Xenophobic Attacks

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday gave a sum of N20,000 to each of the second batch of 315 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fresh batch of returnees arrived a week after…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has dispatched three special envoys to seven African countries to deliver messages of pan-African unity and solidarity following xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the Presidency said on Sunday.…
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The Consul General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, has said that the first batch of the Nigerian returnees from South Africa would depart South Africa for Lagos on Wednesday. Adama told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a…
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Inkatha Freedom Party founder and traditional prime minister to the Zulu nation, Mangosuthu Buthelezi has said that South Africans dare not forget or disregard the sacrifices made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other African…
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Some youths in Kano on Saturday staged a peaceful protest against xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa. The youth, who marched from Zoo Road to Audu Bako Secretariat along the State Road, carried placards with various…
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A coalition of civil society groups in Kaduna has called on Nigeria to suspend diplomatic relations with South Africa over the unwarranted killings of Nigerians in that country. Yusuf Amoke, who addressed a press conference on behalf of…
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Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage has canceled her musical performance in South Africa as a result of killings of Nigerians in the country. Savage, in series of tweets, denounced Xenophobic attack on Nigerians, describing it as barbaric,…
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A yet to be identified person has been shot dead outside the Shoprite premises around Jakande, Lekki area of Lagos state. A witness who described the victim as a protester said he was killed after an angry mob set a police van on fire…
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South Africa’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Monroe, on Tuesday, denied reports of Xenophobic attacks in his country. Bobby Monroe denied that the attacks in South Africa are xenophobic and targetted at Nigerians as it is been…
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has summoned the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Moroe, over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The envoy was expected to meet with the minister by 11:00…
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