Two Ministers Among Eight Killed in Helicopter Crash - Ghana

Two Ministers Among Eight Killed in Helicopter Crash - Ghana

Soldiers carry a coffin of the deceased at the Air Force Base in Accra, Ghana, on August 6, 2025. The Ghanaian government has confirmed that eight people, including two senior ministers, were killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday. Minister of Defense Edward Kofi Omane Boamah and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation Murtala Muhammed were killed in the crash, Julius Debrah, chief of staff at the Presidency, announced at a press briefing. Photo by The Presidency of the Republic of Ghana/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Two Ministers Among Eight Killed in Helicopter Crash - Ghana

Two Ministers Among Eight Killed in Helicopter Crash - Ghana

Soldiers carry a coffin of the deceased at the Air Force Base in Accra, Ghana, on August 6, 2025. The Ghanaian government has confirmed that eight people, including two senior ministers, were killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday. Minister of Defense Edward Kofi Omane Boamah and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation Murtala Muhammed were killed in the crash, Julius Debrah, chief of staff at the Presidency, announced at a press briefing. Photo by The Presidency of the Republic of Ghana/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Two Ministers Among Eight Killed in Helicopter Crash - Ghana

Two Ministers Among Eight Killed in Helicopter Crash - Ghana

Soldiers carry a coffin of the deceased at the Air Force Base in Accra, Ghana, on August 6, 2025. The Ghanaian government has confirmed that eight people, including two senior ministers, were killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday. Minister of Defense Edward Kofi Omane Boamah and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation Murtala Muhammed were killed in the crash, Julius Debrah, chief of staff at the Presidency, announced at a press briefing. Photo by The Presidency of the Republic of Ghana/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

152 Nigerian migrants repatriated from Libya with IOM Support

STORY: 152 Nigerian migrants repatriated from Libya with IOM Support DATELINE: April 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the repatriated Nigerian migrants getting off the plane 2. various of the repatriated Nigerian migrants STORYLINE: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) assisted in sending back 152 Nigerian migrants who were residing illegally in Libya, to Nigeria on Tuesday. As part of the voluntary repatriation effort between the Nigerian government and IOM, both parties worked to make it easier for the trapped Nigerians to return. They arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday evening. The evacuation effort is the third of its sort in 2023, according to a statement made by Kabiru Musa, charge d'affaires of the Nigerian Mission in Libya. Nearly 500 Nigerians have already been successfully returned from Libya to Nigeria. Musa added that because Libya serves as a stopover for unauthorized immigrants travelling

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)

Nigerian president commissions Chinese-assisted airport terminal in economic hub

STORY: Nigerian president commissions Chinese-assisted airport terminal in economic hub DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: various of the inauguration ceremonyvarious of the terminalSOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian PresidentSOUNDBITE 2 (English): JIANG YIGAO, Chairman of CCECC Nigeria Limited STORYLINE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned the newly-built international terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in the economic hub of Lagos. The Chinese-assisted project was designed to handle 20 million passengers in a year while creating 3,000 direct and indirect jobs, Buhari said at the commissioning ceremony in Lagos. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President "With the delivery of this project, a new era of safety, security, and comfort has been ushered into the Nigerian aviation industry, and I am persuaded that it will get better with the passage of time." The facility is on

NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-ASSISTED AIRPORT TERMINAL

NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-ASSISTED AIRPORT TERMINAL

(220323) -- LAGOS, March 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2022 shows the interior view of the Chinese-assisted airport terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 22, 2022. (Photo by Emma Houston/Xinhua)

NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-ASSISTED AIRPORT TERMINAL

NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-ASSISTED AIRPORT TERMINAL

(220323) -- LAGOS, March 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks at the commissioning ceremony of the Chinese-assisted airport terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 22, 2022. (Photo by Emma Houston/Xinhua)

NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-ASSISTED AIRPORT TERMINAL

NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE-ASSISTED AIRPORT TERMINAL

(220323) -- LAGOS, March 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2022 shows the interior view of the Chinese-assisted airport terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 22, 2022. (Photo by Emma Houston/Xinhua)

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