Tag: NIDCOM
COVID-19: India ready to supply Nigeria its vaccines after roll out next week – Envoy
Mr. Abhay Thakur, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, has said that the government of Indian was ready to supply its COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria, after it is rolled out next week. Thakur, who made this known on Saturday, in Abuja, at the commemoration of the 16 Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PDB) convention, also known as the ...Olufemi family wants FG to save son on death row in Saudi Arabia
The family of Sulaimon Olufemi, a Nigerian sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, in Lagos approached the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) seeking its intervention to save him. Sulaimon was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia in 2002, for reportedly being part of a mob that killed a Saudi Arabian police officer. The ...NiDCOM describes death of US-based Nigerian doctor, wife as shocking
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has described the death of Dr. Ben Okigbo, a medical doctor in Houston and his wife, Theresa, as shocking and depressing. Its Chairman/CEO, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NiDCOM on Sunday in Abuja, said the commission ...Diaspora council describes voting Bill in NASS is History in the Making
The Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council (NDVC), on Wednesday, in Abuja, described as history in the making the Second Reading and passage of the Nigeria Diaspora Voting Bill at the National Assembly. Mr. Tolu Oluwatuyi, the council’s secretary, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while speaking on the Bill, which ...Three Federal Ministries to intervene in maltreatment of Nigerian Traders in Ghana – Dabiri-Erewa
At least three federal ministries will be responding to the closure of shops belonging to Nigerians in Ghana, CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said on Monday. The intervention comes after 753 Nigerian traders signed a document asking the federal government to help them return to Nigeria, Ms. Dabiri-Erewa said on Channels ...Ghana’s treatment of Nigerian traders based on a complex of not being able to compete – Dabiri-Erewa
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Monday denied that Nigeria’s decision to close its borders prompted Ghanaian authorities to clamp down on Nigerian traders working in the West African nation. Hundreds of shops belonging to Nigerians have been closed in Ghana, prompting calls from some of the traders to ...We’re dying here, Nigerian traders in Ghana cry out, seek evacuation to Nigeria
Nigerian traders in Ghana called on the Nigerian government to evacuate them from Ghana. The traders, in a Save-Our-Soul letter delivered to the Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Wednesday said they were seeking a secure and peaceful return to Nigeria. In a statement signed by Gabriel Odu, NiDCOM’s Media, ...#EndSARS: Nigerian mission in Egypt pleading for leniency on behalf of 7 Nigerians billed for deportation – NIDCOM
The Nigerian mission in Egypt is pleading for leniency on behalf of the seven Nigerians billed for deportation. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) confirmed this on Monday evening in a series of tweets. According to the Commission, Egyptian authorities will deport seven #EndSARS protesters for lack of resident permits and visas. “The Egyptian authorities ...NIDCOM BOSS APPLAUDS ODIDIKA FOR RETURNING $4000 USD
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has applauded the honesty gesture of Ms. Chioma Odidika, a Nigerian resident in Columbia, South Carolina. This was contained in a statement by the Commission’s Head of Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun. According to Balogun, he quoted the NIDCOM boss as saying “it is a thing of joy ...About 100 Nigerian students killed in Northern Cyprus since 2012 – NiDCOM
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission says from 2012 till date about 100 Nigerian students in Northern Cyprus have been killed and this has gone unreported. The Head of media and public relations NIDCOM, Abdur- Rahman Balogun disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking on TVC’s Your View programme. This is coming as the NIDCOM was petitioned ...
