Nigeria to evacuate citizens from South Africa

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facts 9 years ago

It is in order, bring them all out, it is not a matter of who agrees or not, bring them into safety first. I support the Nigerian move.

It is in order, bring them all out, it is not a matter of who agrees or not, bring them into safety first. I support the Nigerian move.
NEMESIS RADAR, UK!! 9 years ago

Ghanaians MUST apologise to black Africans and the whole of black race in general, for introducing 'Black on Black Discriminations' through the satanic ACO order in the 60s by that Demented, Wicked and Eurocentric Asshanti Ko ...
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Ghanaians MUST apologise to black Africans and the whole of black race in general, for introducing 'Black on Black Discriminations' through the satanic ACO order in the 60s by that Demented, Wicked and Eurocentric Asshanti Kofi Abrefa Busia, (that has now metamorphosed into blacks killing blacks in mama Africa).

Ghanaians sowed the 'SATANIC SEEDS OF XENOPHOBIC HATRED' on the soil of mama Africa in the 60s. That is a fact! Never in the history of mama Africa that you sees your fellow black Africans as 'Aliens'; but thanks to the Ghanaians xenophobic ACO's PRECEDENT, Africans are not only 'DISCRIMINATING' against themselves but are now killings each others. That was Ghanaians legacy to Africa. What a SHAME indeed!

Although, Ghanaians introduced ACO to get rid of Nigerians who were prospering in Ghana then, out of ENVINESS, konkonsa, back biting, pull him down and JEALOUSY, but their satanic acts has now turns Africans into SAVAGES in the eyes of the whole world. This is unfortunate indeed.

Moreover, many mansions "owned" by some Ghanaians today were confiscated from Nigerians or forced the Nigerian owners to sell to them, (UNDER DURESS), at prices which could not buy the cement used to build the houses at the time. Some Ghanaians are sitting on NIGERIANS STOLEN/CONFISTICATED PROPERTIES. This is an 'OPEN SECRET.' Ghanaians decendants and beneficiaries of that HEINOUS ACO acts would surely continued to have GUILTY CONSCIENCE, (UNTIL THEY MAKE RESTITUTIONS AND PUBLICLY APOLOGISE TO NIGERIAN DESCENDANTS' OF THE VICTIMS OF THE WICKED AND SATANIC ASSHANTI KOFI ABREF BUSIA, ACO).

I hereby DEMAND unreservely that Ghanaians government and the people of Ghana MUST apologise to Nigerians' victims of that Satanic Asshanti Kofi Abrefa Busia's draconian ACO, (and RETURN their stolen properties), and to the whole of Africans and black race in general for 'PLANTING THE SEEDS OF HATRED' and 'BLACK ON BLACK DISCRIMINATIONS' on the soil of mama Africa. Is that too much to ask for?
ASIEDUA NKETIA MMAA KABA 9 years ago

Deportation is not criminal. Every nation has national interest first. If Ghana was overwhelmed foreigners presence and they deported them, that is not criminal. Nigeria did same in 1983. If South Africans are fed up with for ...
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Deportation is not criminal. Every nation has national interest first. If Ghana was overwhelmed foreigners presence and they deported them, that is not criminal. Nigeria did same in 1983. If South Africans are fed up with foreigners they should deport them and restrict their visa rules. That is more polite and legal.
Concern friend 9 years ago

Spot on brother

Spot on brother
Osofo sika 9 years ago

Please for God sake why don't you mention this as well. And I'm sure you are a Christian. The truth shall set you free. Amen

Please for God sake why don't you mention this as well. And I'm sure you are a Christian. The truth shall set you free. Amen
Concern friend 9 years ago

Do u know Boko Haram seems sensible than you. Basia is not an Asante my friend. Secondly, he did the right thing otherwise, Nigeria would have over taken Ghana in terms of population. Your country's population was getting out ...
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Do u know Boko Haram seems sensible than you. Basia is not an Asante my friend. Secondly, he did the right thing otherwise, Nigeria would have over taken Ghana in terms of population. Your country's population was getting out of hand. Beside a lot of Nigerians are still in Ghana enjoying freedom to work and livelihood
At least Ghana housed you and did not kill or harm you so, do the right thing and show appreciation to the nation that fed and housed for a while. I honestly think you wish you are a Ghanaian.
NEMESIS RADAR, UK!! 9 years ago

