Nigeria Moves To Recover Returnees’ Lost Assets In South Afric

The Federal Government has said it will engage South African authorities to secure compensation for Nigerians who abandoned businesses and other valuable assets while fleeing renewed anti-immigrant hostility, a move that signals a tougher diplomatic posture as the country’s evacuation programme stretches into its third week. Acting Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador Alexander…

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FG to Evacuate More Nigerians from South Africa on Tuesday

  The Federal Government has confirmed that another evacuation flight carrying Nigerians from South Africa will arrive on Tuesday, as regional tensions escalate ahead of planned nationwide anti-immigrant protests scheduled for June 30. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, disclosed that an Air Peace aircraft departed Nigeria on Monday at 3:00…

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Citizen’s Arrest: South Africa Govt Warns Against Vigilante Justice

  The South African government has issued a formal clarification on the legal boundaries of citizen’s arrests, warning that frustration over illegal migration does not grant private individuals the right to take the law into their own hands. Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Migration, delivered the assurance during a…

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