•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has painted a grim picture of the state of the nation and its workers, warning that rising insecurity, deepening poverty, and worsening economic conditions are pushing citizens to the brink. Recall that NLC and other stakeholders in the Nigerian project had consistently blamed hardship in t...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas The Senate has resolved to constitute a joint ad hoc committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to address the rising cases of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. The committee, to be led by the Chairman of the National [...
•Seriake Dickson Former Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has urged Nigerians to disregard what he described as propaganda surrounding the National Democratic Congress (NDC), insisting that the party’s registration process has a long-standing and documented history. Dickson made the clarification in a statement posted on his X han...
•Xenophobia The Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg has issued a public advisory warning Nigerians in South Africa about planned nationwide anti-foreigner protests scheduled for today, Monday, May 4, 2026. The notice issued yesterday ahead of the demonstrations, was signed by the Consul General, Ambassador Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, reports...
•Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu The federal government has commenced arrangements to evacuate its citizens from South Africa, with at least 130 individuals already registered for voluntary repatriation flights amid rising anti-foreigner tensions in the country. The development follows renewed protests and incidents of xenophobic rhetoric in parts of S...
•Nigeria and South Africa flags Nigeria’s government has summoned South Africa’s top diplomat in Abuja over attacks on foreigners in the country, the foreign ministry said yesterday. South Africa, the continent’s most industrialised economy, has long been a destination for both legal and undocumented African workers, reports Channels TV. But s...
•Xenophobia Amid rising unrest in South Africa, the Nigerian Consulate in the country, in collaboration with the Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa, has offered a free repatriation flight to Nigerians willing to return home permanently. The President of NICASA, Frank Onyekwelu, who spoke to our correspondent, acknowledged that the s...
•Atiku Abubakar and Remi Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned what he described as the deliberate weaponisation of hunger through the distribution of food items and palliatives across Northern Nigeria by President Bola Tinubu, saying the gesture amounted to political manipulation dressed up as compassion. The attack was co...
Four Nigerians were among 25 defendants convicted on April 24 for their roles in the fraud and money laundering scheme, commonly referred to as “business email compromise”. They included Emmauel Okereke, aka Omo Igbo, 42; Olalekan Bashiru, aka Ola Bash, 36; Jeremiah Agina, 29; and Ademola Balogun, 43 — were Nigerian nationals. According to the...
•Abike Dabiri-Erewa The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, yesterday urged the South Africa government to ensure the safety of Nigerians and other black immigrants. The plea followed ongoing xenophobia attacks in some parts of the country, reports The Nation. The lo...
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