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  • NIDCOM not for deportation of Nigerians, says Dabiri-Erewa

    NIDCOM not for deportation of Nigerians, says Dabiri-Erewa

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    Bayo Millz
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    Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) said on Friday that the commission was not created for the deportation of Nigerians. The chief executive officer of the commission said this in a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, NIDCOM’s Head of Media and Public Relations unit. Dabiri-Erewa said the malicious reports about…

  • Confirmation of Abike Dabiri-Erewa as NDC Chair suffers delay

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday failed to confirm Abike Dabiri-Erewa for appointment as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NDC). TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Senate referred the executive communication requesting her confirmation to the Committee on Diaspora. President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed Dabiri-Erewa as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDC…

  • Nigerian woman commits suicide in Ghana

    Nigerian woman commits suicide in Ghana

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Following the closure of her shops by Ghanaian authorities, a Nigerian woman and mother of three children has committed suicide, the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTs), Ghana Chapter, reported in Abuja on Tuesday. The association made the development known when the leadership visited the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and…

  • Presidency worries over killing of another Nigerian in S. Africa

    Presidency worries over killing of another Nigerian in S. Africa

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has expressed worry over the killing of another Nigerian in South Africa. The Nigeria Mission in South Africa had on Sunday confirmed the killing of Mr Ozumba Tochukwu-Lawrence, by an unknown gunman in the country. The Nigeria Consulate-General in South…

  • Which Martin Luther King’s family is Buhari’s aide referring to?

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Clarifying the leadership award received by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Buhari on Foreign Relations and Diaspora said the award was on behalf of the Martin Luther King’s family. Clarifying, after The King Center had denied the leadership award presentation, Dabiri-Erewa in a statement signed by her Special…

  • Gambia Crisis: FG on standby to evacuate Nigerians – Dabiri-Erewa

    Gambia Crisis: FG on standby to evacuate Nigerians – Dabiri-Erewa

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government is ‘on standby’ to evacuate Nigerians in the Gambia if the need arises. This is following the refusal of President Yahaya Jammeh to step down after losing the country’s last Presidential election. Against…