Diaspora News

FRONTLINE female filmmaker and festival director of African Cultural Film Festival (AFRICUFF), Emem Isong-Misodi, will today, October 26 launch her 4-day maiden edition of the African Cultural Film Festival in …

THE Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) said on Tuesday that it had not received distress calls from any individual or group of Nigerians living in the theatre of the ongoing …

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission on Monday said it would investigate the alleged killing of a Nigerian medical student identified as Ikem in the Philippines. An X user, @michaelojuola, on …

UZOMA Chioma Asagwara, a native of Abia State, has made history in Canada, as the first black woman to be sworn in as minister of health and the deputy premier …

Filippo Ferlazzo, the Italian who beat Italy-based Nigerian man Alika Ogorchukwu to death in July 2022, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison. The 39-year-old Nigerian who was murdered …

THE President of the United States, Joe Biden has selected two Nigerian-Americans as advisers. The appointees, Osagie Imasogie and Chiney Ogwumike, are part of the President’s Advisory Council on African …

PRINCETON University is hosting The Chinua Achebe International Symposium and 10th Anniversary Memorial Celebration at its New Jersey base, September 29-30. Hosted by the university’s Africa World Initiative and Program …

THE Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has written to the management of Egyptair, demanding probe into the death of Ms Remilekun Toyosi Meshioye, who died aboard the …

NIGERIAN Director Nwani Orire has just been announced as the winner in the Best Director category at the New York Tri-State Film Festival. Naked Woman directed by Orire won the …

THE United Kingdom’s government has announced an increase in the cost of student and tourist visas. According to a statement released by the UK’s Home Office yesterday, the pay for …