Did I hear you say: " I honestly think you wish you are a Ghanaian." Did you really say that? Ghanaian my foot! Why should I trade the citizenship of a wealthy, blessed and populous Nation, Nigeria for a Banana Republic o ...
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Did I hear you say: " I honestly think you wish you are a Ghanaian." Did you really say that? Ghanaian my foot! Why should I trade the citizenship of a wealthy, blessed and populous Nation, Nigeria for a Banana Republic of Ghana? Are you out of your senses?

I am NEMESIS RADAR, UK!! PROUDLY NAIJA!
Van dyck jones Agyei 9 years ago

what has Ghana got to do with this insult mr boko haram

what has Ghana got to do with this insult mr boko haram
annang 9 years ago

mr naija thieves

mr naija thieves
annang 9 years ago

kwasia do you remember ghana must go ?

kwasia do you remember ghana must go ?
NEMESIS RADAR, UK!! 9 years ago

I NEMESIS RADAR, UK!! I AM A BIG FOOL, I ONLY JOKING, I DONT HATE GAHANIANS. I AM ONLY JOKING WITH YOU GUYS, DEEP DOWN I LOVE GHAN, I WISH MY COUNTRY NIGERIA IS AS PEACEFUL AS GHANA. THANK YOU, NO MORE INSULTS

I NEMESIS RADAR, UK!! I AM A BIG FOOL, I ONLY JOKING, I DONT HATE GAHANIANS. I AM ONLY JOKING WITH YOU GUYS, DEEP DOWN I LOVE GHAN, I WISH MY COUNTRY NIGERIA IS AS PEACEFUL AS GHANA. THANK YOU, NO MORE INSULTS
MANSA MUSA 9 years ago

THIS IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR....IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT MANY AFRICANS IN POLITICS HOLD MASTER's and Phd,s BUT THEY CANT THINK AND APPLY BOOK KNOWLEDGE.WHAT AND HOW GHANA DID WAS NOT GOOD....BUT 50 YRS SOCIAL EVOLUTION ...
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THIS IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR....IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT MANY AFRICANS IN POLITICS HOLD MASTER's and Phd,s BUT THEY CANT THINK AND APPLY BOOK KNOWLEDGE.WHAT AND HOW GHANA DID WAS NOT GOOD....BUT 50 YRS SOCIAL EVOLUTION SHOULD AVOID THIS ACT IN AFRICA....PLZ. REMENBER THAT NIGERIA HAS ALSO DONE THE SAME TO GHANA .NIGERIANS REMAINED IN GHANA FOR CENTURIES AND DID WELL THERE BUT GHANAIANS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO STAY FOR EVEN ONE DECADE.....AND TALKING ABOUT BRUTALITIES AND DEATHS,NIGERIAN METED MORE THAN GHANA......BUT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DEBATE ON THIS AS BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE BECOME MORE LIKE BROTHERS AND SISTERS TODAY .....WHAT HAPPENED THEN CAN REPEAT ITSELF....MORE AND MORE NIGERS ARE POURING INTO GHANA AND THEY ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.....RENDERING APOLOGIES IS GOOD BUT I THING WE COULD PLAN A NIGERIA GHANA RECONCILIATION DAY THIS YEAR ....... PLZ ...POST YOUR E-MAIL AND I WILL CONTACT YOU TO WORK ON THIS MOVE....THANK YOU....
MANSA MUSA 9 years ago

correction...please...I MEAN WHAT HAPPENED THEN CAN'T REPEAT ITSELF...

correction...please...I MEAN WHAT HAPPENED THEN CAN'T REPEAT ITSELF...
Close Observer 9 years ago

