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Save the Consumers, a Nigeria-based Non-Governmental Organisation, has condemned the recent 21 per cent price increase imposed by MultiChoice Nigeria on its DStv and GOtv services, effective March 1, 2025. The group alleged that, contrary to Nigeria’s experience, the company reduced its charges in South Africa by about 38 per cent within the same period.…
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The Nigeria Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA) has called for an end to killings, brutality and injustices inflicted upon Nigerians and other foreign nationals in South Africa. The President-General of NICASA, Mr Frank Onyekwelu,made the call in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. He was speaking on the 2025…
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Nigeria has dropped three places in the latest World Happiness Report (2025), ranking 105th globally and 12th in Africa. This means there are 11 African countries where people feel happier than Nigerians. So, what makes them happier? And what can Nigeria learn from them? The 11 African countries happier than Nigeria According to the report,…
15 Mar
The US decision to expel South Africa's ambassador was "regrettable," the office of the South African president said Saturday, after Washington's top diplomat accused the envoy of hating America and President Donald Trump. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africa's ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, was "no longer welcome" in the United States. Rasool…
15 Mar
The United States' decision to expel South Africa's ambassador was "regrettable", the office of the president said Saturday, urging "diplomatic decorum" between the two nations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was no longer welcome in the United States because he was "a race-baiting politician" who hates US President Donald…
7 Mar
Nigeria has won the hosting right for the 2026 World Public Relations Forum (WPRF) becoming the second in the African continent to host the highest event of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management with membership across 126 countries. The President, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr. Ike Neliaku, disclosed this while…
5 Mar
South Africa on Wednesday denounced Israel's restriction of aid into war-ravaged Gaza since the weekend, saying it amounted to using starvation as a weapon of war. A fragile ceasefire since January saw an influx of humanitarian aid into Gaza, before Israel on Sunday announced it was blocking deliveries until Hamas accepted its terms for an…
4 Mar
The Nigeria’s Under-17 Female Football Team, Flamingoes, will depart for South Africa on Wednesday for the first leg of their FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The Flamingoes are playing a qualifying fixture against South Africa’s U-17 girls, known as Bantwana. This is contained in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) website, on Tuesday in Abuja. According…
1 Mar
Hundreds of people in rainbow colours gathered Saturday in South Africa's tourist magnet Cape Town to honour the world's first openly gay imam, who was killed last month. Muhsin Hendricks, who ran a mosque for marginalised Muslims, was shot dead in February near the southern city of Gqeberha. "I was heartbroken. I think it's sad…
28 Feb
On the streets of Johannesburg's student district, US President Donald Trump's offer to accept white Afrikaners as refugees landed as both "ridiculous" and "lame", among South Africans of all races. Trump cut off aid to South Africa and claimed, without evidence, that the Pretoria government is seizing white-owned land and persecuting Afrikaners, descendants of European…
21 Feb
South Africa said Friday that talks to end Russia's nearly three-year war in Ukraine must involve all parties and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was expected on a state visit soon for discussions. President Cyril Ramaphosa invited Zelensky to talks after heavy criticism of moves by Russia and the United States to negotiate an end to…
20 Feb
Top diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies will convene in South Africa on Thursday for a meeting dominated by a packed global agenda but overshadowed by a snub by the top US envoy. As a curtain-raiser to the G20 summit in November, the foreign ministers will gather for talks over two days, held…
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A meeting between Russian and US officials on a partial ceasefire in Ukraine ended after 12 hours of negotiations in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Russian state media reported, with a joint statement expected the following day. With Ukrainian negotiators waiting nearby, a day after they sat down with the US team, the Americans and Russians…
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Tunisia has launched an investigation into alleged money laundering and tax fraud involving ride-hailing applications, the interior ministry said on Monday. The authorities also said they were suspending the apps. "The financial division of the National Guard has uncovered suspicions of money laundering and tax evasion among operators of private taxi ride-hailing apps," the ministry…
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The Bulgarian Ambassador to Nigeria, Yanko Yordanov, has been honored by the Ipinsa community in Ifedore Local Council Area of Ondo State for his support for widows in the community. While conferring a chieftaincy title on the ambassador, the Akapinsa of Ipinsa, Oba Omoniyi Olufunmilayo, hailed Yordanov’s growing bond with Ipinsa. The monarch noted that…
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) held a farewell ceremony to honor the late David Shikfu Parradang, the former Comptroller General of Immigration, celebrating his legacy of dedication and service. The event, which featured a 21-gun salute, was attended by colleagues, dignitaries, and well-wishers who paid their respects to a leader known for his discipline, wisdom,…
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The Osun State Police Command has said it arrested three suspects for allegedly breaching the ongoing dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on some warring communities in Osun State by Governor Ademola Adeleke. This was disclosed in a statement made available on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state command, Adeola Adeoye. Recall that Governor…
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A federal judge on Monday sharply criticized the Trump administration's summary deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members, saying "Nazis got better treatment" from the United States during World War II. President Donald Trump sent two planeloads of Venezuelan migrants to a prison in El Salvador on March 15 after invoking an obscure wartime law known…
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, charged the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) to expand its scope on other areas of engineering practices, eliminate quackery in the industry, and collaborate with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) for certification of building materials to reduce infrastructure collapse. Makinde made the…
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The police command in Adamawa is seeking for information that will lead to the arrest of persons who killed a Point of Sales (POS) operator, Abbas Yuguda, 35, in Mayo-Belwa Local Government The command Spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, disclosed this, in a statement on Monday in Yola. Nguroje said the incident occurred on March, 22,…
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China’s self-developed novel tuberculosis mRNA vaccine started a clinical trial at Beijing Chest Hospital on Monday, according to the local newspaper Beijing Evening News. Previous animal experiments have shown that the new vaccine’s protective efficacy is more than 20 times higher than that of both Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and foreign tuberculosis vaccines. The tuberculosis vaccine,…
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A United Kingdom-based Kwara State indigent, Abdullateef Bibire, at the weekend, fed over 2,000 people in Ilorin as well as honoured 10 locales who have distinguished themselves in community service with awards and cash grants. The organiser, through his foundation on Sunday said he was moved by the reality that those who once served their…