Ambode spoke when he received a delegation of the first Annual Diaspora Festival, led by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, at the Lagos House, Ikeja
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Dabiri-Erewa described the deaths of these young Nigerians in the latest boat mishap on the Mediterranean sea as “unfortunate, tragic and preventable”
Dabiri-Erewa made the announcement at the Island Club, Lagos in a lecture entitled: “Nigerians in The Diaspora: Strengths and Challenges in Pursuit of National Development”
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that four Nigerian students were attacked by a mob during a candle-light march for a 17-year-old Indian boy, who died of suspected drug overdose
The group in a statement by its Secretary-General, Ben Omonua, on Thursday said by asking Nigerians to ignore the genuine advice given by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the “Minister has shown that he is not in tune with realities and does not care about the interest of Nigerians whom his ministry is meant to protect”
The Embassy said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday
The group said that Onyeama was obviously not aware of the hurdles Nigerians have been facing in getting into the US at the border posts and that some had actually been sent back home
The statement said the warning became imperative due to series of reports received by the office of the SSA
This set will be the third batch of Nigerians to return from Libya to the country in one month
A statement issued by Sarah Sanda, the media aide to the minister, said Onyeama raised the concern at the high level segment of the 34th Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland
The girls, who arrived the Air Force Base of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos in a Nigerian Air Force plane on Monday evening, were received by a joint operations team comprising officials of NAPTIP, the Military, Police, Department of State Services, Nigeria Immigration Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria and the Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that six persons, alleged to be human traffickers, were also arrested and brought back to the country alongside their victims
Gigaba had after the last round of attacks on Nigerians in South Africa said both countries needed to sit down to discuss the issue
Another batch comprising 161 Nigerians had earlier on February 14 also voluntarily returned from the North African country where they had been stranded enroute Europe
Dabiri-Erewa equally called on the African Union to intervene urgently in the renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa
He, however, said only the President can disclose to Nigerians the nature of his ailment
This was sequel to the latest video footage circulating on the social media showing the destruction of the Nigerian Embassy in Dakar by a group of hoodlums protesting against the manner in which the death of a Nigerian, Kingsley Irogbulam, was handled by the Embassy
According to Hajia Buhari’s Media Aide, Zakari Yau Nadabo, the event, with the theme: “Rebirth and Renewable,” is also expected to have the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammad, as Guest Speaker
In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa said the call by Naik for a ban by the Central Government of India on Nigerians from entering the country was rather unfortunate