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  • Another 164 Nigerians deported from Libya

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received a fresh batch of 164 Nigerians who failed to travel to Europe for greener pasture and got stranded in Libya.

    Receiving the returnees, Ibrahim Farinloye, on behalf of the Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of the agency, Alhaji Idris Muhammed, implored them to seize the fresh opportunity that they have in starting a positive and fruitful life within the abundant resources available in Nigeria.

    “There’s nothing bad in the quest for improved and better in the world but the method and process in seeking greener pastures overseas are mostly wrong and entail avoidable risks.

    “One will not appreciate the abundant resources God have endowed us with in Nigeria until you travel out.

    “All of you have gone and fortunately come back alive and you are at the best position to tell the story to those still aspiring to embark on such journey.

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    “We understand that many of you were deceived with very juicy opportunities overseas and these are mostly your close relatives.

    “You need to assist the government to stem the menace of trafficking by giving information to government agencies who are going to protect your identity and safety.

    “The traffickers are not ghosts, you know them and you need safe other youths from falling victims.”

    The International Organisation for Migration facilitated their return with special funding by the European Union in an assisted voluntary returnees programme that would end in April 2020.

    The returnees were brought back onboard Chartered Al Burag Airline Boeing 737-800 flight number 89 with registration number 5A-DMG

    They arrived the Cargo Wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja at about 12:15 on Friday noon.

    Farinloye said among the returnees were 71 female adults, 17 female children and 6 female infants.

    “There are 55 male adults 13 male children and 2 male infants.

    “Amongst them are 3 returnees with medical cases and a pregnant woman, who fell into labour upon arrival in Nigeria,” he stated.

  • 186 Nigerians return from Libya

    The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) have evacuated 186 more Nigerians from Libya.

    The spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-West Zone, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed this on Friday in Lagos.

    Farinloye said the returnees arrived in two batches at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday and Thursday.

    He said,” Within 24 hours, NEMA has received 186 Nigerian returnees from Libya on two different flights at the MMIA, Lagos.

    “The flight with 154 returnees arrived the airport at 8:45p.m. on Thursday aboard a chartered Libya Airline with registration number 5A-DMG. They were received at the Cargo Wing of the airport.

    “The other 32 returnees arrived via a commercial flight, which landed at the International wing of the airport on Wednesday at 3:45a.m.”

    According to him, the returnees comprised of 99 female adults, 75 male adults, four children and eight infants.

    Farinloye said the new arrivals were those based in Libya but voluntarily decided to return home when opportunity came from IOM because of the current volatile state of the North African country.

    He disclosed that IOM had started training past returnees in batches in order to reintegrate them into the society.

     

  • 121 stranded Nigerians return from Libya

    121 stranded Nigerians return from Libya

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said it had received another batch of 121 stranded Nigerians from Libya.

    The Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Suleiman Yakubu, received them on behalf of the Federal Government, enjoining them to learn from their unpleasant experiences in the course of their sojourn.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NEMA had on Aug. 29 received another batch of 139 returnees from Libya.

    NAN reports that the total number of Nigerian returnees brought back from Libya by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) from February, 2017 to date is 2,638.

    Yakubu said the aircraft that transported them arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) at 5:30p.m on Wednesday aboard a chartered Airbus SA320 Nouvelair Flight with Registration number TS-INA.

    According to a statement signed by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the South-West Spokesman of NEMA, Yakubu said that the agency received the 121 returnees from the officials of IOM.

    The zonal coordinator explained that on arrival, the profiling of the returnees indicated that there were 60 female adults, one girl, while male adults were 57 with two male children and a male infant.

    “The total returnees are 61 females and 60 males amongst them are two pregnant women and one with medical issues.

    “One of the returnees, Ms Omolara Owoade, who hails from Apomu in Osun, claimed that she spent one year and two months in Libya.

    “Owoade worked as a cleaner in a hospital and when it was time for her to collect her salary, she was accused of stealing and taken to prison from where the IOM came to her rescue.

