•Air Peace Chief Executive Officer, Allen Onyema Air Peace Chief Executive Officer, Allen Onyema, has called for a peaceful economic response to xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa, urging citizens to boycott the country rather than engage in violence or retaliation. Speaking during an interview on Arise News, Onyema expresse...
•Yusuf Dantalle The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and National Chairman of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Yusuf Dantalle, has described the renewed xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa as a reminder of the need to address Nigeria’s leadership and governance challenges. Dant...
•Nigerian returnees Screening of Nigerians who desire to leave South Africa following xenophobic attacks has commenced. This comes a month after the Nigerian Government announced the special repatriation plan, reports The Guardian. A public notice issued by the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria notes that the exercise will run until Sunday ...
Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), has demanded immediate sanctions against South Africa over the persistent, barbaric and unchecked xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals residing in her country. CDHR in a statement today jointly signed by its national president, Comrade ‘Yinka Folarin and general secr...
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has initiated diplomatic engagements with South African officials over growing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians residing in the country. Obi, who arrived in South Africa on Friday for an international conference, said he used the opportunity to meet with Nigerians in Ca...
•Falana and map of South Africa Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights over “the persistent and escalating threats to the safety and security of Nigerians and other African nationals in the Republic of South Africa.” In the communication submitted pursuant to the African Charte...
•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...

