South Africa

Nigerian businessman abducted in South Africa, NUSA sends S.O.S. to Police

A Nigerian businessman based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Alaba Jolayemi,  a.k.a “The Don’’, has been kidnapped in the country. Jolayemi reportedly went missing...

Renewed hostility against foreigners: Nigerians in South Africa seek President Ramaphosa’s intervention

``I call on President Cyril Ramaphosa to help our community during this trying time so that we may not lose our brothers again...

Gangsters’ attack: Nigeria loses another national in South Africa

    Following last week’s attack on foreigners by gangsters in South Africa, a Nigerian, Nicholas John, an indigene of Ogun State, who...

2 Nigerians killed as South Africans attack foreign nationals over drugs

    Following the killing of two Nigerians as South Africans attacked foreign nationals on Friday, the Nigeria community has renewed its call...

Cyril Ramaphosa

COVID-19 Omicron variant: Travel bans harsh, unfair, says South African President, holds talks with Buhari

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has thanked the leaders of Nigeria, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal for expressing...

Ex-South African President, Jacob Zuma, goes to jail

For aiding and abetting the plundering of state funds during his nine-year rule, a former South African President, Jacob Zuma, is to cool...

New variant of COVID-19 in South Africa: Nigerians urged to observe nation’s lockdown rules

Amid threat of spread of the new variant of COVID-19 and new lockdown rules in South Africa, Nigerians living in the country have...

June 12: Nigerians in South Africa felicitate Buhari, others on 22 years of unbroken democracy

As Nigeria marked 22 years of uninterrupted democracy on June 12, the Nigerian Community in South Africa has urged the Federal Government to...

Irredeemable South African serial rapist bags world’s record of 1,088 years in jail for raping 56 women, teenagers

  An irredeemable serial rapist, Sello Abram Mapunya of South Africa may have entered the World’s Guinness Book of Records by bagging 1,088...

Nigerians in South Africa protest exorbitant consular charges

  Nigerians living in South Africa on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest against alleged excessive charges by the Consulate General of Nigeria for...

Nigerian community in South Africa donates furnished five-room building to poor family.

A South African family living in squalid conditions has got a life-transforming intervention from the Nigerian community in the country as it built...

Nigerians in South Africa demand justice for fatally stabbed fellow citizen by couple

A 38-year-old Nigerian, Mr Mendis Uzodimma, who was stabbed to death in Rosettenville, Southern Johannesburg, has drawn the ire of Nigerians especially members...

South African President Ramaphosa to appear before anti-graft panel

  South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is due next month to make a much-anticipated appearance before an inquiry into alleged state looting, the...

Coronavirus Woes: South Africa Records 51% GDP Drop

  South Africa’s restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus put the economy into its longest recession in 28 years, with gross...

Shoprite Said to Weigh Selling a Majority Stake in Nigeria

  Shoprite Holdings Limited is weighing its ownership options for its outlets in Nigeria.   In an “Operational and Voluntary Trading Update (52...

Protect Nigerians in diaspora, preserve our investments abroad

By Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye A story making rounds in the news in Kenya concerning Nigerians is both a matter of concern and of...