Thirteen Nigerians who were detained in Poland after they fled the war in Ukraine have been released, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) said on Wednesday. * Vladimir Putin has ordered his troops not to storm...
Gabriel Aduda, permanent secretary, ministry of foreign affairs announced on Sunday that the Federal Government has secured free visa arrangements for Nigerians arriving from Ukraine through the borders of Romania and Hungary. Aduda said the ministry...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) on Sunday called on Nigerian citizens living in Ukraine to remain calm, amid growing fears that Russia could invade Ukraine. In a statement by Gabriel Odu, a Media, Public Relations,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the establishment of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund (NDITF), a private sector investment window for Nigerians in the Diaspora to support direct investments in the country. He gave the...
The Federal Government and the family of the late Itunu Babalola, the Nigerian lady who died in Côte d’Ivoire after she was wrongly jailed have rejected the autopsy on the cause of her death. Mrs Abike...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says investment by Nigerians living abroad is key to the country’s economic recovery in post-COVID-19 era. He spoke yesterday in Abuja at the 2021 Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit (NDIS), organised by the...
The Nigerian government through the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has demanded an autopsy on the news of the death of Itunu Babalola, a Nigerian sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Côte Divoire for alleged...
The federal government has demanded a full investigation into the killing of a Nigerian housewife, Rita Amenze, in Italy. In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), said...
Twenty-two family members of slain Islamic State fighters are among the 101 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Libya to Abuja. A statement by Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols, National Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said they...
The Director General (DG) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said the contributions of Nigerians at home and abroad could positively impact the nation’s economy to bring about peaceful coexistence. The DG said...