The Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Saturday said South African politicians fuel xenophobic attacks by telling citizens that foreigners, including Nigerians, are dating their women and taking their jobs. Speaking on a television programme, she admitted that there were foreigners who commit crime in South Africa, and … Read more
Nigeria has advised against non-essential travel to the United States after some citizens had their visas canceled and were denied entry. In one case, a doctor was refused entry at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The physician, who was due to attend a wedding, was left traumatized, according to Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a senior special assistant to … Read more
Nigeria is advising its citizens against all but essential travel to the United States because of the lack of clarity on new immigration rules, the government said on Monday. A special adviser to the president on foreign affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said in a statement that Nigerians “without any compelling or essential reasons” should consider delaying. … Read more
Members of Nigeria’s community in South Africa have raised concerns over renewed anti-immigrant violence, appealing to authorities to intervene before the situation gets out of control. Nigeria’s presidency on Monday called the South African government to step in to stop what it said were “xenophobic attacks” following recent reports of violence against Nigerians and other … Read more
The African Union should intervene urgently to end xenophobic attacks in South Africa on Nigerians and other Africans, a presidential adviser in Nigeria, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said. Her statement came after Nigerians in South Africa reported that five of their businesses and a church were set ablaze in the capital, Pretoria, on Saturday. Ms Dabiri-Erewa, … Read more
Nigeria on Monday urged the African Union to step in to stop what it said were “xenophobic attacks” on its citizens and other Africans in South Africa. The presidency said there was a need for the continental body to “intervene urgently,” claiming that in the last two years “about 116” Nigerians had been killed, including … Read more
A total of 116 Nigerians have been killed in South Africa through extrajudicial means over the last two years, Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper reports quotes a government official as saying. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a senior official at the foreign office, made the disclosure after meeting Lulu Louis Mnguni, the South African ambassador to Nigeria in the capital, Abuja. … Read more
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, says the federal government is “on standby” to evacuate Nigerians in Gambia if the need arises. Crisis is brewing in Gambia over the refusal of President Yahaya Jammeh to step down after losing the election, with supporters of Adama Barrow, the winner, … Read more
The Presidency has warned journalists and other Nigerians to stop linking President Muhammadu Buhari with the travails of some judges arrested in the country recently. The warning came on a day Vice President Yemi Osinbajo re-emphasized the need for the emergence of a new crop of Nigerian elites to fight corruption, with a view to … Read more