Tag: South Africa
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S/Africa shutdown: No Nigerian-owned business is affected – Official
The General of Nigeria Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA), on Tuesday, confirmed that no Nigerian-owned business was affected by the ongoing shutdown in the country. Okoli made the confirmation in a telephone interview with NAN against
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Nigerian man, Ekene Dumkele bags life sentence for South African artiste’s murder
A 37-year-old Nigerian national, Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Limpopo artist, Shaun-Doughlas Chabalala in South Africa. The Sunnyside police spokesperson, Captain Daniel Mavimbela, said 23-year-old Chabalala was robbed inside the seventh-floor residential unit, forcefully thrown out of the window and died at the scene. Mavimbela said, “Shortly…
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Popular South African rap artiste, Titch dies at 27
Another South African musician and dancer, Costa Titch has given up the ghost. According to reports, Costa Tsobanoglou, popularly known as Titch collapsed while performing on stage at the Ultra music festival on Saturday. The news of Titch’s death was confirmed by entertainment commentator Phil Mphela on his Twitter handle just before midnight and was…
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SA President, Cyril Ramaphosa rejects state funeral for AKA
The South Africa (SA) Presidency has rejected a proposal from the Guanteng Premier Panyaza Lusuif’s office to give the country’s rapper, Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, known professionally as AKA, a state funeral. According to the report, Guanteng Premier Panyaza Lusuif’s office requested President Cyril Ramaphosa to hold a provincial State Funeral in honor of the late…
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CORRUPTION: Fake Nigerian lawyer arrested in South Africa
A 53-year-old Nigerian national, Lawrence Chinagorom Uche, has been arrested in South Africa for allegedly pretending to be a lawyer. Uche was arrested last Friday following the execution of warrant issued by the Vereeniging Magistrates Court in November 2022. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the suspect appeared in court on Monday, February 13, 2023, and the…
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South African rapper, AKA shot dead
Popular South African rapper, AKA, real name ‘Kiernan Forbes’ is dead. According to reports, it was confirmed that the 35-year-old was shot dead outside a popular
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Birthday party goes bloody as gunmen open fire, seven people dead
At least seven people were killed and three wounded after two gunmen entered a home and opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday at a home in South Africa. It was gathered that among those killed were three women and four men and no arrests have been made. The shooting happened on…
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Nigerian, South African culture on display as TV Reality Show, Big Brother Titans starts today
The first big brother combo between housemates in Nigeria and South Africa known as Big Brother Titans, will hit TV stations across the continent today, January 15. The top reality TV Show is expected to arouse curiosity among Nigerian and South African viewers and by extension the rest of Africa.
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Buhari mourns Amb. Shehu Malami
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of the former first Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Amb. Shehu Malami, Sarkin Sudan of Wurno, who passed away recently. Buhari, described the news of the death of the Sokoto Prince and a businessman, Dr Shehu Malami as a great shock and sad development. Buhari said…
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South African president, Ramaphosa re-elected ANC leader
The ruling party in South Africa, African National Congress (ANC) on Monday re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa as its leader for another five-year tenure. Ramaphosa defeated former health minister Zweli Mkhize, to emerge the ANC leader for another round of five years.