Vanguard· 1h ago· 1 min read
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA—THE Nigeria government has called for urgent action and reparations following a wave of violent attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, told reporters after briefing President Bola Tinubu on talks with South African Foreign Minister Roland Lamola.
He said: “I briefed Mr. President on the meeting we had and the specific commitments we secured from the South Africans,” Enikanolaiye said.
“One immediate priority is to quickly activate the Early Warning Mechanism, and to strengthen the bi-national commission between our two countries.”
He added that President Tinubu “specifically” endorsed those measures.
Enikanolaiye said the ministerial-level engagement produced concrete results, including the evacuation of roughly 1,490 Nigerians back to Nigeria.
“We concluded evacuations of about…
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