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Meet Nigerian-Born Nnadi First Black Woman To Head British Vogue

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In a historic move, Chioma Nnadi has been appointed as the new head of editorial content at British Vogue, becoming not only the first African but also the first black female to hold this prestigious position. Reacting to the new development, Nnadi wrote on Instagram that she is “honoured and excited to be coming home”. […]

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Tinubu Meets With Nigerians in India

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President Bola Tinubu has met with members of the Nigerian diaspora in India at the Nigerian High Commission in New Delhi ahead of his participation in the G-20 Leaders’ Summit. Recall the President was accompanied to India by a delegation of ministers, including Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister […]

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Nigerian-Born Saka Wins England Player Of The Year

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Arsenal FC of London and Nigerian-born England international, Bukayo Saka has won the England Player of the Year for the second year running. The Arsenal forward beat Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham to the prize. Saka finished top of the voting for the 2022/2023 season with the most votes from fans. The 22-year-old, who made […]

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Dabiri-Erewa Urges Media Practitioners To Promote Diaspora Investment

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Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, has emphasised the importance of recognising the accomplishments and challenges faced by Nigerians living abroad as they play significant roles in shaping the nation’s image globally as well as encourage them to invest back home through positive narratives of their homeland. The NIDCOM Boss stated this through […]

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Nigeria’s Ezenwa-Onuaku Gets U.S. President’s Awards

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The United States president, Joe Biden, has bestowed the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award on Nigerian-born Dr Charity Ezenwa-Onuaku. Biden presented the much coveted meritorious award – the highest community recognition of the U.S. President, to Ezenwa-Onuaku during the event to commemorate the 2023 World Humanitarian Day in Houston, United States, recently. The US President’s Lifetime […]

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UK Police Find Body Of Missing Nigerian Poet

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Police have found a body in the search for missing poet Gboyega Odubanjo who never arrived to perform at a festival in Northamptonshire. Mr Odubanjo, 27, was scheduled to do a reading at the Shambala festival in Kelmarsh on Sunday, August 27 but never arrived for his performance. He was last seen at around 4a.m. […]

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UK Police Begin Hunt For Missing Nigerian Poet

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The UK police are appealing for information to help find Gboyega Odubanjo, the British-Nigerian poet, who went missing at a rural music festival. The award-winning poet has been missing since the early hours of Saturday morning. The 27-year-old was last seen attending Shambala festival in the Kelmarsh area of Northamptonshire, where he was due to perform […]

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Presidential Precinct Announces Nigeria’s Ogunseye As President

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The Presidential Precinct has announced Toyosi Ogunseye as its new President and CEO. The organisation is at the heart of public diplomacy, and the programmes it hosts are among the United States’ most effective soft-power tools. According to information on its website, over one-third of sitting heads of state have participated in its exchange programmes. […]

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Thailand Police Arrests Man, Girlfriend, Others

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Royal Thai Police have arrested a 45-year-old Nigerian man and 13 Thais for operating a covert romance scam.  The Nigerian national identified as Ezeneche Uzochukwu Jerome, his Thai girlfriend, and other suspects were arrested on Thursday, August 24, 2023, following police operations across seven provinces  According to the police, the scam operation managed to deceive […]

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Nigerian Extradited To US Over Attempt To Steal $25m

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A Nigerian national living in Canada, Sakiru Olanrewaju Ambali has been extradited to the United States of America, after being accused of defrauding the pandemic unemployment benefit programme in some states in the United States of America. This was disclosed in a statement by the United States of America’s Attorney’s Office published on Friday, August 18, 2023. […]

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Nigerians In Diaspora Remitted $21.9b in 2022 – FG

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The Federal Government said Diaspora home remittances in 2022 stood at US$ 21.9 billion through official channels. Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said this at the 17th annual National Diaspora Day (NDD), 2023, at the Conference Centre, Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. The theme of the day was: “Consolidating Diaspora Engagement for National Development”. Tinubu […]

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Hajj: Five Nigerians Die In Saudi Arabia

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Five Nigerian pilgrims participating in the ongoing Hajj in Saudi Arabia have died, the Nigerian Hajj Commission has said. The head of NAHCON Hajj medical team, Usman Galadima, made this known on Saturday during a meeting of the commission in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, adding that 30 patients also have mental health challenges. He identified the […]

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PHOTOS/VIDEOS: President Tinubu Meets With Nigerians Living In France

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President Bola Tinubu has held his first presidential diaspora engagement in Paris, France, meeting with Nigerians living in France. Tinubu departed from Abuja on Tuesday, later arriving at the Palais Brongniart in Paris for the Summit on New Global Financing Pact. The President sought to use the opportunity of the summit to hold bilateral meetings […]

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Nigerians In Diaspora To Rally Global Support For Tinubu

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Nigerians in Diaspora under the aegis of the Nigerian Democratic Movement (NDM) have reiterated their support for President Bola Tinubu in his quest to return the country to glory and comity of nations The convener of the coalition, Chief Bimbo Roberts Folayan, said the president had demonstrated that he is a listening leader, who is […]

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Nigerian Man Arrested With 40 Grams Of Cocaine In India

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The anti-narcotic cell (ANC) of Goa Police conducted a raid during the early hours of Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at Siolim and arrested a Nigerian national, Augustine Chukwudi Anafe, for illegal possession of 40 grams of cocaine worth Rs 4 lakh.  The accused, who was residing at Siolim, was previously arrested by ANC in 2018 […]

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Diaspora Remittances Can Rise To $50bn – Rewane

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The Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr Bismarck Rewane is optimistic that the remittances from Nigerians living abroad can rise to over $23 billion. Rewane said this during an interview on Channels Television’s 2023 Democracy Day programme. He said diaspora Nigerians are coming back to seek the yield on their investments.  “The Nigerian diaspora […]

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Six Police Officers Face Trial For Death Of Nigerian Man In Switzerland

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Six police officers face homicide charges in a Swiss court case that opens on Monday, June 12, 2023, following the 2018 death of a Nigerian man from a heart attack after he was pinned, face-down, for several minutes during arrest. The officers, whom Reuters did not name due to Swiss privacy laws, face charges of […]

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Nigerian-Born Mobolade Becomes First Elected Black Mayor in Colorado

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Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian-born American businessman, has become the new mayor of Colorado Springs in Colorado State, United States of America (USA). Mobolade, who had no prior political experience, became the first elected black mayor of Colorado Springs after he defeated Wayne Williams on Tuesday night in the city’s runoff contest. According to the Colorado […]

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FG Evacuates 112 Stranded Nigerians From Libya

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The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration, has evacuated another batch of 112 stranded Nigerians from Libya’s capital, Tripoli. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission to Libya, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Musa said that the continuous voluntary evacuation exercise was […]

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Tinubu Reacts To Aboh’s Appointment Into Scotland’s Board Of Data Lab Centre

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For making Nigeria proud on a global stage in the field of artificial intelligence, President Bola Tinubu has poured encomiums on Mr Abel Aboh. The Nigerian-born British artificial intelligence expert was recently appointed into the Board of the Data Lab Innovation Centre, Scotland, United Kingdom. President Tinubu noted with pride and satisfaction the impressive professional […]