By Kingston Magare 25.6.2026
Another batch of 66 Nigerians were evacuated from South Africa by the Nigerian government as the June 30 deadline given by South African protesters for foreigners to leave their country approaches.
The Nigerian returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at approximately 8:50 p.m. on Wednesday. 1000 Nigerians registered to be moved from the hostile country, a first batch of 258 Nigerians had been evacuated on June 11.
Confirming the development on Thursday, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, disclosed that 66 individuals were successfully repatriated in the second phase of the exercise.
It was gathered that the evacuation flight was facilitated by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ValueJet, Kunle Soname.
Meanwhile South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned his compatriots who plan to “March and March” on June 30 in protest against African migrants not to destabilise the country. He said security forces have been mobilised to deal with any acts of lawlessness.
“There is no place for racism in our country, no place for sexism, for xenophobia, for Afrophobia or any other form of intolerance. Ramaphosa told parliamentarians on Thursday.
“Our security forces are ready, and those who transgress the measures we are putting in place will definitely meet the might of the law.”
Nigerians returning from South Africa...