Naija Hotgist

Over 100 Nigerians who went to Russia to watch the world cup and had intentions of staying back to puyrsue a better life in Moscow, are currently stranded and are seeking ways of coming back home. The stranded Nigerians have for some days now camped in front of the Nigerian Embassy, waiting for help to be relocated back home. Narrating their ordeal to AFP, two brothers said they were approached by fellow Nigerians and told that, should their dreams of soccer stardom not work out once they get to Russia, they would easily find other well-paying jobs in Russia. They paid $300 each for fan’s passport of the World Cup (Fan ID) and round-trip tickets which they used to travel to Russia.  The FAN IDs, which the Russian government issued for foreigners traveling to attend the FIFA World Cup,  contains personal data and functions as a visa substitute during the tournament. However, upon arriving Moscow, the brothers realized that they had been scammed. S...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 160 returnees from Libya.   The returnees arrived Nigeria after being stranded in the North African country following failed attempts to reach different European countries. On their arrival at the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos on Thursday night, the returnees were received by an official of NEMA. Segun Afolayan, representative of the Director General of the agency, Mustapha Maihajja received the returnees on behalf of the agency.   They arrived on board a Libyan flight which had seven female adults and 153 male adults. Thousands of Nigerians stranded in Libya have returned home in the past few months under the assisted voluntary returnees programme, coordinated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

At a joint press briefing with UK Prime Minister Theresa May this afternoon, President Trump publicly refused to take questions from CNN reporter, Jim Acosta, saying the network is  ''Fake news''. Watch video of him below