No fewer than 5,144 Nigerians may be affected in the initial stage of the ongoing deportation exercises from the United States of America as President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants continues. The figure includes non-US citizens of Nigeria origin in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), non-detained docket with final orders of removal …

The chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has informed that Nigerians living abroad spent about N60 billion during their visits to the country in December 2024. She stated this when she appeared for the commission’s 2025 budget defence before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Diaspora on Thursday. She also added that diaspora remittances had also …

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has applauded the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, for introducing the Non-Resident Nigerian Ordinary Account and the Non-Resident Nigerian Investment Account. The Commission’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, lauded the CBN governor in a statement released on Thursday by NiDCOM’s spokesperson, Abdurahman Balogun. The statement quoted the NiDCOM …

The Diplomatic Games Week, which featured golf, tennis, chess and football was concluded in Abuja last Sunday with the pair of Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Abiola Amodu and Adamu Salisu winning the mixed doubles title of the tennis event, while set of Ikani Agabi and Sani Tijani emerged runner-up. Tennis had the week-long games at the tennis section of IBB …

Seventeen young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana have been rescued and repatriated back to the country. At the same time, five traffickers were equally arrested by the efforts of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM). A statement on Sunday, by the Director of the Media, Public Relations, and Protocols Unit at NiDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun said this latest rescue operation …

The Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission’s (NiDCOM) Chairman, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says the youth’s migration syndrome a.k.a `JAPA’ is having negative impact on the country’s human capital resources. Dabiri-Erewa said this on Thursday at a press conference to announce activities of the commemoration of the 2024 National Diaspora Day Celebration slated for July 25 in Abuja. She said that the …

The much talked about Diaspora mortgage scheme will become operational in the next three months. This is as the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) harmonised plans towards the commencement of the scheme. The Diaspora Mortgage Housing Scheme is primarily targeted at Nigerians in the Diaspora to become homeowners in their country and create credible …

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged Nigerians abroad to support Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa spoke when she hosted a Nigerian-Canadian, and founder of Bethel Outreach Communinty Services in Abuja, Ms. Vivian Etuka, presented an IDP with food items, clothes, toys, and books. She urged other …

The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and the Director General/CEO of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mrs Abisoye Coker-Odusote, have assured Nigerians in the Diaspora that they will get their National Identity Number (NIN) in good time and without stress. The NiDCOM and NIMC bosses spoke at a parley where they fine-tuned the …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has condemned the killing of a Nigerian student in Canada even as it promised to ensure that those behind the killing were brought to justice. Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, described the alleged killing of a 19-year-old student in Manitoba, Canada, Afolabi Stephen, as wicked, a statement on …