Tag: xenophobia
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Xenophobia: Calm returns to Shoprite mall Festac
Calm appeared to return to Shoprite Mall in Festac following five days of business inactivity in the shopping mall as a result of reprisal attacks foiled by operatives of Nigerian Police Force last Wednesday. Our correspondent who visited the mall observed that many of the outlets opened for business. The South African owned PEP…
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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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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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Blundered Past, Xenophobia and Diplomatic Crossroads, By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today – Abraham Lincoln The Nigeria – South Africa Relations has displayed two contrasting faces over the last three decades or so. Nigeria’s flamboyant and frenetic African relations consistently reflect a strong sense of cooperation, solidarity and intoxicating big brother role and in contrast, South…
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Conversation on Xenophobia, By Hope Eghagha
Chimurenga: On the xenophobia conundrum, the chickens have finally come home to roost. Emeka: What do you mean? Which home and what kind of roosting? Chimurenga: The come has come to become the come! The ultimate design for us to turn on fellow Africans for our woes! The poor against the poor in favour of…
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Xenophobia: FG reacts to viral video of bomb explosion in South African High Commission
The Federal Government has said there was no bomb explosion in the High Commission of South Africa. It said the video being circulated was that of the bomb explosion at Emab Plaza, near Banex, in Abuja on June 25 2014. It accused “desperate opposition of allegedly using fake news and disinformation as handy tools to…
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Xenophobia: Over 5,000 lost their jobs in reprisal attacks in Lagos – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has lamented the colossal loses recorded in the xenophobic attacks in Lagos, disclosing that over 5000 jobs were lost in the state. The governor who spoke after inspection of some damaged facilities in the wake of the xenophobic attacks in the state, condemned the attacks and the looting of goods…
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Xenophobia: Nigerians are not chickens that can be slaughtered- Gordons
Nigerian comedian, Godwin Komone a.k.a Gordons has reacted over the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other nationals in South Africa. Speaking on the deadly attacks, the outspoken comic said Nigerians are not chickens that can be slaughtered. He made this known in a chat with TheNewsGuru. “Nigerians are not chickens that you think you…
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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…
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Xenophobia: Reps vow to take legal action against perpetrators
By Gabriel Okoro, Abuja The Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says the House is ready to authorise legal funding for Nigerians in South Africa who wish to take legal action against identified perpetrators of the violence as well as those who sponsored them or permitted their actions to occur and to continue in…