Stranded Nigerian Citizens In Saudi Arabia Call For Help [VIDEO]

Stranded Nigerian Citizens In Saudi Arabia Call For Help [VIDEO]

The narrator said they had been stranded at the location  in Saudi Arabia for over 7 months The Diaspora Commission said their evacuation was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Saudi Arabia Discharges Ibrahim Abubakar, Nigerian Arrested In Jeddah In 2018 NIDCOM Works On List Of Nigerians Wrongfully Jailed Abroad Migrant Attack: … Read more

Police Allegedly Kills 27-Year-Old Nigerian In Ireland

Nigerian Killed By Irish Police Was Shot Six Times - Report

A Irish Police Officer have reportedly killed a twenty-seven-year-old Nigerian, George Nkencho, Eko Hot Blog reports. A statement issued on Thursday by the Nigeria In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) confirmed the killing. Read also: NIDCOM Works On List Of Nigerians Wrongfully Jailed Abroad In her reaction, NIDCOM Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, condemned the killing, describing it as … Read more

Killing Of Nigerian In Ireland Callous – Dabiri-Erewa

Abike Dabiri-Erewa

Abike Dabiri-Erewa has condemned in strong terms the killing of Mr George Nkencho Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman /CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned in strong terms the killing of Mr George Nkencho, a 27- year old Nigerian in Ireland. Dabiri-Erewa described the killing of the young Nigerian allegedly by a Police officer as callous … Read more

Dabiri-Erewa Mourns As Police Find Nigerian Doctor, Wife Dead In US Home

Abike Dabiri Erewa

Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has mourned a Nigerian medical doctor based in Houston, United States, Dr Ben Okigbo, and his wife, Theresa, who was a nurse. According to Sugar Land Police Department (SLPD), Texas, Okigbo and his wife, Theresa, were found dead in their Sugar Land, Texas home. In a … Read more

We Can’t Blame Them For What Happened – Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Omah Lay/Tems Uganda Ordeal

NiDCOM Boss, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa

The Chairperson, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has asked that Nigerian singers, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as ‘Tems’ and Stanley Omah Didia, popularly known as ‘Omah Lay’ not be blamed for their ordeal in Uganda. Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Hard Copy. She said: “Some people said … Read more

Former Lawmaker, Abike Dabiri, Disowns Contentious Tweet

A former member of Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disowned a recent tweet credited to her verified Twitter handle which claimed the release of the abducted school boys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. As earlier reported by Eko Hot Blog, unknown gunmen had stormed the Government Science College and … Read more

My Twitter Account Was Hacked – Abike Dabiri

NiDCOM Boss Dabiri-Erewa

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Twitter and Instagram accounts The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has distanced herself from a tweet announcing the release of Katsina schoolboys to her, saying she lost control of her Twitter and Instagram accounts for some minutes. Few hours after a video of Boko Haram Commander, Abubakar Shekau, circulated across the … Read more

Dabiri Calls For Calm Over Omah Lay’s Arrest

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Arrest Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has appealed for calm over the arrest of two Nigerian superstars by the Uganda police at the weekend. Two Nigerian musicians, Stanley Omah Didia a.ka Omah Lay and Temilade Openiyi a.k.a Tems were arrested for alleged violation of Ugandan COVID-19 laws, Eko hot blog gathered. … Read more

Border Closure Not Reason For Clampdown On Nigerian Traders In Ghana – Dabiri-Erewa

NiDCOM Boss, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa

NOVEMBER 16, 2020 The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has denied that the maltreatment of Nigerian traders by Ghanaian authorities did not stem from the closure of Nigerian borders. Dabiri-Erewa made the comment on Channels Television’s flagship programme, Sunrise Daily, on Monday. She said: “I think it boils down to this … Read more

“We Are Dying Here”, 753 Nigerian Traders in Ghana Request Evacuation

Abike Dabiri Erewa

This is happening as a result of the imposition of $1m business equity on non-Ghanaians as well as other conditions. Eko Hot Blog gathered that members of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana have presented a  letter to the Federal Government requesting evacuation from the country. A statement issued by the Nigerians In … Read more

NIDCOM Works On List Of Nigerians Wrongfully Jailed Abroad

NiDCOM Launches Diaspora Data Mapping Portal

Chairman for Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says efforts are being made to compile a detailed list of Nigerians wrongfully arrested and incarcerated abroad. She stated this after the jailing of six Nigerians convicted for reportedly financing Boko Haram insurgency by the United Arab Emirates. Speaking with members of a non-governmental organisation, the … Read more

NiDCOM Boss Meets Diaspora Youth Group, Urges Them To Be Strategic In Their Demands

18 October, 2020 The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has played host to some members of the Diaspora Youth Group where she commended and asked them to be reasonable in their demands. The NiDCOM Boss stated that the Youth should be positive of seeing a better Nigeria as … Read more

Migrant Attack: NiDCOM Boss Condemns Burning Of A Nigerian In Libya

Abike Dabiri-Erewa

8 October, 2020 The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has condemned in strong terms, the killing of a Nigerian, setting him ablaze by three men. Read Also: LASG Urges Commuters To Embrace Waterways Transportation The NiDCOM Boss described the act as dastard, bestial and unacceptable and called … Read more

Recounting NIDCOM Sterling Achievements In The Last One Year

NiDCOM Launches Diaspora Data Mapping Portal

It is a glaring fact that Nigerians living abroad had never experienced better days until the establishment of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and the eventual appointment of an erstwhile veteran National Legislator, Hon Dabiri-Erewa as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. It is on record that the coming of Hon Dabiri-Erewa as NIDCOM has greatly … Read more

FG Inaugurates Committee On Creation Of Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund

Abike Dabiri

The federal government has announced inauguration of ad-hoc committee on the establishment of the Nigerian diaspora investment trust fund. The Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Zubairu Dada inaugurated the 14- Member Adhoc Committee in Abuja on Wednesday. The development is contained in a statement  issued  by Gabriel Odu, Media, Public Relations and … Read more

NiDCOM Chairman, Dabiri-Erewa Decries the Plight of Nigerian Students in UK, Tells NDDC to Offset their Allowances

Abike Dabiri

– NiDCOM Chairman has called on NDDC to pay the stranded Nigerian students in the UK. – The Chairman maintained that many of the students are stranded in the foreign land for non-payment of tuition and other fees. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has … Read more

NDDC Saga: NIDCOM Urges Akpabio To Pay Tuition Fee Of Students Stranded Abroad

Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has called on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to pay the allowances, tuition fees and other incentives of students on scholarship scheme. Dabiri-Erewa made the call in a statement on Tuesday. She said the settlement of the students bills have now become a matter of … Read more

US Navy: Dabiri-Erewa Extols Victor Agunbiade’s Exceptional, Exemplary Conduct

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has showered encomium on a Nigerian, Lt. Victor Agunbiade of the United States Navy for his sheer display of rare shrewdness and transparency. The United States of America navy had honoured Agunbiade over his smooth handling of $75 million meant for foreign distribution. Consequently, the United … Read more

Nigerian Girl Who Was Arrested In Saudi Arabia For Drugs, Completes NYSC

Zainab Aliyu, the Nigerian lady who was wrongly jailed in Saudi Arabia for carrying drugs she had no knowledge of, and rescued with the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari, has completed the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. Shortly after she was released and returned to Nigeria, Zainab began the mandatory 1- year NYSC exercise and … Read more