A Nigerian man, Gabriel Okori, is expected to appear before a South African Magistrate’s Court in Pretoria on charges of fraud and theft after allegedly posing as a white man online to defraud a South African woman of R3 million (about N247,376,070 as of 12.30pm on January 16, 2025). Okori, 39, was arrested in Cape…

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, where the toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police tried to clear out illegal miners who had been underground for months. Authorities began trying to remove the bodies and bring up survivors on Monday after residents voiced fears that over 100 people may…

South African authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the shaft of a closed gold mine more than 2 km (1.2 miles) underground. This came following a siege in a crackdown on illegal mining and authorities said unknown numbers of men are still feared trapped. The siege began in August at the mine in…

More than two dozen illegal miners have been rescued and at least nine bodies recovered from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, as rescue operations resumed Tuesday to reach potentially dozens more people underground.

South African police said Friday that they had rescued 26 undocumented Ethiopian nationals who were being held captive without clothes in a suburban house in Johannesburg by suspected human traffickers.

Nigeria Armed Forces' annual ranking in the 2024 Global Firepower (GFP) has dropped to 39th, marking the third consecutive decline after

Reno Omokri, former Nigerian presidential spokesperson and bestselling author, has become the first Nigerian to abseil down and climb back up Victoria Falls. The feat was accomplished on New Year's Day, January 1, 2025. Omokri completed the descent and ascent of the Batonka Gorge, a 354-foot drop, without a guide, using only ropes and a…

The Lichtenburg Magistrate’s Court in South Africa has adjourned the drug possession and dealing case against Nigerian Theophilus Ejiofor, to January 6, 2025. The Guardian reported that Ejiofor, 48, was arrested on December 18 and will remain in custody while his South African co-accused, Kgomotso Pholoholo, 33, was granted a bail of R1,000. The arrests…

The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) has condemned the alleged murder of 37-year-old Nigerian, Mr. Julius Chukwunta, by four South Africans. Chukwunta, a native of Aninri Local Government Area in Enugu State, was reportedly attacked on December 7, 2024, while driving to his residence in Midrand Protea Estate. NICASA President-General, Dr. Frank Onyekwelu,…

The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) has condemned the alleged murder of 37-year-old Nigerian, Mr Julius Chukwunta, by four South Africans. Chukwunta, a native of Aninri Local Government Area in Enugu State, was reportedly attacked on December 7, 2024, while driving to his residence in Midrand Protea Estate. NICASA President-General Dr Frank Onyekwelu,…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday signed a disputed education law on languages in schools, after reaching an agreement with his initially opposed coalition partner. The dispute over the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) earlier this year was the first major test of the government of national unity, forged after May elections in which…

South Africa has shut down 1,041 mom-and-pop stores in a bid to stop people from consuming pesticide-laden food, which has led to the deaths