NIGERIA'S federal government is planning to launch a comprehensive diaspora housing mortgage scheme that will all diasporans to purchase houses through the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN).
Under a plan put together by the Nigeria Diaspora Commission (Nidcom), diasporans will be encouraged to buy houses in Nigeria at...
NIGERIA Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chairperson Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has condemned the Polish government for detaining Nigerians and other African students who fled to their country from war-torn Ukraine in search of refuge.
Speaking in Abuja, Hon Dabiri-Erewa expressed displeasure over the development, saying it was...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has dumbfounded political commentators by making a surprise return to Abuja this morning after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (Unep) 50th anniversary in Kenya.
Over the last three days, the president has been in Nairobi the Kenyan capital from where he had been expected to fly...
LAWMAKERS in both chambers of Nigeria's National Assembly voted to reject diaspora voting tonight as they refused to support a constitutional amendment that would have allowed Nigerians living outside the country to participate in the 2023 elections.
In a major setback for diaspora organisations, like the Central Association...
NIGERIA Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) officials have asked the country's citizens living in Ukraine to remain calm but security conscious amid growing fears that Russia could invade its smaller neighbour as tensions between the two nations escalate.
At the moment, Russia has about 100,000 troops positioned within reach of...
NIGERIA Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chairperson Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has called ion Nigerians to emulate the Real Madrid player of Nigerian extraction David Alaba who recently donated N13.3m ($32,373) towards the campaign against open defecation.
Alaba, 29, was born in Vienna to Nigerian parents and sensing his ability,...
NIGERIA'S diaspora community in the UK has used the occasion of the country's 61st independence anniversary to welcome two new associations as the Nigerian Community in Greenwich and the Nigerian Community in Surrey & Sussex joined its fold.
Established in 2005 as an umbrella organisation for all Nigerian associations in...
NIGERIAN diasporans remitted $65.34bn back home over the three year period between 2018 and 2020 according to a recent report from the World Bank which showed that remittances accounted for 4$ of gross domestic product (GDP) last year.
According to the World Bank data, in 2018, the Nigerian diaspora remitted $24.31bn and the...
INVESTMENT promotion vehicle the Nigerian Direct Diaspora Investment Summit (NDDIS) has postponed its London seminar titled Computer Village and Information Communication Technology Summit to October 14 and 15 from August 26 and 27.
Designed to encourage diasporans to invest in the Nigerian information communication...
ANNUAL remittances by the Nigerian diaspora worldwide fell by about 20% over the last year as a result of the economic crisis precipitated by the global coronavirus pandemic cutting into the expected figure of $25bn.
Historically, Nigeria has always been among the top five countries in the world when it comes to remittances...
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