By Omoyeni Ojeifo
Private donors are sponsoring the return of another batch of 65 Nigerians from South Africa on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, amid ongoing concerns over Afrophobic violence.
The outgoing spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, disclosed the development in a statement, emailed to PersecondNews on Tuesday.
Persecondnews recalls that 83 Nigerians sponsored by private individuals returned to Lagos from South Africa on August 20, 2026, bringing the total number of returnees through privately sponsored arrangements to 148 with the latest batch.
The Federal Government had previously facilitated the return of 1,490 Nigerians from South Africa under its voluntary repatriation programme, bringing the combined number of returnees through government and private arrangements to 1,638 with the latest 65 returnees.
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