Mrs Dabiri-Erewa was speaking after Nigeria’s Ibironke Adeagbo was named a board member of international charity Streetinvest.
There are an estimated 76,000 applicants, more than the government’s target all the way out to 2023.
Olusola Solarin was killed on December 12, 2021, raising the death tally of Nigerians in South Africa to more than 127 since 2019.
Ayotunde provided false identifying information in his application for a U.S. passport, and in doing so, also falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen.
The D-8 is an intergovernmental organisation that comprises Bangladesh; Egypt; Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Nigeria; Pakistan; and Turkey.
The government says it’s working on enhanced e-passports as a way to clear the backlog and curb scarcity.
The organisation said they were in need of land for the multimillion-dollar Diaspora Village to be located in Lagos.
NIDOE says it’s wrong for the government to use the same sharing formula for all the countries in Europe for Italy where there are more Nigerians.
Many Nigerians in Italy were disengaged from work by the host authority for failing to produce valid passports.
The students are part of the 2020/2021 academic year scholarship under the Russia-Nigeria Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA).
