…as FG funds emergency Air Peace flights
The first batch of Nigerian nationals fleeing a fresh wave of anti-foreigner hostility in South Africa is scheduled to arrive at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos at approximately 5:00 AM on Thursday, June 11, 2026.
The emergency repatriation exercise follows an intensifying cycle of attacks, harassment, and targeted shutdowns of foreign-owned enterprises across multiple South African municipal hubs.
The growing unrest has once again strained diplomatic and economic relations between the continent’s two largest powerhouses.
Tensions escalated sharply across South Africa after a loose coalition of citizen-led groups opposed to irregular migration issued a public ultimatum demanding that all undocumented foreign nationals vacate the country by June 30.
