Nigeria and South Africa have agreed to finalise the five-year-old Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Early Warning Mechanism, which monitors threats of violence, acts of criminality, and reprisals involving nationals of both countries. The decision was announced in a communiqué released at the end of the 11th session of...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has called for the Nigeria-South Africa strategic partnership to become a model of leadership, economic integration and shared prosperity for the African continent. Tinubu said this at the opening of the 11th Session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) on Tuesday...
The Nigerian government is seeking South Africa’s backing to attain full membership of the G20, BRICS and the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). Nigeria is also seeking South Africa’s support to assume leadership roles in thematic discussions of interest under South Africa’s G20 presidency. These requests were made by...
President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. The BNC, scheduled for Dec. 3, will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on Dec. 2, at the South African...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have been drawn against Tunisia, Algeria, and Botswana in Group B of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). Nigeria, record holders of the competition, will be aiming to extend their impeccable form in the tournament. The draws for the 2025 edition of the...
Chidimma Adetshina, 22-year-old beauty queen who represented Nigeria at the 73rd Miss Universe pageant, has expressed excitement after finishing as the first runner-up at the grand finale of the competition. The grand finale of the 2024 Miss Universe held at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City, with Miss Denmark,...
Subscribers to pay TV services have berated MultiChoice Group for announcing that its Nigerian unit, MultiChoice Nigeria, lost 243,000 subscribers on its Digital Satellite Television (DStv) and GOtv services within six months. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the South African-owned pay-TV operator had, in its Interim...
Ten foreigners were killed when a bus they were traveling in overturned in South Africa’s Limpopo Province Tuesday night, local authorities said Wednesday. The bus was en route to Johannesburg from neighboring Zimbabwe when the accident happened on the N1 highway near Makhado, the Limpopo Provincial Department of Transport...
Alert 189 – South Africa seeks to salvage US relations ahead of impending review South Africa’s efforts to improve relations with the United States (US) appear to be making progress following the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Washington DC on 24 to 26 July. Trade, Industry,...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja Nigeria and South Africa have jointly condemned the ongoing conflict in Sudan, called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the crisis. This was revealed in a joint statement by the two countries, signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy to the ...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa, held a private meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa. The Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said before the closed meeting, which was...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday departed Lagos at 11.06 a.m. for Pretoria. The president was transported in a Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft with registration number 9H-GRC. He is to attend inauguration of re-elected South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. The president will return to Nigeria after the ceremony....
Online streaming platform, Spotify, says Nigeria, South Africa, United States, United Kingdom and Germany are the top five countries that have streamed Amapiano music in the last 10 years. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music in Sub Saharan Africa, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in commemoration...
By PAUL EJIME – Politically speaking, India is the World’s largest democracy with a voter population of 969 million from more than 1.4 billion inhabitants. It towers above South Africa, which has less than 62 million people, and about 28 million registered voters. The Asian giant is also the...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria played out a 1-1 draw with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo. Coach Finidi George opted to start Southampton forward, Paul Onuachu to lead the lines instead of Victor bOnifcae of Bayern Leverkusen, with another surprise...
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh has charged the Super Eagles to defeat their South African counterparts on Friday to boost their chances of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Super Eagles will take on the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in Uyo...
A cross-section of football enthusiasts in Aba has said that they expect a big win from the Super Eagles against the visiting South Africans on Friday in the ongoing World Cup qualifier. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Super Eagles will on Friday, in group C,...
The African National Congress (ANC) is leaning towards trying to form a South African government of national unity with a wide range of parties, it said on Wednesday, citing the results of last week’s election in which it lost its governing majority. The ANC has run South Africa since Nelson...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has been urged to issue arrest warrants for all Israeli and other foreign officials who advocate for and incite genocide against the Palestinian people. This is contained in a statement issued by the Embassy of the State...
Rave-of-the-moment Ademola Lookman, and African Player of the Year Victor Osimhen, are among the 23 Super Eagles players invited for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches by Coach, Finidi George. Nigeria’s Super Eagles will tackle South Africa’s Bafana Bafana and the Cheetahs of Benin Republic in the...