NIGERIA Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chairperson Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has asked the UK government to thoroughly investigate the recent shooting of Nigerian footballer Kelvin Igweani by the British police in Milton Keynes.
Mr Igweani, was shot dead by men of the Thames Valley Police who attended a call-out to a house where...
NIGERIA Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chairperson Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has praised the contribution of diasporan Nigerian artists stressing that they are operating in an industry that has been largely untapped and is a potential huge revenue source.
Speaking while receiving Mr Ebeten Ivara, the director-general of the...
NIGERIAN youngster Steve Ezeonu has become a councillor in the US after winning the city council run-off elections for Grand Pierre in the state of Texas with 51.2% of the vote against 48.8% for his opponent.
Mr Ezeonu, 22, secured 3,903 votes to beat his closest rival, Greg Giessner, who garnered 3,720 votes in the June 5...
NIGERIA Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chair Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has commended the International Humanitarian Action (IHA) for acting as an umbrella group in the industry and providing succour for over 235m people worldwide this year.
Yesterday, IHA presented the 2020/2021 Nigeria Humanitarian Year Book 2020/21 to Nidcom...
INVESTMENT promotion vehicle the Nigerian Direct Diaspora Investment Summit (NDDIS) is planning to organise a seminar titled Computer Village and Information Communication Technology Summit in London between August 26 and 27.
Designed to encourage diasporans to invest in the Nigerian information communication technology...
ABOUT 359 of the Nigerian pilgrims who were left stranded in Saudi Arabia have returned to Abuja today after the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) helped facilitate their return to the country.
Around this time last year at the height of the global pandemic, around 11,600 Nigerians were left stranded in Saudi Arabia by...
MEMBERS of the Plateau State caucus in the Federal House of Representatives have passed a vote of confidence in deputy speaker Hon Idris Wase despite calls for his removal after he insulted Nigerian diasporans by saying that have no business in the affairs of the country.
On March 10, Hon Mark Gbillah, the lawmaker...
NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has tendered an apology to the country's 15m strong diaspora for rejecting a recent petition by the Mutual Union of Tivs in America (Muta) after its deputy speaker Hon Idris Wase said diasporans should have no say in running Nigeria.
On March 10, Hon Mark Gbillah, the lawmaker representing...
FORMER Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deputy governor and presidential candidate Professor Kingsley Moghalu has called on Nigeria's National Assembly to hurriedly pass new laws that will enable diasporans vote in the 2023 general elections.
A former diasporan himself, Professor Mogahlu ran for president in the 2019 elections...
NIGERIA'S has now become heavily dependent on the diaspora to solved its chronic foreign exchange shortage in the wake of the current economic crisis with the federal government expecting at least $26bn to be remitted by the end of this year.
Being a mono-economy heavily dependent on the proceeds of crude oil exports to...
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