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Gbeleyi Abayomi Despite the diplomatic tensions between South Africa and Nigeria, PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s planned visit to South Africa next month still remains on course. The planned visit looked unlikely following the diplomatic tensions that trailed the xenophobic attacks on Nigeria. The planned visit is to reinforce “the strong bonds between the two countries” and …

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Gbeleyi Abayomi The streets of Johannesburg is filled with armed protesters as another fresh round of violence is currently building up. The demand of the protesters is that foreigners should return to where they came from. In a report by Sowetan Live, a South African newspaper, the protesters, who carried dangerous weapons such as knobkerries, …

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Gbeleyi Abayomi President Muhammadu Buhari in October will travel to South Africa. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. In his statement, he said that the President accepted an invitation to visit the country in a telephone conversation with South African …

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Gbeleyi Abayomi President Muhammadu Buhari will soon meet with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramahosa. Over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Erewa disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. Other issues Apart from the xenophobic attacks will …

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By Gbeleyi Abayomi South Africa has granted free visa right to Ghana and 6 other countries this was contained in a statement by the Home affairs minister, Aaron Motsoaledi who said the move is made to improved employment through energized tourism. According to the minister, his office with go into talks with the countries to …

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South Africa will lay to rest anti-apartheid icon and Nelson Mandela’s former wife Winnie Mandela with full state honours at a stadium funeral in Soweto on Saturday. The ceremony will conclude 10 days of national mourning during which time thousands of South Africans paid tribute to the “Mother of the Nation” at her Soweto home …

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A Nigerian, Mr ThankGod Okoro, 30, has been killed in South Africa, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). His death, which is the latest extra-judicial killing of a Nigerian in that country, has again thrown the Nigerian community in South Africa into mourning. The killing of Okoro from Ogbaku in the Awgu Local …

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After a breath-taking performance at the eviction night of the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show last Sunday, talented singer, Simi, is currently touring notable media houses in South Africa. The media tour which started on Monday, March 19 would end on March 23. Some of the media houses Simi is expected to visit in …

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South African President Jacob Zuma announced his immediate resignation on Wednesday after the ruling ANC party threatened to eject him from office via a parliamentary vote of no confidence. Scandal-tainted Zuma said in a 30-minute national television address that he had “come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect”. …

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South Africa’s Consul-General in Lagos, Darkey Africa, has expressed his country’s readiness to partner with Lagos State on its 50th year anniversary. The Consul-General stated this yesterday while speaking with reporters when he visited the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, in his office at Alausa, Ikeja. The diplomat explained that Nigeria and …