Three hundred and six Nigerians have arrived the country from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) said on Wednesday. According to NIDCOM in a series of tweets, the returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 8:00am Wednesday. “Some Evacuees will disembark in Abuja while others will ...

Thirty Nigerians, who were trafficked and left stranded in Lebanon have been rescued, and are among a total of 150 victims awaiting evacuation to Nigeria. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) made this known in a statement by Gabriel Odu of its Media, Public Relations and Protocol  Unit on Tuesday. The commission said the rescue came after a ...

Two hundred and eighty nine (289) Nigerians arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from United States of America (USA), on Wednesday via Ethiopian Air. According to Nigerians in Diaspora Commission’s (NiDCOM) Twitter handle, the Nigerians, who are the fourth batch of evacuees, arrived from Newark, New Jersey about 1.35p.m. The commission said the flight, which ...

The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has once again appealed to the Authorities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to as a matter of urgency intervene by promptly paying the allowances, tuition and other incentives of students on their scholarship scheme. A statement issued in Abuja by Mr Gabriel Odu ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians in the diaspora have brought in over $25 billion annually as home remittances to the Nigerian economy through official and non-formal channels. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday said Buhari made the call in a video message to commemorate this year’s Diaspora Day, ...

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) says the First batch of Evacuees from Malaysia and Thailand will be arriving the country today via an Air Peace aircraft. The Commission revealed this in a tweet on Saturday. According to NIDCOM, “The First batch of Evacuees from Malaysia and Thailand departing Kaula Lumpur to Abuja and Lagos ...

The Federal Government has commenced the evacuation of another batch of 15 stranded Nigerians in France, Germany and Netherlands will depart citizenM Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris via flight to Nigeria and Cotonou at 11:30 a.m to Murtala Muhammed Int’l Airport Lagos today 9th of July, 2020. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) ...

The Chief Executive of Nigerians in Diaspora (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Thursday said that the arrest of some Nigerian fraudsters should not be a yardstick to stigmatise other Nigerians living abroad. Dabiri-Erewa said this in a statement signed by Mr Gabriel Odu, the of Media, Public Relations and Protocol Unit of NIDCOM. She spoke ...

The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa,says Eighty six evacuated Nigerians have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from Sudan. According to the NIDCOM boss, who disclosed this in a series of tweets on Friday, the evacuees arrive at 10 am local time via Air Sudan. She noted that ...

Tallahassee police in Florida, United States are investigating the death of a teenager of Nigerian origin, Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau, 19, found dead Saturday night in southeast Tallahassee, the Tallahassee Police Department announced on Monday. Her death is being investigated as homicide and the case has been turned over to the department’s Violent Crime Unit, police ...