STORY: At least 162 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya DATELINE: March 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Libya CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of stranded Nigerians returning from Libya descending a Libyan plane 2. Various of returnees being received by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) STORYLINE: At least 162 Nigerians stranded in Libya returned to their country on Tuesday. The returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, aboard a Boeing 737-800 Al Buraq Air with registration number 5A-DMG at 4:56 p.m. on Tuesday. The Acting Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-West, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to journalists in Lagos. He said the returnees were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through a voluntary repatriation programme for the distressed people who left their various countries for greener pastures in Europe. Farinloye

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