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Over 36,000 Nigerians Seek Asylum Abroad Amid Biting Hardship Under Tinubu — UN Agency

Diaspora Newsline5 months ago5 months ago0

Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom were the top destinations for Nigerian asylum seekers, but the majority of applications were rejected. At least 36,934 Nigerians applied for asylum in foreign countries in 2024, fresh data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has revealed, underscoring the country’s worsening...

Osun monarch jailed in the US for $4.2m COVID-19 fraud

Diaspora Newsline5 months ago5 months ago0

The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the United States. Oloyede, 62, who holds dual U.S. and Nigerian citizenship and resides in Medina, Ohio, was on August 26 handed 56 months in prison by U.S. District...

“Contribute your resources to consolidate national growth”, Tinubu to Nigerians in diaspora

Diaspora Newsline5 months ago5 months ago0

President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians in the diaspora to contribute their expertise and resources to consolidating national development and building a stronger and more prosperous country. President Tinubu made the call on Thursday at Kahala Hotel and Resort, Yokohama, Japan, during an interactive meeting with select members of...

BREAKING: Canadian Court labels APC and PDP as Terrorist Organisations

Diaspora Newsline6 months ago6 months ago0

By Synthesis Ibeh A former Nigerian lawmaker, Douglas Egharevba, is set to be deported from Canada after the country’s Federal Court upheld a decision branding Nigeria’s two dominant political parties the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as organisations associated with terrorism and the undermining of...

Citizenship claim: “You owe Nigerians an apology” Bayo Onanuga replies Kemi Badenoch

Diaspora Newsline7 months ago7 months ago0

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has described as false the claim by the Leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, that she cannot pass her Nigerian citizenship to her children because she is a woman. Onanuga, in a post on his X...

National Diaspora Day: NiDCOM set to launch Diaspora Housing Platform, others

Diaspora Newsline7 months ago7 months ago0

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) is set to launch the Diaspora Home and Abroad Platform during the sixth edition of National Diaspora Day, holding on July 25 and 26 at the State House Conference Centre, Presidential Villa, Abuja. This was part of a press statement released by the commission’s...

Nigeria Faces Growing Visa Restrictions: A Wake-Up Call For Domestic and Regional Travel Focus

Diaspora Newsline7 months ago7 months ago0

What travel challenges have you experienced to-and-between Nigeria from other countries like the United States, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and United Kingdom, which have subjected Nigerians to difficult visa entry rules? These visa restrictions are part of massive immigration restrictions that will not only affect inbound tourism, but also...

ADC to PBAT, “Appoint ambassadors now, save Nigeria from foreign embarrassment”

Diaspora Newsline7 months ago7 months ago0

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has warned President Bola Tinubu that his failure to appoint ambassadors to Nigeria’s foreign missions will have disastrous consequences for the country’s foreign relations and will further worsen the plight of Nigerians. In a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, ADC...

US Court, convicts Nigerian man of $1.3m COVID-19 fraud

Diaspora Newsline7 months ago7 months ago0

On July 10, 2023, a Nigerian man living in the San Gabriel Valley was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for defrauding California and Nevada of $1.3 million in COVID-19 pandemic unemployment and disability insurance benefits. He achieved this by submitting more than 100 fraudulent applications using stolen identities...

Japada: Bianca Ojukwu calls on Nigerians in diaspora, “invest at home to end medical tourism”

Diaspora Newsline7 months ago7 months ago0

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has called on Nigerians in the diaspora to help curb the growing trend of medical tourism by investing in Nigeria’s health sector. She also urged Nigerians abroad not to regard the United States and Europe as their permanent homes but to channel...