{"id":60874,"date":"2020-02-05T10:56:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T02:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=60874"},"modified":"2020-02-05T10:56:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T02:56:37","slug":"nigerian-stowaways-nabbed-for-illegal-ship-travels-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=60874","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian stowaways nabbed for illegal ship travels to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/africa\/Nigerians-nabbed-for-illegal-ship-travels-to-Europe-856426?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/774\/77456045.295.jpg\" alt=\"File photo\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> LAGOS, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Nigerian authorities have arrested five individuals illegally clinging to a ship bound for Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Lagos Seaport Command intercepted the stowaways aboard a vessel en-route Las Palmas following intelligence made available by the master of the vessel about about 289 kilometres off the Lagos shoreline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olubushola Fashakin, the regional Comptroller of the NIS, who received the arrested individuals, cautioned desperate youths from embarking in such risky adventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A stowaway is a person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as a ship, an aircraft, a train, cargo truck or bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muhammad Babandede, the national Comptroller General of NIS, spoke out against unwarranted travels to Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Ghanaian authorities arrested three Nigerians after they failed in their attempt to stowaway to Spain in a ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spain has in recent years emerged the destination of choice for illegal African migrants desperate to reach Europe. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAGOS, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Nigerian authorities have arrested five individuals illegally clinging to a ship bound for Spain. Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Lagos Seaport Command intercepted the stowaways aboard a vessel en-route Las Palmas following intelligence made available by the master of the vessel about about 289 kilometres off the Lagos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60874"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}