LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS )-South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told officials and business leaders on Wednesday that he was committed to quelling attacks on foreigners that have threatened to cast a cloud over an economic forum aimed at boosting intra-African trade. Police have arrested almost 300 people and confirmed at least five deaths after riots…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS Due to the drastic move made by the federal government, Nigerians have hailed President Muhammadu Buhari on his recall of the Ambassador to South Africa, Kabir Bala, over renewed xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. It is said that the Federal Government had also pulled out of the World Economic…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A firm, Timekeepers Store at the Novare Mall in Sangotedo, said the goods looted and destroyed in the store on Tuesday worth over N200 million. A call to the company, picked by a woman who pleaded anonymous said the hoodlums burgled their way into the store after locking it and went…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Air Peace Airline would commence the evacuation of Nigerians in South Africa from Sept. 6, following recent attacks on Nigerians in that country. Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, Spokesperson for the Ministry, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwonye said that Mr…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Student in Lusaka, Zambia, have burnt down the signpost of South African Embassy in the capital city in response to ongoing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African migrants in South Africa. This action of the Zambian students comes barely 24 hours after the country withdrew from a friendly football match with…
LAGOS SEPEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Mission in South Africa says no Nigerian died but over 50 vehicles and other property worth millions of dollars owned by Nigerians were vandalised, burnt or stolen, in fresh attacks. The Nigeria Consul General in Johannesburg, Mr Godwin Adama, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone conversation from…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has called on South-Africans to stop the attacks on foreigners, including Nigerians, describing the development as most pathetic and regrettable. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Media Office. Obi reminded the South African Government…
LAGOS SEPEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian division of South African telecom operator MTN said on Wednesday it will shut all stores and service centers in the country until further notice after its facilities in three cities were attacked. The facilities were attacked in retaliation after days of riots in South Africa chiefly targeting foreign-owned, including Nigerian,…