Africa

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday went down memory lane, recalling roles played by Nigeria in engendering majority rule in South Africa, and ending the apartheid segregationist policy. Receiving in audience Mr Jeff Radebe, Special Envoy of President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa at State House, Abuja, the President, according to a …

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, urged ECOWAS leaders not to allow terrorist groups destabilise the region. A statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President(Media & Publicity) quotes President Buhari as saying in his speech at the Extraordinary Summit of the Authority of …

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Saturday to attend a one-day Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government Extraordinary Summit on Counter-Terrorism, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. A statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), which announced the President’s trip, said …

Dar es Salaam, Sept. 11, 2019 Tanzanian authorities on Wednesday announced names of 184 public officers, who will oversee civic polls in Tanzania’s mainland slated for Nov. 24. The public notice announcing the names, issued by the Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for Regional Administration and Local …

By Philip Yatai Kaduna, Sept. 11, 2019 Prof. Abdullahi Ashafa, the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics, Kaduna State University (KASU) on Wednesday urged  the Federal Government to shift its foreign Policy from African centered to citizens centered. Ashafa, a Professor of Diplomatic and Military History, made the call during a Discourse …

By Yunus Yusuf Lagos, Sept. 11, 2019 The first batch of 187 Nigerians in South Africa have returned to Nigeria after the xenophobic attacks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the returnees were aided by the Federal Government with the assistance of a Nigerian carrier, Air Peace. The …

Harare, Sept. 11, 2019 The body of Zimbabwe’s long-time dictator, Robert Mugabe, arrived in the capital Harare on Wednesday, after being flown from Singapore where he died last week at the age of 95. His coffin, draped in a Zimbabwean flag, was carried by military officers out of the plane …

By Lizzy Okoji Abuja, Sept. 11, 2019 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that 178 Nigerians are now on their way back to the country from South Africa. The ministry told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that the returnees were on board Air Peace Airline expected to touch down …

Most times in Nigeria, news of great events with capacity to positively impact and transform generations for good are either ignored, swept aside or glossed over while issues of much less importance are celebrated. One such news worthy of celebration and amplification is the declaration by the Chairman of Zinox …

By Kingsley Okoye Abuja, Sept 9,2019 The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disclosed that 640 Nigerians in South Africa have voluntarily registered to return home following the xenophobic attacks in the country. Dabiri-Erewa, who disclosed this after a closed door meeting with the Senate Committee …

In the wake of the xenophobic attacks by South Africans against other Africans including Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari sent Amb. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (DG NIA) as his Special Envoy to South Africa, to convey a Special Message to his counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa. The Special Envoy, …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mrs Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Commission’s members requesting them: “to urgently submit a case on the escalating xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African citizens in South Africa …

By Fortune Abang Abuja, Sept. 8, 2019 The South African Acting High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Bobby Moroe, on Saturday confirmed there was no damage or bombing of any of the country’s mission property in Nigeria. Moroe told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that both South African missions …

By Rotimi Ijikanmi, Tukur Muntari Abuja, Sept. 7, 2019 The Federal Government has debunked the report being circulated on social media of a bomb explosion at the South African High Commission in Abuja, on Saturday. In a statement issued in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed, …

By Peter Ejiofor Lagos, Sept. 7, 2019 The Nigerian Union in South Africa (NUSA) has commended the proprietor of Air Peace Airline, Chief Allen Onyema, for donating an aircraft to evacuate Nigerians with intention of returning home from South Africa. The Union on Saturday noted that the gesture came in …

By Olawale Jokotoye Aseese (Ogun) , Sept. 7, 2019 The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has appealed to Nigerians not to engage in reprisal attacks against South-Africans following the violence which trailed the wave of xenophobia in South Africa. Adeboye made the …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has thanked the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Barr. Allen Onyema, over what he described as his “gesture of patriotism and support for humanity”, by providing his aircraft for free evacuation of Nigerians trapped in South Africa. …

By Ismaila Chafe,  Oluwatope Lawanson Abuja, Sept. 6, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking to State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting, Gbajabiamila said he was in …

  Moscow, London, Sept. 6, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday sent a message of condolence to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the death of the country’s former leader Robert Mugabe. “Many important events in the modern history of Zimbabwe were associated with the name of Robert Mugabe,” according …

Maputo, Sept. 6, 2019 Pope Francis continued to spread a message of peace as he addressed tens of thousands of Mozambicans at a mass held at a stadium in the capital Maputo on Friday, on the first leg of a visit to three African countries. “You have a right to …

By Yunus Yusuf Lagos, Sept. 6,2019 The plan by Air Peace Airline  to evacuate Nigerians in South Africa from today, Friday, Sept. 6 suffered a setback as majority of those interested in the process have expired passports. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the airline with the support …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Sept. 6, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Government and people of Zimbabwe over the passing of the founding father and former President of the Southern African nation, Robert Mugabe, at 95. The President, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media …

  The past few days have been dominated by media headlines about ‘xenophobic attacks’ on foreigners, essentially Nigerians, in South Africa. According to the police, five people have died and businesses and properties worth millions of dollars destroyed since the current wave of ‘xenophobic attacks’ in the country. Attacks on …

By Victor Okoye Abuja, Sept. 6, 2019 Cup-holders Nigeria on Thursday lost by the odd goal to their Sudanese counterparts in an Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match at the Al Merriekh Stadium in Omdurman. The home team scored on the dot of 45 minutes as the Nigeria …

Following the hypersensitivity of the issues surrounding the lives and well-being of Nigerian citizens living in South Africa and to contribute his voice against the poor state of security regarding foreign nationals living in Africa, the Founder/Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia has withdrawn from further activities at …