Nigerians in Georgia

Violent attack on Nigerian students sparks racism debate in Tbilisi

By | April 10th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch-A group of Nigerian students were physically assaulted in the Dighomi neighborhood of Tbilisi Sunday evening. They claim the attack was unprovoked and motivated by racism. The incident, which took place on a playground as the students were playing football, […]

Two Nigerians beaten in Tbilisi, two suspects detained

By | September 29th, 2015|Categories: Minorities|Tags: |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia Sunday detained two Georgian for beating two Nigerians in Tbilisi. The attacked happened on September 19 when one Georgian citizen and his two Nigerian friends were walking on Rustaveli Avenue in the capital. […]

Four Nigerian students found dead in Tbilisi

By | April 9th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(Rustavi 2.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Four Nigerian students were found dead in a Tbilisi apartment Wednesday night, apparently from gas poisoning due to a faulty water heater. Three of them were students at Tbilisi State Medical University and one at Georgia’s University. Their bodies were found […]

Nigerian king concerned about attack on own citizen in Georgia

By | January 11th, 2014|Categories: Minorities, News|Tags: , , |

Erik, a citizen of Nigeria, was brutally beaten and robbed on Pekini Street in Tbilisi Thursday night. (Rustavi 2.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A man presenting himself as a king has appealed to the Georgian government for better protection of his fellow countrymen after a Nigerian was brutally attacked in Tbilisi. Richard Arize, presented by Rustavi 2 as a king of Igbo-Ukwu, a town in […]