May 30

• Libya: Libya Deports 1500 Africans

  Many Nigerians and some other African nationals are now stranded in Agadas, Niger Republic after been deported by Libyan authorities. Two people were reported dead on their way to... Read more »

September 28, 2012

• Libya: Libya to Reactivate Nigeria Mission, Reshapes Foreign Policy

  The new government in Libya is set to reopen its embassy in Abuja to resume full diplomatic activities following a new foreign policy directive premised on fruitful cooperation... Read more »

September 14, 2012

• Nigeria: Ghaddafi's Fall Fuelled Boko Haram - Obasanjo

  Former President Obasanjo has said the Libyan revolution that ousted long-time leader Mu'ammar Ghaddafi let loose trained militants and weapons that found their ways into Nigeria,... Read more »

August 08, 2012

• Libya: 111 Nigerians Repatriated From Libya

  One hundred and one Nigerians were brought into the country from Libya through the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos on Monday night. Read more »

July 21, 2012

• Nigeria: Nigerians Are Dying in Libyan Prisons - Returnees

  Nigerians, who were recently repatriated from the crises-torn Libya relay their ordeal after they were caught in-between two feuding camps Read more »

July 16, 2012

• Nigeria: 327 Nigerians Evacuated From Libya

  About 327 Nigerians have returned from Libya, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. Read more »

July 06, 2012

• Nigeria: UN Investigates Nigeria Over Smuggled Weapons From Libya

  United Nations has sent a team of experts on Libya to Nigeria to investigate alleged smuggling of weapons into the country. Read more »

June 06, 2012

• Libya: Bomb Targets U.S. Embassy Offices in Benghazi

  A bomb targeted the U.S. embassy offices in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi late on Tuesday, an embassy official said. Read more »

December 12, 2011

• Nigeria: Another 115 Citizens Evacuated From Libya

  Another batch of 115 Nigerians stranded in Libya arrived in Abuja Saturday following their evacuation by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Read more »

December 07, 2011

• Nigeria: 55 Nigerians Flee Libya By Crossing Desert

  Fifty five Nigerians, including a set of new born twins who fled Libya by crossing the Sahara desert where received by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),... Read more »

December 08, 2011

• Libya: 55 Arrive From Libya After 33-Day Trip

  FIFTY five Nigerians, including newly born twins, who fled Libya through the Sahara Desert, were yesterday received by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),... Read more »

November 08, 2011

• Nigeria: Re - Gaddafi and Our Moral Dilemma [opinion]

  The column with the above title written by Sanusi Abubakar on the back page of the Daily Trust of last Tuesday was so biased and impervious to reason and facts one cannot let it go... Read more »

November 04, 2011

• Libya: Muammar Gaddafi - A Sad End! [opinion]

  Penultimate Thursday we watched as the television showed footages of the ousted Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi being manhandled and harassed. He was later reported to have been... Read more »

November 02, 2011

• Nigeria: Re - Gaddafi and Our Moral Dilemma [opinion]

  Some induces for the attention of Sanusi Abubakar, regarding his Tuesday column yesterday: Libya vs. Nigeria Life expectancy at birth (Libya 74.5 years); Nigeria: 48.4 years. Read more »

November 01, 2011

• Libya: Gaddafi and Our Moral Dilemma [opinion]

  As many struggle to come to terms with the ouster and killing of Libya's colourful and controversial strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, the moral and ideological gymnastics never cease to... Read more »

October 28, 2011

• Libya: 250 Citizens Return to Maiduguri From Libya - NEMA

  The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the return of about 250 Nigerians to Maiduguri, Borno State Capital, from Lybia. Read more »

• Libya: Lessons From Gaddafi [opinion]

  One reason why history keeps repeating itself is because human beings hardly learn from it. Muammar Gaddafi did not have to dig into ancient history to learn that his dictatorship... Read more »

October 27, 2011

• Nigeria: Gaddafi and the Rest of us [opinion]

  The 42-year rule of the former Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddafi finally came to an end with his capture and eventual death in the hands of his captors. The whereabouts of Gaddafi... Read more »

October 24, 2011

• Nigeria: Gaddafi's Future [opinion]

  Africa has been undergoing an intense period of political conflict and transformation over the past three decades. Central to this process of political reconstitution are the... Read more »

• Libya: Libya, the Day After [analysis]

  After the death of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's four decade long last Thursday in his hometown of Sirte after captivity, the interest of yours sincerely is pure academic. The gory... Read more »

• Africa: Ghaddafi - Reviled At Home, Mourned in Africa [opinion]

  Few leaders in the world have the complex personality of Muammar Gaddafi. This can be seen in the reaction to his death in the hands of the National Transitional Council rebel... Read more »

• Libya: Execution of the Executioner [analysis]

  "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee" (John Donne). The very public... Read more »

October 22, 2011

• Libya: Gaddafi - Ode to an African Enigma [analysis]

  Muammar Gaddafi is dead. It is now our lot to again say Inna lilLahi wa inna ilaiHi raji'un'! (From Allah we come and to Him we shall return!). An African enigma, an Arab maverick,... Read more »

October 21, 2011

• Nigeria: Col. Muammar Gaddafi Killed in Sirte Gaddafi's Death - Locals React

  Nigerian's former envoy to Libya, Ambassador Sulaiman Dahiru said yesterday that the era of the slain Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi would be missed forever. The diplomat, who... Read more »

October 20, 2011

• Libya: Biography - Muammar Ghadafi (1942 - 2011) [analysis]

  Muammar al-Qaddafi was born in a Bedouin tent in 1942. He joined the military and staged a coup to seize control of Libya in 1969, ousting King Idris. Read more »