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Dabiri-Erewa Condemns Attack on Sen Ike Ekweremadu in Germany

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The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM has condemned the attack on the former deputy Senate President and current serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Ike Ekweremadu at the 2nd Annual Igbo Cultural Festival held in Nuremberg, Germany. Senator Ekweremadu who was attending as a speaker/special guest of honor at the event organized by the Ndigbo Germany community was reportedly beaten up and egged publicly. Dabiri-Erewa in a release personally signed by her described the incident as an embarrassment to Nigeria as a Nation. She stated that…

Dabiri-Erewa Condemns Attack On Ex-BBA star, Faniran By South African Police

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Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned the alleged assault of a Nigerian, Tayo Faniran, by the South African Police on Thursday. In a statement in Abuja on Friday, the Chairman of NIDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, described the alleged attack as frightening and uncalled for. “Their almost physical attack on him is most unprofessional, ” Dabiri-Erewa added in the statement issued by the Head of Media of the commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun. “Faniran is, however, not in police net and the commission will reach him for a one-on-one interaction,’’ she said.…

Don’t Take Drugs To Saudi Arabia, Dabiri-Erewa Warns Pilgrims

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Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri- Erewa has warned pilgrims participating in this year hajj to resist any temptation to take hard drugs to Saudi Arabia, reminding them that it attracted death penalty. In a statement by the NIDCOM Head of Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa said despite repeated warnings and workshops for intending pilgrims, it is disheartening that some Nigerians still ran foul of Saudi Arabia authorities’ law. She recalled that some Nigerians caught with hard drugs in the last few years were still currently on death…