You are so stupid that for some time I decided not to mind you. HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF WHY NIGERIA REPEATED WHAT GHANA DID TWICE SEVERAL YEARS AFTER? DOES THAT MEAN NIGERIA IS NOT SENSIBLE TO KNOW THAT IT IS WRONG TO DO THAT ...
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You are so stupid that for some time I decided not to mind you. HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF WHY NIGERIA REPEATED WHAT GHANA DID TWICE SEVERAL YEARS AFTER? DOES THAT MEAN NIGERIA IS NOT SENSIBLE TO KNOW THAT IT IS WRONG TO DO THAT? At least, what is happening in South Africa is not something ordered by the South African Government. NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ORDERED THE DEPORTATION OF OTHER AFRICANS TWICE AFTER GHANA'S, SO YOU ARE WORSE OFFENDERS. YOU THEREFORE DO NOT HAVE THE MORAL RIGHT TO BE MAKING THIS NOISE? You must also stop displaying your ignorance, unless you are just plain stupid. BUSIA IS FROM THE BRONG AHAFO REGION, AS SUCH, HE IS NOT AN ASHANTI. Is this the first time a group has threatened to separate because they are not happy about one thing or the other. RECENTLY AN NZEMA CHIEF THREATENED TO JOIN IVORY COAST IF HIS PEOPLE DON'T GET A FAIR SHARE OF THE OIL REVENUE COMING FROM THEIR REGION. You must know that there is a difference between mere rhetoric and and actually taking arms to separate yourself from your country as shown by OJUKU IN THE ''BIAFRAN WAR'' from july 6th 1967 to January 15 1970. You have too many bad example to be making the stupid noise you are making.
Military Man 9 years ago

You have conveniently forgotten that Nigeria also engaged in the same diabolical act as Busia in 1985.

The most important thing to note about these 2 illegal alien acts between Ghana and Nigeria were sanctioned by the var ...
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You have conveniently forgotten that Nigeria also engaged in the same diabolical act as Busia in 1985.

The most important thing to note about these 2 illegal alien acts between Ghana and Nigeria were sanctioned by the various governments at those times. So they were official and as such no nationals of the affected country was ever harmed intentionally.

Did the FUCKING AND UNGRATEFUL South Africans officially ask other nationals to leave? NO!!!.....Those ungrateful savages took the law into their own hands and started setting other African nationals on fire and boldly beating and stoning them on the streets openly.... and you bird-brained fool want to equate the two scenarios? You an IDIOT. As a matter of fact, you are an IMBECILE!!!!!

Read the below story which appeared in the New York Times when Nigeria expelled Ghanaians from Nigeria. I think it will be a good education for twerps and ignorant fools like you:

GHANAIANS, EXPELLED BY NIGERIA, RETURN HOME TO START OVER
By SHEILA RULE, Special to the New York Times
Published: May 12, 1985

ACCRA, Ghana, May 11— The stands and playing fields of the sports stadium here have served in recent days as a joyless transit station for thousands of poor, tired and anxious Ghanaians ordered out of Nigeria in a mass expulsion of illegal aliens.

Many have made the 300-mile trip from Lagos to Accra, Ghana's capital, as human cargo of sorts, tightly packed in huge trucks. The Nigerian authorities had given aliens until May 10 to obtain residence permits or leave.

For many at the stadium and another reception center nearby, Accra is a brief stop in a journey to remote parts of this poor nation.

Officials here said about 62,000 Ghanaians had arrived since Nigeria announced the expulsion plan in mid-April. The number is far short of the 300,000 Ghanaians believed to have been working in Nigeria. Some officials and returning Ghanaians said many were still stranded in Nigeria, unable to pay for transportation home.

Nigerian Pledge Reported

A statement from Ghana's National Mobilization Program said the Nigerian Government had pledged to accommodate all remaining illegal aliens at a camp in Lagos, from which they would be transported to Ghana and other countries by ship or aircraft.

On May 3, the Nigerian Government told 700,000 illegal aliens that they had a week to leave and that the borders, previously closed to prevent currency smuggling, would be open for their departure. In addition to the 300,000 migrant workers from Ghana, there were about 100,000 from Niger; most of the rest were from Chad and Cameroon.

