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The Nigerian community in South Africa has accused the country's police service of brutalising and killing its members without legal basis. This was revealed by Doris Ikeri Solarin, President of the Nigerian Union of South Africa, during an interview with Voice of Africa, while discussing the actions taken thus far by Nigerian diplomats in the nation to cease the brutality. Doris said the union together with Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner in South Africa met with the region police commander recently over the issue.

  Nigerians living in South Africa under the umbrella of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, have lamented and accused the immigration section of the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg, headed by Mr Shaibu Sule Odoma, and others of corruption and extortion. The union in a letter dated December 21, 2023 and addressed to the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Johannesburg - Gauteng, South Africa, Andrew Idi, said that currently, it takes more than two months between application and collection of E-passport from the Consulate.

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The Embassy of Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, said the visas of 177 Air Peace passengers from Nigeria upon Arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia were cancelled for violating the country’s entry rules.

They also mandated the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and that of Interior and Pilgrims Affairs to launch an enquiry into the immediate and remote circumstances surrounding the cancellation of the visas and report back within two weeks.