This was despite the presence of operatives of the South African Police and attempts by others present to prevent a fight over what has been termed a business transaction
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South African police arrested more than 80 people and confirmed five deaths as riots in Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria intensified on Tuesday, spreading to surrounding townships with roving groups attacking mainly foreign-owned shops.
Mkongi, who spoke at a press conference in a video seen by The Eagle Online, said the attack on foreign nationals by South Africans, cannot be described as xenophobia but a fight to secure the country
Dabiri-Erewa made the call in a statement issued by Gabriel Odu, the Media Assistant, NIDCOM, in Abuja on Frida
Gauteng police spokesperson Kay Makhubele told Xinhua that the situation is calm and they are monitoring the situation
Big Brother Africa Star, Tayo Faniran, said on Wednesday that his response to the nasty experience he had in the hands of the South African police would be to show love to fellow humans.
In a statement in Abuja on Friday, the Chairman of NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, described the alleged attack as frightening and uncalled for
Another Nigerian Citizen, Maxwell Ikechuku Okoye, from Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been allegedly killed by members of the South African Police Service in Ladysmith, Kwa-zulu-Natal Province.
The Nigerian Mission in South Africa has rejected the report of the country’s Independent Police Investigative Directorate handling the investigation of the death of a Nigerian, Ebuka Udugbo, in the police custody.
The President, Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa, Ben Okoli, has raised alarm over the circumstances surrounding the death of a Nigerian, Ebuka Udugbo, allegedly killed by South African Police.
The South African Police on Friday arrested eight officers for the October 2017 torture and murder of a Nigerian, Ibrahim Olamilekan Badmus.
The central province of Gauteng, which includes Soweto, has witnessed several land grab attempts this year.
The platinum belt has been a flashpoint of violence rooted in community grievances over jobs, revenue flows and conflict between rival unions that threatens production in the world’s top producer of the precious metal.
The party in a statement on Tuesday said: “the reality is that the South African Police Service is fuelling the illegal arms trade.
Abike-Dabiri said this latest incident is gradually eroding the confidence of Nigerians in the capability of the South African authorities to put a stop to further and deliberate killings of Nigerians in South Africa.
Police have confirmed that the taxi transporting Gundo was stopped on Marlboro Drive outside the suburb of Sandton while driving from OR Tambo International Airport
Human rights activist and Lagos-based lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has picked holes in the position of the Federal Government regarding the $9.3 million cash that was seized by the South African Police, describing it as not only ludicrous, but also laughable.
NAN reports that Iweaku, who was living in Johannesburg, went to Polokwane to visit his cousin, Miracle Okoye, when six police officers were said to have forced their way into Okoye’s room and started beating the two Nigerians
The Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa has presented a letter of protest to the South Africa Independent Police Investigation…