It was Nigeria's second mass expulsion of aliens, who had been attracted to the African oil giant in hopes of gaining a financial foothold or fleeing drought. Falling oil prices have slowed Nigeria's economy, and foreigners are viewed as depriving citizens of jobs. Authorities also blame the aliens for high crime rates in the cities.

''We have done nothing except to look for the better way of life,'' said one woman, loading a mattress and sewing machine onto a truck for her journey to a town about 100 miles from here. ''They wanted us to leave, so we will go. But if we could have had more time, it would have been better for all of us.''

Ghana's High Commissioner to Nigeria asked Nigerian authorities earlier this week to extend the May 10 deadline for the expulsions. But the Nigerian Interior Minister, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Magoro, said Friday that there would be no extension.

Most Return Penniless

Trucks carrying returning Ghanaians have converged on the reception center at the stadium and another at a nearby trade fair site, by a lagoon on the Atlantic. As they tumble off the vehicles, many search for food and water. Though most are penniless -Nigerian customs officials searched them closely and refused to let them carry out more than the 20 naira, or $17.65, allowed by law - they have returned with bicycles, mattresses, electric fans and other items.

The Ghanaian Government is imposing customs duties on some of the items, one of several signs that, in the words of one official, the returning Ghanaians will not be ''pampered as they were'' in the 1983 expulsion of aliens from Nigeria.

Owusu Antwi waited in the soggy heat for a truck to take him to his home, 200 miles from Accra. Like others, he said that he had not encountered the violence that accompanied the 1983 expulsion, but that his hopes for a better life had been dashed.

''I struggled a lot before I got a job as a driver there,'' said Mr. Antwi, who lived in Nigeria for nearly two years. ''My employer said he would like to keep me on but that it would be dangerous to hide me. So now I am back and must begin again from the bottom.''

In this day and age when information is just a click away, fools like you are still spouting off NONSENSE and BULLSHIT without using your bird brains to check things out first.

FOOL!!!!
ASIEDUA NKETIA MMAA KABA 9 years ago

The South Africans did this in 2008 and they have repeated. Nations should also kill their citizens in foreign lands the same way and they will never repeat this again. In today's international world, we keep criss crossing i ...
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The South Africans did this in 2008 and they have repeated. Nations should also kill their citizens in foreign lands the same way and they will never repeat this again. In today's international world, we keep criss crossing in countries. They themselves when the Boars were dealing with them during the Apartheid days were there not in countries enjoying free education, medicare, housing and the rest? Just five African countries should retaliate and they will learn sense.
Kofi 9 years ago

Nigerians did the same to me in 1983.I was beaten and robbed of all my money/property at knife point at Abuja.

Nigerians did the same to me in 1983.I was beaten and robbed of all my money/property at knife point at Abuja.
UK 9 years ago

You are a liar, in 1983 there was no Abuja....

You are a liar, in 1983 there was no Abuja....
Naijaman 9 years ago

No Abuja in 1983 ash hole . This what ghanaian do best lie lie lie. At least when we are confronted we don't deny. But ghanaian will see white and call it pink. Rubbish people. They never want to admit to all the properties ...
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No Abuja in 1983 ash hole . This what ghanaian do best lie lie lie. At least when we are confronted we don't deny. But ghanaian will see white and call it pink. Rubbish people. They never want to admit to all the properties stolen from nigerians that time. A Ghanaian friend of mine in Canada told me stories of how all the shops and business were owned by nigerians in the 50s and 60s and he said that time Ghanaian women don't work . They stays at home. What happened to all those shops in kumasi central market and adum that were stolen from nigerians ?
annang 9 years ago

lair is better than boko haram

lair is better than boko haram
Kirk Douglas, Alabama, USA 9 years ago

There was Abuja, it was under construction and workers lived there.

There was Abuja, it was under construction and workers lived there.
annang 9 years ago

is true they kill a lot of ghanians

is true they kill a lot of ghanians
Messenger 9 years ago

UK Abuja was there before your father was born but it was not the federal capital. I don't know if you are really from Nigeria. I'm not a Nigerian but I know there very well.

