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Fight Boko-Haram or risk disintegration – Nigerians in the UK

Fight Boko-Haram or risk disintegration – Nigerians in the UK

Feb. 21 | Report by Sam Asoluka Hundreds of Nigerians in the United Kingdom descended on central London, defying the cold weather, to attend a Peace Rally outside Downing Street in solidarity with families who lost their loved ones in terrorist attacks in Northern...

Boko Haram: Nigerians in the UK to hold peace rally in London

Boko Haram: Nigerians in the UK to hold peace rally in London

Feb. 14 | By Sam Asoluka Nigerians living in the United Kingdom will be holding a Peace Rally outside Downing Street, London on the 18th of February, 2012 in solidarity with families who lost their innocent loved ones in terrorist attacks and to send a clear message...

Nigerians in UK protest fuel hikes, New York rally slated for Tuesday

Nigerians in UK protest fuel hikes, New York rally slated for Tuesday

Jan. 7 | Dele Momodu, Nigeria's showbiz celebrity addressing protesters at #OccupyNigeriaLondon protest: Twitter photo credit: Zainab Usman: NAL Staff writer Hundreds of Nigerians living in England on Friday occupied the Nigerian High Commission in London...

A heartbreak made in America

A heartbreak made in America

Mar. 17 | Something is bothering Tunde. He’s not saying what it is. But, a girl can tell.  It’s the way his gaze drifts into the distance when he should be ecstatic. It’s the slow, deliberate way he chews his food. It’s in the way he looks at me when...

Diary Of An Illegal Immigrant: America at Last

Diary Of An Illegal Immigrant: America at Last

Mar. 7 | Five hours and forty-three minutes after the plane landed, I was finally free. I was in America. Tunde was waiting and worried. “What happened?” he asked as soon as I walked out of Customs. When I told him, he laughed so hard tears were streaming...

Nigerian students at York University to host fanfare gala

Nigerian students at York University to host fanfare gala

Mar. 1 | By Nigerians Abroad news wire Nigerian Students’ Association, York University – a non-profit student group committed to promoting Nigerian culture and bringing together York University’s students of Nigerian heritage – has concluded...

Diary Of An Illegal Immigrant: Coming To America

Diary Of An Illegal Immigrant: Coming To America

Feb. 14 | My name is Abosede Omoakholo. Everyone calls me Bose. I’m a reluctant illegal immigrant. I never planned to leave Nigeria. Lagos was good to me. I had a good job as the deputy branch manager of one of the biggest banks in Nigeria. But, love brought...

Re: Update of Bank Account Information in Nigeria – The Plight of Nigerians Abroad

Re: Update of Bank Account Information in Nigeria – The Plight of Nigerians Abroad

Jan. 27 | By Akintokunbo Adejumo On 25th of January 2011, I came across a Press Release on Page 27 of the Monday, January 24 2011 edition of THISDAY Newspaper. The advert was from the Committee of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (CCCOBIN) titled UPDATE...

Haiti Flashback: Chioma Ohiri, Nigerian humanitarian who helped victims of earthquake

Haiti Flashback: Chioma Ohiri, Nigerian humanitarian who helped victims of earthquake

Jan. 15 | Nigerian Chioma Ohiri helps earthquake victim in Haiti in January 2010 By Nigerians abroad staff writer On Wednesday, January 12, Haitians around the world commemorate one year anniversary after the devastating earthquake that torn apart their  country...

NIDO-MALAYSIA Crisis: Ex-Ambassador ‘threatens members with mass arrest’

NIDO-MALAYSIA Crisis: Ex-Ambassador ‘threatens members with mass arrest’

Dec. 30 | By John Olawepo The last may not have been heard about the simmering crisis between the Nigeria High Commission Malaysia under the headship of Ambassador Peter Anegbeh and the Executives of the Non-governmental Organization of Nigerians in Diaspora, NIDO...