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South African supermarket Pick n Pay coming to Nigeria
South African supermarket operator Pick n Pay plans to expand into Nigeria next year through a partnership with a local…
Facebook launches Agency Ambassador programme for Africa
Facebook has launched an Agency Ambassador Programme for Africa as part of its drive to equip its agency partners with…
I’m not corrupt, says Jacob Zuma
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Friday denied having acted dishonestly, when he used about 16 million dollars taxpayers’ money…
South African to referee Egypt vs Nigeria. Kick off 6pm
South Africa’s Daniel Frazer Bennett will be the centre referee at Borg el Arab Stadium in Alexandria today when Nigeria…
South Africa’s Sports Minister slams FIFA over bribery allegations
South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, on Thursday called on FIFA to retract its statement that South Africa was involved…
PICTURES: Atiku receives Jacob Zuma of South Africa
Former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has received President Jacob Zuma of South Africa at the Presidential Wing of…
MTN talks on the cards as Zuma begins two-day visit to Nigeria
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma begins a two-day state visit to Nigeria on Tuesday, which observers see as an attempt…
84,000 Nigerians visit South Africa
Mr Hloni Pitso, Regional Manager for West Africa, South African Tourism, has said that the country recorded 84,000 arrivals from…
Bad weather forces British Airways London flight to land in Nigeria
Femi Ipaye/Abuja A British Airways flight from London to South Africa was forced to land in Nigeria early Tuesday morning…
Five SA children die ‘locked in freezer’
South African police have opened an inquiry into the death of five children who are thought to have suffocated after…
Int’l Friendly: Angola hold Nigeria’s Super Eagles
Angola’s Palancas Negras held the Super Eagles B to a 1-1 draw in a pre-African Nations Championship (CHAN) friendly in…
Babangida: CHAN Eagles not missing Oliseh in camp
Taiwo Adelu Former Nigerian international, Tijani Babangida has said that home-based Super Eagles preparing for the 4th African Nations Championship…
Nigerian xenophobic victim in South Africa cries out for help
Lucky Ndudi, a Nigerian whose automobile workshop was attacked in the xenophobic attacks in South Africa eight months ago, on…
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Dream Team VI win African U-23 Cup
Nigeria’s U-23 team also known as Dream Team VI have won the African U-23 Cup in Dakar, Senegal. The Samson…
Outrage over killing of Nigerian housewife in South Africa
Nigeria Union in South Africa has condemned the killing of a 34-year-old housewife, Mrs Christiana Onyeka, by unidentified gunmen on…
South Africa’s rand weakens to record low after minister’s sack
South Africa’s South Africa’s rand weakens to record low after minister’s sack weakened early on Thursday, edging towards a record…
Rio Olympic Ticket: We won’t miss second chance, Senegal coach vows
Taiwo Adelu Head coach of Senegal’s U-23 team, Serigne Saliou Dia, has declared that his team won’t miss the second…
South African film producers woo Nigerian Nollywood actors
Ms. Jackie Motsepe, Chief Operations Officer, KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission, South Africa, on Tuesday said that her film producers’ delegation was…
South Africa’s credit rating under threat after downgrade
South Africa’s investment credit rating under serious threat due to its inability to fund crucial infrastructure projects and help to…
South African mother offers to sell 19-month baby for N69,200
A 20-year-old woman in South Africa has pleaded guilty to trying to sell her child for 5,000 rand (N69,2000; $346;…
U.S. Organizes a Global Boycott of Nigerian Crude
David O. Kuranga, Ph.D. Following Nigeria’s refusal to devalue its currency (the naira), in-line with IMF recommendations, crude oil traders…
Nigeria, South Africa, 4 others account for half of adolescents with HIV in Africa
A data released by UNICEF has revealed that about half of those living with HIV in Africa can be found…
Horrific collision kills 32 in South Africa
A collision between a bus and a car killed 32 people in Osizweni, KwaZulu-Natal Province on Thursday, authorities said. According…
$5.2bn fine: MTN picks Nhleko to negotiate with Nigeria
South Africa’s MTN Group has asked its former head to take temporary charge of Africa’s biggest mobile telecoms company after…
Buhari hails Nigeria’s world scrabble champion, Falconets
President Muhammadu Buhari was on the phone early Sunday evening to Perth, Australia, felicitating with a Nigerian who has emerged…
Nigerian asylum seekers arrested in South Africa
The President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Ikechukwu Anyene, said on Saturday that lawyers are intensifying efforts to free…
South Africa concerned about MTN fine in Nigeria
South Africa has expressed concern over a N1.04 trillion (5.2 billion dollars) imposed by Nigerian authorities on MTN Group. However,…
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S.African lawmakers fear MTN fine could hurt trade relations
South African lawmakers are concerned MTN Group’s alleged violation of Nigerian laws could hurt trade relations between the continent’s two…
S.Africa launches insider trading probe over MTN’s Nigeria fine
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange launched Friday an investigation into mobile giant MTN for “possible insider trading” before the South African…