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    Business How MTN's Failure to Register SIMs Aided Boko Haram Activities – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday while receiving the South Africa president, Jacob Zuma has said the failure of the MTN Nigeria Ltd to disconnect millions of unregistered subscribers had contributed to the killing of thousands of Nigerians by Boko Haram terrorists. He said it was for that...
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    World South African Pastor Pours Hot Water on Church Members to Demonstrate 'Miracle' [See Photos]

    A South African pastor, Apostle Thamsanqa Sambulo, claimed he performed a miracle and an apostle of God after he allegedly poured boiling water on himself and members of his church. The KwaZulu Natal-based young pastor is the founder of Thy Word Kingdom Harvest Ministries which has been...
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    Politics South African President, Jacob Zuma In Nigeria - See Photos

    President Jacob Zuma of South Africa arrived Nigeria last night on a two day state visit. He was received by former vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama. During his visit, Zuma will have bilateral talks with President Buhari, meet with the Nigerian...
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    World South African Court Rejects Oscar Pistorius' Appeal Against Murder Conviction

    South Africa's highest court has rejected Oscar Pistorius's right to appeal against his conviction for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The Constitutional Court ruled the Paralympian had no reasonable grounds of success with his legal fight. Pistorius now faces a possible...
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    World South Africa Opens First Solar-Powered Airport

    South Africa government has opened the continent’s first solar-powered airport. George Airport located in Western Cape serves over 600,000 passengers annually, has launched a clean energy project which, during its first phase, will contribute around 40% of the airport’s electricity needs. Once...
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    World South Africa's Economy in Crisis – Finance Minister

    The South African finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, earlier today, said the country's economy is 'in crisis'. The comments came ahead of his Budget speech, in which he cut the country's growth forecast for 2016 to 0.9%, down from 1.7%. He conceded the economy is struggling with shrinking...
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    World South Africa Confirms First Case of Zika virus

    South Africa confirmed its first case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in a Columbian man, health authorities said. The virus, which is causing international alarm after spreading through much of the Americas, was detected in the man on his visit to Johannesburg, Health Minister Aaron...
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    World South Africa Mine Collapse, Traps More Than 100 People

    Nearly 80 rescued miners were brought to the surface on Friday, police said, after about 115 were trapped underground following a collapse at a gold mine in northeastern South Africa earlier in the day. Mike McChesney, chief executive of the small gold producer Vantage Goldfields told Reuters...
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    Metro South Africa: Meet The Twin Sisters Who Got Married To One Husband

    26-year-old, twin sisters Owami and Olwethu Mzazi from South Africa, have allegedly married the same husband. According to reports, this didn’t come as a surprise, as the twins had always dreamt of marrying the same man. The 26 year old twins are married to 51 year old Mzukiseni Mzazi...
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    Metro Senate Must Pass Social Media Bill - Davido

    Nigerian music star, Davido, has said he is of the opinion that the social media bill be passed into law. The artist was reacting to a recent circulated post claiming that the HKN singer may be expecting a baby number two out of wedlock following claims from a certain South African woman that...
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    World Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail as Murder Case Postponed Until April 18

    According to BBC, Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail while he waits to be sentenced for murdering his girlfriend in 2013. That hearing should take place next year on 18 April and being asked to pay 10,000 rand ($700, £450) for his bail. He will be under house arrest and will be...
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    World Oscar Pistorius to Apply for Bail in South African Court on Dec. 8

    Oscar Pistorius is set to appear in court on Tuesday to apply for bail following his conviction for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. A justice department official stated this on Monday. “The bail application hearing for Oscar Pistorius has been set down for tomorrow at 9.30 am (0730 GMT)...
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    Business Buhari, Zuma To Meet Over MTN’s N1.04trn Fine

    President Muhammadu Buhari and his South African counterpart, President Jacob Zuma, are to meet in Johannesburg this week to discuss MTN’s $5.2billion fine among other issues, South Africa-based Sunday Times has reported. Both leaders are expected to meet and discuss the fine along the...
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    Metro South Africa Threatens To Jail Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

    The South African government may jail Nigerian-born pastor, Chris Oyakhilome if his church, Christ Embassy, fails to release its financial records, the South African-based News24 is reports. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities said...
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    World Pope Francis Makes First Africa Visit

    Pope Francis will make his first entry into the Africa soil on November 25 to 30, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic since he became Pope. The Vatican said the Pope had been invited by the heads of state and local bishops to visit each of those countries. Pope Paul VI...
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    World [Video] Mob Destroys South African Pastor's Church Who Ordered Members To Eat Snake, Grass

    Controversial South African pastor, Penuel Mnguni, of the End Time Disciples Ministries was beaten up by some angry youths in Mmakaunyane Village in the North Western part of South Africa last Sunday. During the attack, the youths burnt down his church and tied him and a member of his church up...
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    Sports Azeez Ladipo Confident Black Stallions Can Upset Olympics Qualifiers Opponents

    The captain of the Nigerian Rugby Football team, Azeez Ladipo, has disclosed that the confidence of the Nigerian players in the South African camp is high ahead of the Olympics qualifiers in Pool B this weekend. It is no longer new that Nigeria are in the same group with the likes of Zambia...
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    Sports Falconets Beat South Africa 3-1 On Aggregate To Qualify For 2016 FIFA Women's World Cup

    Head coach of the Nigeria’s U-20 women's national team, Peter Dedevbo has attributed his side's 1-0 win over the South African women's U20 team to hard work. Chinwendu Ihezuo's 16th minute strike gave the Falconets a ticket to the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on Sunday, and the coach...
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    Business N200,000 Fine Per Sim, Too Heavy To Bear - MTN Laments

    Few days after the Nigerian Communications Commission slammed a N1.4 trillion penalty on MTN Nigeria for failure to disconnect customers with unregistered SIM cards, Parent company MTN group has cried out that the fine was too extreme, even as it continues to engage the regulator on how to...
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    World See List of First Female Pilots in Africa

    Just as women in politics and business are celebrated everyday, female pilots in Africa should be celebrated as well. See the names and countries of these amazing first female pilots on the Africa's continent. The recent person is Ouma Laouali, 28-year-old from Niger. She was trained to...
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