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Emergency Management Agency, NEMA’s Alleged Failure To Refund $4.8Million Unspent After Nigerians’ Evacuation From Ukraine The Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria (GCSDN) and Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Hungary, have called for accountability over the funds allocated for the evacuation of Nigerians from Ukraine following an invasion by Russia in February 2022.

The Global Coalition for Security and Democracy (GCSDN) in Nigeria has asked French president, Emmanuel Macron, not to transfer the $150 million looted by the late Nigerian Head of State, Sani Abacha in cash to the President Bola Tinubu-led government. The Nigerian government had on Friday said France will return $150 million looted by former Nigerian military leader, late Abacha.

The Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria (GCSDN), has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) demanding prosecution of former President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Muhammed over the mass burial of 103 #EndSARS casualties scheduled by the Lagos State government.

In October 2020, a nationwide protest broke out in different States across Nigeria. Protesters were demanding an end to the Special Anti-

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on Tuesday, commence hearing in the defamatory suit a Nigerian in the diaspora, Dr Frederick Odorige brought against the chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa and the Commission. The suit marked FCT/HC/CV/2429/2023 will be heard at Court 40, Bwari.

    A civic group, Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria, said the National Emergency Management Agency still has a balance of $4,793,504 (N1.98 billion) from the money budgeted to evacuate Nigerian nationals from Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine war. Dr. Frederick Odorige, the group’s coordinator, disclosed this in a Wednesday press release made available to SaharaReporters. He insisted that the NEMA did not require any additional funding to evacuate Nigerians trapped in ...

The coordinator of the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria (GCSDN), Frederick Odorige has threatened to sue the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, over alleged defamation   Odorige had a few months ago questioned the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire and Dabiri-Erewa, asking them to account for funds budgeted in 2020 to attract Nigerian medical professionals in the diaspora.    He added that another N24 million was proposed to be spent...

Odorige accused Dabiri-Erewa of misappropriating funds meant to be used to bring medical experts back to Nigeria.

Dabiri-Erewa had conceptualised the framework for the Ministry of Health, to engage Nigerian health professionals resident abroad.

Namadi, who is the son of former Vice President Namadi Sambo, was hoping to become the 2023 (PDP) flag bearer to represent Kaduna North Federal constituency at the House of Representatives but scored only two votes at the primary election, putting him at 12 votes behind the runner up.