UK Abuja was there before your father was born but it was not the federal capital. I don't know if you are really from Nigeria. I'm not a Nigerian but I know there very well.
Nunoo Mensah 9 years ago

Ghanains prefer to live and die in South Africa since the saying that home sweet home has a different interpretation now to Ghanains because of poor leadership.

Ghanains prefer to live and die in South Africa since the saying that home sweet home has a different interpretation now to Ghanains because of poor leadership.
Yebopower 9 years ago

Hope this useless NDC government learn from Nigeria.

Hope this useless NDC government learn from Nigeria.
Kofi 9 years ago

When I faced the same fate in Nigeria in 1983, Pndc was swift in getting me out that hell hole called Nigeria.I was beaten senseless and robbed in Abuja by Nigerians.

When I faced the same fate in Nigeria in 1983, Pndc was swift in getting me out that hell hole called Nigeria.I was beaten senseless and robbed in Abuja by Nigerians.
CK PRICE 9 years ago

NIGERIAN ARE UNITED FORCES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT WHY S.AFRICA FIND IT DIFFICULT TO KILL ANY NIGERIAN.

NIGERIAN ARE UNITED FORCES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT WHY S.AFRICA FIND IT DIFFICULT TO KILL ANY NIGERIAN.
Joe Abah 9 years ago

hope you are telling your Brothers and sisters the truth. about what actually happened to u in 9jeria

hope you are telling your Brothers and sisters the truth. about what actually happened to u in 9jeria
Joe Abah 9 years ago

As u have claim to be beaten and rob in Abuja in 1983, is a lie. there was no Abuja in 1983. Abuja is a new city bro, pls stop telling us ur grand father story here.

As u have claim to be beaten and rob in Abuja in 1983, is a lie. there was no Abuja in 1983. Abuja is a new city bro, pls stop telling us ur grand father story here.
Naijaman 9 years ago

If you're going to lie then do it naija way ., fucking Ghanaian amateur sakawa idiot

If you're going to lie then do it naija way ., fucking Ghanaian amateur sakawa idiot
annang 9 years ago

naija 419 + boko haram shame

naija 419 + boko haram shame
FOO MAN CHOO 9 years ago

Hanna Teteh should tage a page out of Nigeria. Even one death due to the attacks is one too many. It will be a needless death.

Hanna Teteh should tage a page out of Nigeria. Even one death due to the attacks is one too many. It will be a needless death.
DEPORT FOREIGN MUSLIMS 9 years ago

GOOD JOB BY THE NIGERIANS LEADERS . GHANAIANS ARE TELLING US DIFFIRENT STORIES AND EXCUSES AFTER ONE ANOTHER .

GOOD JOB BY THE NIGERIANS LEADERS . GHANAIANS ARE TELLING US DIFFIRENT STORIES AND EXCUSES AFTER ONE ANOTHER .
Joe Abah 9 years ago

Nigeria must be respected, the only country SA government is afraid of, we have their investment here more than any other African countries put together. they tried it on our citizen not to enter their country bring visa and ...
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Nigeria must be respected, the only country SA government is afraid of, we have their investment here more than any other African countries put together. they tried it on our citizen not to enter their country bring visa and yellow excuse, we our government ask MTN other of their business and national to leave 9ja peacefully, and they quickly reverse the case. they should go ahead will bring our nationals back home. then think of what next to do
KING OF KINGS 9 years ago

Nigeria i believed the giant of Africa taking action at the right time and at the right place if not what the hell South Africa is fulk to them all their mothers zulu and I advised my fellow Ghanaian brothers should behaved n ...
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Nigeria i believed the giant of Africa taking action at the right time and at the right place if not what the hell South Africa is fulk to them all their mothers zulu and I advised my fellow Ghanaian brothers should behaved normal and come back home safe very sense because our live's is better than Zulu money
Titriku 9 years ago

Boy do your research about Abuja.

Boy do your research about Abuja.
alan 9 years ago

Ghanian and nigerian women molested,raped by these musees but Goodwilland his paddy Mahama keep quiet

Ghanian and nigerian women molested,raped by these musees but Goodwilland his paddy Mahama keep quiet

Nigeria to evacuate citizens from South Africa

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