Tag: South Africa
125 looters arrested in Lagos, IGP orders security beef-up at embassies
No fewer than 125 looters have been arrested by the police in Lagos in connection with destruction of properties owned…
Check out this hilarious notice
Market Square, Nigeria's emerging grocery retail chain has shared a very funny note outside their store. This is coming after…
Omojuwa urges govt to break relations with South Africa
Public speaker, political commentator and social media expert Japheth Omojuwa has urged the Nigerian government to break every form of…
Nigeria recalls ambassador to South Africa, boycotts WEF
Nigeria has recalled its Ambassador to South Africa and also boycotted the World Economic Summit holding in Cape Town on…
Xenophobia: Linda Ikeji’s journalism licence should be withdrawn- Fans
The role of the media in feeding society with accurate information at all times, is such a huge responsibility that…
Xenophobia: Wizkid blasts celebrities
In the wake of the recent xenophobic attacks by South Africans on foreign nationals in their country, including Nigerians. Starboy…
South Africa just SAVVY and rest of Africa just VAPID?
Is South Africa just savvy or are other African countries just vapid? What is at play here? Inferiority complex to…
Has South Africa cursed Nigeria?
I believe the Nigerian government does not get it. It should cease the spasmodic whining, "we helped South Africa fight…
Osinbajo: Attacks on Nigerians in South Africa reckless, unacceptable
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the attacks on Nigerians in South Africa are absolutely unacceptable, reckless and unreasonable.
Consul-General Adama: No Nigerian died in latest xenophobic attacks
Nigeria's Consul General in Johannesburg, Mr Godwin Adama has debunked reports and videos depicting the death of Nigerians in the…
Why Nigerians must not attack South African businesses in Nigeria – FG
The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians not to attack South African companies operating in Nigeria in retaliation for the…
Xenophobia:: 80 arrested, 5 killed, foreigners cry for help
South African police arrested more than 80 people and confirmed five deaths as riots in Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria…
Ikeja Shoprite shut over Xenophobic attack
Shoprite, located within the Ikeja City Mall, Ikeja area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria was on Tuesday shut following Xenophobic attack…
Xenophobic attack: MTN offices shutdown
Following the protest across the streets of Lagos against xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, the MTN Nigeria outlet…
Xenophobic attacks: Buhari sends special envoy to South Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the despatch of a special envoy to South Africa over the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians.
Xenophobia: Nigeria summons South African ambassador
Nigeria's foreign minister, Geoffrey Onyeama has summoned South Africa's ambassador over the recent 'sickening and depressing' attacks on Nigerians in…
Daddy Freeze boycotts South Africa, products
On-air personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze has vowed not to travel to South Africa again.
Nigeria to South Africa: Enough is Enough
The Nigerian government has reacted to reports that South African mobs are attacking Nigerians, burning their properties and even killing…
Deadly parcel from South Africa
In the colonial era, it was normal to see whites brutalizing and oppressing blacks as aptly epitomized by the atrocious…
Xenophobia attack: Nigerian shops set ablaze in South Africa
The Nigeria Union has advised Nigerians leaving in South Africa to avoid Pretoria Central Business District (CBD) until the Police…
South Africa seizes Air Tanzania’s Airbus
South African authorities have impounded an Airbus 220-300 aircraft leased by Air Tanzania, the national flag carrier.
6089 Nigerians under police probe in South Africa
Over 6,000 Nigerians are being investigated for various crimes by South African police, Nigeria's High Commissioner to South Africa, Ambassador…
Shoddy job: South Africa’s anti-graft head Mkhwebane fined
A South African court on Thursday awarded a second punitive costs order against the country’s top anti-corruption official, Public Protector…
Xenophobic Attacks: Committee’s advice to Nigerian students
The Committee of Youth on Mobilisation and Sensitisation (CYMS) on Tuesday appealed to youths and students’ organisations in Nigeria to…
Just IN: Buhari to visit South Africa
Amidst the hostility of Nigerian students to South African companies in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted an invitation to…
Close your companies and leave now, NANS tells South Africans
Following the increasing number of Xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has…
South Africa’s unemployment rate hits 29%
South Africa’s unemployment rate in Q2 2019 grew by 1.4% to 29%, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. The figure…
Killings unabated in South Africa’s gangland despite army presence
Murders in South Africa's gang-ridden areas continued to rise over the weekend despite the deployment of troops, authorities said.
Dabiri-Erewa condemns attack on ex-BBA star Faniran by South African police
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned the alleged assault of a Nigerian, Tayo Faniran, by the South African Police…
Forging an era of collaboration between Nigeria and South Africa
With a South African mother and Nigerian father, I am in the fortunate position of being exposed to the best…