RCCG’s $265,854 donation funds evacuation of 100 Nigerians from S'Africa

The Federal Government has evacuated 100 Nigerians from South Africa with funding from a $265,854 donation by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) for the purchase of one-way tickets for 500 distressed Nigerians seeking to return home over xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, adding that another five returnees were evacuated with funding from a private Nigerian citizen, bringing the latest batch to 105 Nigerians.

The returnees, comprising 82 adults and 23 children, arrived in Lagos aboard South African Airways Flight SA060 on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at approximately 8:30 p.m.

They were received by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other relevant Federal Government agencies.