Tag: South Africa
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Xenophobia In South Africa Leaves A Question Mark On The Efficacy Of Truth & Reconciliation Commission, By Magnus Onyibe
We are all aware of former USA First Lady Michelle Obama‘s famous phrase — “When they go low, we go high” — because it has become something of a slogan for exercising restraint in the face of frustration. Owing to the aptness of the statement which was first uttered by the former First Lady in…
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Xenophobia: First batch of 320 Nigerians to return on Wednesday – Envoy
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 telephone interview that the first batch of returnees, are expected to depart South Africa by…
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Buhari receives envoy to South Africa, orders evacuation of 640 Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, to monitor the measures the South African government would take to end the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians by further engaging the “appropriate authorities.” The President also gave clear instructions that Nigerians willing to return home should be evacuated from South Africa…
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Xenophobia: 700 Nigerians register to leave South Africa, 320 to arrive Wednesday
The first batch of 320 Nigerians for evacuation from South Africa aboard Air Peace Airlines is expected to arrive the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Wednesday, Chairman of the airline Mr Allen Onyema has disclosed. The returnees, Onyema said, will touch down at the cargo wing of the Lagos Airport in collaboration with the airport…
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Curing the SA perfidy once and for all, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon If the occurrences in South Africa weren’t that tragic and inhumane, Nigerians could vote for them as a cure for the dangerous divide in the polity, especially after the 2015 general election. Since the news broke, Nigerians have unusually “spoken with one voice” in condemnation of the xenophobic assaults, and called for…
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Xenophobia: 640 Nigerians ready to return – NIDCOM
The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disclosed that 640 Nigerians in South Africa have voluntarily registered to return home following the xenophobic attacks in the country. Dabiri-Erewa, who disclosed this after a closed door meeting with the Senate Committee on Diaspora and non-governmental organisations in Abuja on Monday, said that…
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BREAKING: [Xenophobia] Buhari orders immediate voluntary evacuation of Nigerians from SA
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered immediate voluntary evacuation of all Nigerians willing to return home from South Africa over increasing xenophobic attacks. The President gave the order as he received report from Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (DGNIA) over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The President, in the wake of…
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Fact Check: South African mission confirms no bomb blast in Nigeria
The South African Acting High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Bobby Moroe, on Saturday confirmed there was no damage or bombing of any of the country’s mission property in Nigeria. Moroe said that both South African missions located in Abuja and Lagos were intact. The confirmation is sequel to reports being circulated on social media of…
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Xenophobic attacks and South African government, By Enyeribe Anyanwu
By Enyeribe Anyanwu There is a proverb among the Igbos in South Eastern Nigeria that mistake does not occur in two machete cuts. In other words, one cannot plead ignorance or mistake after inflicting two machete cuts on a fellow human being. Curiously, Nigeria has allowed itself to be inflicted several machete cuts by South…
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Xenophobia: South Africa turns down Nigeria’s request for compensation
South Africa has snubbed Nigeria’s quest for compensation for its citizens who incurred losses from xenophobic attacks. Nigeria is pressing for full compensation for victims of the unprovoked attacks and wanton killings. The Federal Government’s envoy is in Pretoria in a diplomatic move to end the impasse created by the situation. But South Africa’s Minister…