•The businessman A Nigerian businessman operating a shop in South Africa has pushed back against demands by local protesters to shut down his establishment, saying closure would displace dozens of South African employees who depend on the business for their livelihoods. In a confrontation captured on viral video posted by NTU Zuma TV today, th...
•Minister of Justice Mmamoloko Kubayi South Africa’s Justice Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has raised concern over the country’s deteriorating image abroad, warning that perceptions of xenophobia are triggering real economic and cultural consequences for citizens. Kubayi said the impact is increasingly being felt beyond diplomacy and business, e...
•Returnees Scores of Nigerians who returned from South Africa yesterday recounted experiences of intimidation, looting, harassment and fear for their lives. The federal government received the first batch of 258 evacuees from a group of more than 1,100 Nigerians who registered to come home after recent xenophobic attacks, reports The Nation. T...
Two hundred and sixty-two Nigerians, out of around 1,000 who have said they want to leave South Africa, are expected back in the country today (Thursday), following a fresh wave of xenophobic attacks. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, said this in a statement on her X account this morning. “There are 262 Nigerian [&helli...
The first group of Nigerians affected by recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa is expected to arrive in Lagos on Thursday morning as evacuation efforts continue. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the development in a statement issued today by its spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, noting that the returnees are being brought back under ...
•Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu The federal government yesterday declared that it is displeased with the South African government’s failure to respond firmly enough to the renewed wave of xenophobic attacks targeting Nigerian nationals, warning that retaliatory diplomatic gestures, including a review of bilateral privilege...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has warned against reprisal attacks on South Africans residing in Nigeria over the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in the former apartheid country. The police issued the warning yesterday in a statement signed by its spokesman, Anthony Placid, saying anyone who attacks South African nationals or businesses...
•Demonstrators march during a protest against undocumented migrants organised by the March and March and Operation Dudula groups in Cape Town on May 23, 2026 South Africa is stepping up action against illegal migrants, and citizens must not take the law into their own hands, the government said yesterday as protests against undocumented foreig...
The federal government has commenced arrangements to evacuate Nigerians willing to return home from South Africa following renewed anti-foreigner protests and rising tensions in parts of that country. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed this, yesterday, after a telephone discussion with South Africa’s Minister o...
•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...
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