Tag: South Africa
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Burna Boy backtracks, to perform in S’Africa despite xenophobic threats
Damini Ogulu, Nigerian Afro-fusion singer better known as Burna Boy, will be performing in South Africa, months after he had vowed not to step foot in the country. The award-winning singer had on September 3, threatened to shun the country over the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians. In the wake of the heightened xenophobic attacks…
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Xenophobia: You are safe now, Buhari assures Nigerians in South Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reassured Nigerians living in South Africa that measures had been taken to prevent a reoccurrence of xenophobic attacks against them. Apart from reported deaths, many Nigerians have lost properties and their means of livelihood to recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Buhari, during a town hall meeting with Nigerians in…
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Buhari returns to Abuja from South Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Friday after a three-day official visit to South Africa. While in South Africa, the Nigerian leader held bilateral meeting with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa. The two African leaders also co-chaired the inaugural meeting of the 9th Bi-National Commission at the seat of government, Union Building, Pretoria,…
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Xenophobic attacks on foreigners an embarrassment to Africa – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday in Pretoria that the wave of deadly violence against foreign nationals including Nigerians in South Africa last month was an embarrassment to the continent. According to details of his speech on the Nigerian presidency’s Twitter page, President Buhari stated this at a town hall meeting with Nigerians living in…
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Buhari advocates strong Nigeria, S/Africa relationship for delivering of ‘Africa we want’
President Muhammadu Buhari says a strong strategic relationship between Nigeria and South Africa can become the engine for the rapid economic, political, social, cultural development of Africa, thereby delivering ‘the Africa we want’. The Nigerian leader stated this at State Banquet organised in his honour by the South African government on the occasion of his…
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South Africa Grants Air Peace Daily Operational Licence
From Jonas Ike, Abuja The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria has said that the South African Government has granted request for the Nigerian Designated Airline, Air Peace to commence commercial flights to Johannesburg, South Africa. The confirmation was granted in the process of ascertaining the level of implementation of the Bilateral Air Service Agreement…
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Obasanjo tells evacuated Nigerians to return to South Africa
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerians evacuated from South Africa following the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in the Rainbow Nation to get ready to go back. This is because he is confident the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, next month will yield a positive outcome. The…
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Xenophobia: Obasanjo parleys Ramaphosa in South Africa [Photos]
After his recent letter to Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician and Zulu tribal leader about the demerits of xenophobia, former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo has visited South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa. Obasanjo also used the visit to present to Ramaphosa a new book that Obasanjo co-authored with Greg Mills of the Brenthurst Foundation in…
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Xenophobia: FG, Lagos gift fresh 315 South Africa returnees N10,000, N20,000 each
Three hundred and fifteen Nigerians – the second batch of those escaping from xenophobic attacks – on Wednesday returned to the country from South Africa. They arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, at about 7.21pm. The first batch of 187 arrived last week. They came on board B777 Air Peace aircraft, with…
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Xenophobia: 320 more Nigerians expected from South Africa today
A delay in securing landing permit from South African aviation authorities for Air Peace has led to rescheduling the evacuation of the second batch of Nigerians from South Africa. This is coming on the heels of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa. In the second batch, 320 Nigerians were billed to…