Nigeria receives 166 stranded citizens from Libya

STORY: Nigeria receives 166 stranded citizens from Libya DATELINE: June 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nigerian returnees disembarking from Libyan plane 2. various of officials of National Emergency Management Agency handling the returnees STORYLINE: The Nigerian government on Wednesday announced it had received 166 citizens from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, the nation's economic hub. Ibrahim Farinloye, head of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Lagos, told Xinhua, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) brought them back to the country through a voluntary repatriation program for distressed people. Farinloye assured them that the government was conscious of the aspirations of the youth and was providing an enabling environment where everyone would achieve their full potential. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Abuja. (XHTV)

Death toll from Nigeria's building collapse rises to nine

STORY: Death toll from Nigeria's building collapse rises to nine DATELINE: May 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: LAGOS, Nigeria CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of site of building collapse 2. various of rescue workers trying to search for people STORYLINE: The death toll from the collapsed three-story building in Nigeria's southwest Lagos state has risen to nine after rescue workers recovered another body, an emergency management official said Monday. Ibrahim Farinloye, the coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency in the southwest region, told Xinhua that the building in the Onyigbo area of Lagos state collapsed at about 11 p.m., local time, Sunday, and rescuers have so far found the bodies of nine victims. The dead included six males and three females. He said 24 occupants of the building were rescued alive and are being treated in a hospital. Rescue operations were ongoing at the site in search of people trapped under the rubble. An investigation has been launched to determine

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