Tag: xenophobia
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Kate Henshaw under fire over xenophobic attack comments on Nigerians
Nigerians have expressed their displeasure over the comment Kate Henshaw made in reaction to the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The revered role interpreter made the tweet on Tuesday. “We are responsible for how people treat us,” she wrote. However her tweet has triggered diverse reactions from Nigerians who believe she made the…
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Ycee, AKA, at war over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians
Jagagban crooner,Ycee has slammed South African rapper, AKA, over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerian in South Africa. Their heated argument took place on Twitter Reacting to the attacks, Ycee, wrote : “There is this subtle dislike that a lot of them (If not all) feel towards Nigerians and no matter how hard they try to…
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2face Idibia, Iyabo Ojo, Toke Makinwa, others condemn Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa
Nigerian celebrities have joined the online campaign decrying the Xenophobic attacks launched by South Africans against foreigners, partly Nigerians. In her reaction, Iyabo Ojo slammed the Federal Government on what it is doing to address the attacks. The actress added that it is bad that Africans are killing their fellow Africans. She wrote…
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Xenophobia: Attack against Nigerians in South Africa unacceptable – Atiku
Atiku Abubakar has condemned the reported xenophobic attack against Nigerians in South Africa. The former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in a message on his social media said the reported attacks were unacceptable. Atiku said urgent step needed to be taken with the South African authorities and the African union to put an…
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FG promises ‘definite measures’ over xenophobic attacks in South Africa
The Federal Government has condemned the renewed attacks on Nigerian businesses in South Africans, describing the perpetrators as mindless criminals. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama on Monday said Nigeria will take definite measures against the xenophobic attack on Nigerians living in South Africa. Onyeama, who stated this on his Twitter handle, described the…
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Xenophobia: Nigeria to take actions against ‘sickening’ attacks in South Africa
Jonas Ike Nigeria Monday said it will take “definitive measures” as xenophobic attacks against Nigerian-owned businesses continue in South Africa. Describing the attacks as sickening, Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama said South African police protection for Nigerian businesses has been “ineffective”. “We will take definitive measures,” Onyeama said. The minister said Nigerians were attacked…
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Supreme Court to hear Kwara APC leadership tussle on April 10
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed April 10, to hear an appeal in the All Progressive Congress(APC) leadership struggle in Kwara. The apex court fixed the date, because hearing notices were not served on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the caretaker chairman of the party in the state, Mr Bashiru Bolarinwa. The court…
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Why Mandela will not be happy with South Africans over xenophobia, by Philip Afaha
By Dr Philip Afaha In my formative years, I perceived Nelson Mandela as the true meaning of a hero. Folktales were built around him. In schools, rhymes were composed and it was Mandela all the way. I believed the same experience was replicated in all cities and communities in Africa especially towards the close of…
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Special Report: ‘We’ll rather die in S/Africa’s xenophobic attacks than be killed by herdsmen in Nigeria‘
“What exactly are we doing in this country when our lives are daily threatened by arrogant herdsmen who are now renowned for killing unquestioned? Are you not bothered by the several killings in Benue, Zamfara, Kogi, Taraba and other states? What has the Nigerian government done about it? Who have so far been arrested? But…
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Xenophobia: Another Nigerian burnt alive in South Africa
The Nigerian Community in South Africa has announced that one Clement Nwaogu was burnt alive by a mob in the latest xenophobia attack in that country. The Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr. Habib Miller, confirmed the killing from Pretoria in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in…