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The federal government will fly 83 Nigerian citizens out of South Africa on Wednesday following persistent xenophobic hostility across major urban townships. The returnees will travel on a South African Airways flight departing Johannesburg’s Oliver Tambo International Airport and landing in Lagos late Wednesday evening. Private philanthropists stepped in to buy the airline tickets after…
The Federal Government has denied receiving any formal request from South Africa for reimbursement of costs incurred in repatriating Nigerian nationals and other migrants from the country, even as South African officials told Parliament they had written to Nigeria, Malawi and Ethiopia seeking a refund. The clarification from Abuja came after South Africa’s…
Nearly two decades of recurring violence against Nigerians in South Africa moved from the streets to the floor of the National Assembly on Tuesday, as the House of Representatives resolved to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the human and economic losses suffered by its citizens and to press for compensation from Pretoria. The…
Nigeria will bring home the last group of its citizens fleeing xenophobic violence in South Africa on Wednesday, closing a five week rescue operation that has drawn hundreds of traumatised returnees back to Lagos and pushed relations between Abuja and Pretoria to one of their tensest points in years. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has raised the stakes in the escalating row over the treatment of Nigerians in South Africa, declaring a nationwide protest that seeks to paralyse the operations of MTN and MultiChoice while pressuring citizens to withdraw their funds from Stanbic IBTC Bank. The NANS President,…
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has demanded an immediate review of diplomatic and economic ties with South Africa following a brutal resurgence of xenophobic violence. The House of Representatives called on the federal government to reconsider trade and aviation treaties to protect citizens abroad. Lawmakers proposed a temporary freeze on business permits for new South African…
South African investors moved $983.83m into Nigeria between January and March 2026, even as anti migrant violence in South Africa forced hundreds of Nigerians to flee home, fresh figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show, pointing to a commercial relationship that has held firm while the diplomatic one frays. According to…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, South West Zone D, has announced plans to stage demonstrations at South African businesses operating in Nigeria, following fresh reports of xenophobic attacks that allegedly claimed the lives of two Nigerian nationals in South Africa. The association, in a statement signed by its South West Zone Coordinator, Comrade…
Over 130 Nigerians have already asked for help to leave the country. This group wants to fly home after a week of tension in Johannesburg. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects this number to rise as the marches continue through Friday. These demonstrations have become a predictable part of the South African political calendar. They…
Nigeria has summoned South Africa’s acting high commissioner to Abuja following a fresh wave of xenophobic violence. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the order on Saturday after reports confirmed that Nigerian citizens and their businesses were targeted in several South African cities. This diplomatic escalation aims to halt a cycle of mid-level thuggery that…