The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, said, yesterday, it is yet to receive any distress call from Nigerian residing in Iran, following ongoing hostilities between Iran and the United States and its ally, Israel.
This came on a day the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is still monitoring the situation in the Middle East.
This is even as dozens of protesters marching around the Maryland area of Lagos, yesterday, chanted anti-US and anti-Israel slogans and called for global condemnation of foreign intervention in sovereign nations. The presence of the demonstrators heightened tensions as passers-by avoided the area. 
Recall that Shi’ites had on Sunday protested the attack and killing of Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Kano, Sokoto, Gombe, Niger, Kaduna, Bauchi and Yobe states.
Meanwhile, the war spread across the Middle East and beyond, yesterday, with Lebanon-based Hezbollah entering the fray, targeting a British air base in Cyprus, as price of Nigeria’s Bonny Light surged to $80 per barrel, yesterday, up from $70 per barrel on Sunday, the highest since July 2025.
Director of Media and Public Relations of NiDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, who disclosed news of no distress call in a telephone interview with Vanguard, said though there might be Nigerians in Iran, none had officially reached out to the commission for assistance.
I’m not saying there are no Nigerians there, I’m only saying nobody has sent any distress call,” he clarified.
Meanwhile, the war spread across the Middle East and beyond, yesterday, with Lebanon-based Hezbollah entering the fray, targeting a British air base in Cyprus, as price of Nigeria’s Bonny Light surged to $80 per barrel, yesterday, up from $70 per barrel on Sunday, the highest since July 2025.
Director of Media and Public Relations of NiDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, who disclosed news of no distress call in a telephone interview with Vanguard, said though there might be Nigerians in Iran, none had officially reached out to the commission for assistance.