    “She said N662, 000 was collected from her by a trafficker and vowed that she would get her money back from her trafficker once she returns to Nigeria.

    “Owoade also narrated to NEMA, on her arrival, that many Nigerians are suffering the same fate,” Yakubu said.

    He also explained how Ms Iyabo Abiola from Oyo State narrated how she fell victim to the deceitful talks of the traffickers, who deceived her with a promise of 4,000 dollars per month.

    Yakubu said that Abiola vowed to expose the traffickers, usually called burger, to NAPTIP.

    The NEMA zonal coordinator said that the deportees were also received by officers from the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the Police and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

  • NEMA closes collapsed building’s rescue operations

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that the rescue operations which started at the site of a collapsed three-storey building in Lagos on Thursday have ended.

    NEMA’s Public Information Officer, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made the confirmation at the site of the collapsed building at 2/4, Richard Abimbola Str., Ilasamaja, in Isolo, Lagos.

    “As at now, 11:28 a.m., we have reached ground zero, and we are just waiting for our partner, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr Tiamiyu Adesina, to formally declare the operation closed.

    “As at now, we still have the same figure of three dead and 19 rescued alive,” Farinloye said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the crane and other heavy-duty equipment used in the rescue operations have been removed from the site, while police personnel have taken charge.

    Rescue operations commenced at the site of a three-story building which was being developed at Isolo, Lagos at about 2.45 p.m. on Thursday, following the collapse of the building which trapped many of its construction workers in its wreckage.

     

  • Bristow helicopter crashes in Lagos

    Bristow helicopter crashes in Lagos

    … 11 survive crash

    Another Bristow helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in Lagos area on Wednesday morning.

    The chopper, our correspondent gathered, disappeared from radar after it took off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.

    The chopper crashed at 136.70 nautical miles from AEHA Field in Bonny Island, inward MMIA.

    There are 11 people on board the helicopter at the time of the accident.

    The Spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview.

    He said personnel of the Nigerian Navy and other emergency handling agencies have rescued all the passengers alive.

    Farinloye said,” It is Bristow Helicopter that ditched into the high seas. Nigerian Navy and others have rescued the occupants. Nobody died. We are still trying to get the coordinates of how the chopper crashed into water.”

    Officials of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said the chopper’s debris had been recovered.

     

  • Container smashes SUV in Lagos, two feared dead

    Container smashes SUV in Lagos, two feared dead

    Two occupants of a black Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) were on Wednesday feared killed after a container smashed their vehicle in Lagos.

    The incident, which occurred around 5:00pm at the busy Ikorodu Road, by Ojuelegba, was said to have caused heavy gridlock on the axis.

    The Nation gathered gathered that the about five tons container which was being conveyed by a heavy duty truck on the bridge, overturned and fell to the ground.

    The situation which was said to have frightened onlookers, made several motorists including the driver of a white vehicle hit by the container to flee for their lives.

    But unfortunately, the driver of the SUV, said to be a female, and another person were trapped underneath the container, which completely smashed the vehicle.

    It took the combine effort of the Federal Fire Service, whose office is located around Ojuelegba and other good samaritans to evacuate the container.

    Confirming the incident, the spokesperson, National Emergency Management Agency‎ (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, said there was just one occupant in the black SUV.

    Farinloye, who said other rescue agencies were yet to get to the scene at the time of filing the report, disclosed that they were trapped in the gridlock caused by the accident.

  • One missing in Lagos boat accident

    One person was missing on Tuesday when a passenger boat travelling from Iba to Tin-can Island, Lagos capsized.

    The Nation gathered that efforts are being made by local divers to rescue the trapped passenger whose name was given as Idris Adekunle.

    Those passengers rescued alive were rushed to a nearby private hospital where they were treated and discharged.

    The Spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South West region, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident, saying rescue operations will continue at the scene of the accident.

  • 10 injured in Lagos building collapse

    10 injured in Lagos building collapse

    No fewer than 10 persons including teenagers on Thursday sustained varying degrees of injury following the collapse of a two-storey building in Lagos.

