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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Nigerian Consulate General in Johannesburg has condemned the deaths of three Nigerian nationals in separate incidents in South Africa within four days, saying the pattern raises fresh concern about the safety of Nigerians in the country. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Consul General, Ambassador Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, the three men…
The National Assembly has suspended all official parliamentary visits and legislative engagements with South Africa following renewed waves of xenophobic violence against Nigerian citizens. The resolution, jointly endorsed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, orders federal lawmakers, committee secretariats, and legislative staff to boycott bilateral exchanges in Pretoria until further notice. This diplomatic…
The killing of two Nigerians in South Africa within days of each other has renewed diplomatic strain between Abuja and Pretoria, coming as anti-migrant groups press a fresh 30 September ultimatum for undocumented foreigners to leave and as the National Assembly suspends legislative dealings with its South African counterpart. The victims were named by the…
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…
The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the persistent casualties and property losses suffered by Nigerians living in South Africa. Lawmakers resolved on Wednesday to audit the assets abandoned by over 3,500 citizens evacuated during recent and past xenophobic attacks. Motion sponsor Babajimi Benson warned that lawful Nigerian residents have faced targeted violence…
The diplomatic standoff between Abuja and Pretoria over compensation for Nigerians uprooted by xenophobic violence has entered a sharper legal phase, with human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, insisting that only a regional court, not the African Union, can force South Africa to pay. His intervention reframes a bilateral grievance…
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,…
The Federal Government of Nigeria is preparing to receive a fourth batch of 270 citizens evacuated from South Africa following a fresh wave of xenophobic violence against foreign nationals. The arriving flight will push the total number of repatriated citizens to nearly 1,130 since emergency operations began. State officials coordinate the state-funded flights through the…
Another Air Peace aircraft will lift off from Lagos on Tuesday afternoon bound for Johannesburg, and by the early hours of Wednesday it is expected to touch down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport with 270 Nigerians who have chosen to leave South Africa behind. It is the latest run in an evacuation…