Buhari arrives South Africa. President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Friday after a three-day official visit to South Africa. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while in South Africa, the Nigerian leader held bilateral meeting with his South...
President Buhari this afternoon October 2, departed Abuja for South Africa to begin a three-day official visit to South Africa. The president left the Presidential Villa around 1:30 p.m. for Pretoria via the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International...
Nigerians who were evacuated from South Africa, following xenophobic attacks, have been asked to get ready to return to that country Rainbow Nation. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo gave the advice, and said he was sure that the meeting between President...
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Executive Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has urged state governments to ensure proper reintegration of returnees from South Africa into the society. Mrs Dabiri-Erewa made the appeal at a World News Conference in Abuja on Monday....
Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani Kayode has condemned the apology tendered by South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa to President Muhammadu Buhari over xenophobic attacks. DAILY POST reported that South African Government on Monday formally apologised to Nigerians and the...
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has finally reacted to xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa. Obasanjo in a letter written to the founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party, in South Africa, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Tuesday,...
South Africa’s Defence Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, on Monday, said that the attacks against foreigners in South Africa were planned by criminals, therefore, the government can’t prevent it. Mapisa-Nqakula who said this in an interview with eNCA, a local channel described...
Grade 11 schoolgirl Ayakha Jiyane, who should have been celebrating her 17th birthday on Sunday, was buried alongside her three siblings, after a memorial service at the Copesville Community Hall outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. There were loud cries from the...
The South African Acting High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Bobby Moroe, on Sunday said his country will not cut bilateral ties with Nigeria. He said his country remained committed to strengthening bilateral ties with Nigeria. Moroe told the News Agency...
Catholic Bishops in South Africa have countered its government's claim of attack against foreigners not having a xenophobic undertone. Archbishop Buti Tigagale of the Southern African Catholic Bishop’s Conference Office for Migrants and Refugees said on Saturday September 7, that...
Though London remains the most preferred destination for most Nigerians since 2013, statistics also shows that South Africa and Dubai are also catching up in terms of the number of Nigerian visitors they receive every year. This is based on...
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has condemned the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, in a speech on the floor of the House on Friday, said the time for speaking has long passed, and the time for...
Zambia’s first President, Kenneth Kaunda, on Friday urged leaders in Africa to rise up to stop xenophobic attacks that have rocked South Africa. South Africans have in recent times attacked Zambians, Nigerians, among other nationals. Kaunda, one of the icons...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the federal government for shunning the World Economic Forum (WEF) holding in South Africa. The government took the decision in response to the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians. The Forum,...
The Nigerian government has advised its citizens to “inform their relatives in South Africa to take advantage” of a free return trip to Nigeria. This is because Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, volunteered to send an aircraft to South Africa...
Dele Momodu, media mogul and entrepreneur, has reacted to the renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. Momodu insisted that such act won’t have occurred during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He pointed out that the renewed...
Reacting to the xenophobic attacks, @ojochideobi says Nigerians living in South Africa should have invested at home rather than risk losing their money abroad when trouble begins. He also referred to the time when Nigerians sent Ghanaians packing under the...
Hoodlums taking advantage of the ongoing outrage against the treatment of Nigerians in South Africa have looted an outlet of a major South African clothing retailer in Lagos. The Surulere, Lagos, store of clothing and accessories dealer, PEP, was looted...
Nigerian sensational singer, Burna Boy, has revealed that he experienced xenophobic attack during his last visit to South Africa. Burna, who was speaking on the killings of Nigerians in South Africa, said he experienced xenophobic attacks in 2017 and decided...
The ongoing Xenophobic crisis is coming with surprises as some South African artistes are revealing their extreme hate for Nigerians and other Africans in their country. One revelation this crisis has brought out is that the popular South African singer,...
Tiwa Savage has canceled her upcoming show in Johannesburg, South Africa due to the ongoing Xenophobic crisis in the country against Nigerians and other African nations. The ‘One’ singer who is meant to perform in South Africa on the 21st...
Veteran actor and comedian, Alibaba, on Tuesday called out Muhammadu Buhari over the Xenophobic attacks on foreigners, particularly Nigerians in South Africa. AliBaba, on his Instagram page wondered what Buhari can do in such a situation when issue of killings...
The National Association of Seadogs (NAS), has ordered Federal Government of Nigeria to take urgent steps to halt the killings of Nigerians in South Africa following Monday’s xenophobic attack against Nigerians living in the former apartheid enclave. NAS, which is...
Orji Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate, has condemned the attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, describing it as ill conceived, disheartening and wicked. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Kunle Oyekunle of Orji Kalu Media...
Zambia’s football association has called off its friendly match against South Africa over the recent spate of xenophobic attacks. The friendly match between Chipolopolo (of Zambia) and Bafana Bafana (of South Africa) was slated for Saturday in Zambia. In a...
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday declared that Nigerian government would ‘take up” the issue of attack on Nigerians with South African government. Osinbajo explained that the measure was to ensure that such attack “does not repeat itself.” He said...
Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his response to xenophobic attacks on Nigerians. This is as Buhari had expressed “deep concern,” over the attacks on Nigerian citizens and property in South Africa In a...
The Federal government via its verified Twitter handle, has reacted to the recent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians residing in South Africa. The Federal government stated that the attacks are unacceptable and that President Buhari will meet with the South African...
Former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili on Monday September 2, waded into Xenophobic attack launched against Nigerians in South Africa. Recall LIB reported earlier that properties includings cars which belong to Nigerians in the country, was set on fire by...
South African authorities have seized a plane from Tanzania's national carrier. The Airbus 220-300 was due to fly from Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania but it was impounded. It was not immediately clear why...