    The incident, which occurred at 11 San Beach Lane, off Longe Street, Oworonshoki, affected the building which was still under construction around 11am.

    The Nation learnt that the owner of the collapsed building and the contractor in charge had taken to their heels, to evade possible arrest by the authorities.

    It took the combined efforts of rescue agencies to safe the affected persons who were trapped in the rubbles. The victims were reportedly working in the building when it caved in.

    The rescued teenagers – Monday Ahungbe (12), Jimoh Adebiyi (13), Oba Alafia (14) and Moses Atokiti (15) were said to be assisting the six adults construction workers.

    Confirming the incident, the southwest spokesman, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, said the timely intervention of NEMA, officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), policemen and operatives of the National Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), saved the lives of the victims.

    Farinloye disclosed that the teenagers all sustained minor injuries and were taken to Folabi Medical Centre, Oworonshoki, before the General Manager, Lagos State Building control Agency (LASBCA), Mrs. A.B. Animasaun evacuated them for proper rehabilitation. He said two of the adults victims with major injuries were taken to Gbagada General Hospital.

     

  • Fire at CBN Lagos office

    Fire at CBN Lagos office

    •Security agents molest photojournalists

    THERE was fire yesterday at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Lagos complex.

    The dusk fire affected the administrative offices on the third floor. In the course of battling the fire, on the third floor, a fire service official collapsed, no thanks to suffocation.

    According to National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) Southwest spokesman, Ibrahim Farinloye, the yet-to-be identified fireman was rescued and rushed to the hospital.

    Farinloye said nobody died, adding that the Lagos State Fire Service personnel were on ground on time to contain the situation.

    Lagos fire service Director, Rasaq Fadipe, said his men were clamping down the offices and breaking the windows and doors to check for any small fire that might not have been put off.

    In a statement last night by Isaac Okorofor, the CBN said:”The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) wishes to inform its stakeholders and the general public that a fire incident occurred at its Lagos Branch Office at about 5:30 this evening (Tuesday, March 25, 2014).

    “The fire, which occurred on the first floor of the building, has been put out by a combined team of fighters from the CBN and other institutions.

    “We wish to assure our numerous stakeholders that the records of the Bank are intact, as the Bank has an effective backup of all its records, as part of our disaster recovery infrastructure”

    Two photojournalists with the National Mirror Newspapers, Yinka Adeparusi and Samuel Adetimehin, were yesterday brutalised and had their cameras vandalised and confiscated by men of the Nigeria Police Force at the scene of the fire.

    Both photojournalists were ordered to surrender their cameras were beaten.

    Adeparusi was later whisked to the Area ‘A’ Police Station where he was detained before he was released later.

    Adetimehin, who was the first to be attacked was left to writhe in pain after he had received punches from the policemen.

    The two photographers have been placed under medical care.

  • Seven die in Lagos collapsed building

    ... Couple, baby among the dead

    The bodies of a couple, a baby and three others, have been pulled out a three-storey building that collapsed in Lagos on Thursday morning.

    Reports say seven people died in the incident, with three others critically injured.

    However, seven people had been rescued from the building on 29b Oloto Street, off Cemetery Road, Ebute Metta, which collapsed at exactly 2:00am on Thursday.

    The Spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-West, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, said that the agency got information that the building started cracking at about 1:30am and finally gave way at about 2:00am.

    He confirmed that the rescued victims had been taken to hospitals for treatment.

    Emergency workers were still combing the debris for whoever might be trapped.

    Report says officials of the Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Red Cross, NEMA, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the state Fire Service, as well as youths in the area, were helping out,

    A rescued resident of the building, Miss Dalikis Abdulamid, 23, told NAN that she was at the balcony of the second floor when the incident happened.

    She said that her mother and her four siblings were also rescued, but had been taken to hospital.

    According to her, they had been noticing cracks in the walls of their rooms, but their father used to patch these up with cement.

    “We did not know that the building will collapse. By about 2:00am when the building came down, some of our co-tenants were trapped, while some were dead,’’ she said.