There is no denying the fact that Nigerians are facing primitive and undeserved xenophobic attacks in the hands of South Africans in South Africa. From Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Soweto, Bloemfontein, Pretoria, East London, Limpopo to Port Elizabeth it is the same barbaric tale of gruesome molestation and hounding down of foreign nationals, especially Nigerians. These heinous attacks when juxtaposed with Nigeria’s financial and logistic support in South Africa’s apartheid dark days, one will conclude without any iota of doubt that it is an act of ingratitude. Even though, there are allegations of Nigerians soiling their hands by engaging in illicit businesses, it begs the questions that, why not allow the long arms of the law to take its course; rather than take laws into their hands. The paper therefore, interrogates the remote and immediate causes of the attacks of Nigerians in South Africa, the socio-­political and economic implications of the attacks on both countries. The theoretical framework for this work is Frustration Aggression theory. It uses secondary data collection analysis. The paper makes appropriate recommendations.