Tag: south africa
Glo congratulates Super Eagles for sending South Africa packing at AFCON
Digital solutions company Globacom has congratulated the Nigerian national football team, Super Eagles on its qualification for the final of the ongoi [...]
APC chieftain, corps member, Kwara deputy bursar all die while watching AFCON Nigeria/South Africamatch
A former member of the House of Representatives who represented the Ika Federal Constituency of Delta State, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, is dead.
The politi [...]
South African rapper, A.K.A is dead
South African rapper, Kiernan Jarryd Forbes more popularly known as A.K.A is dead.
A.K.A was reportedly shot dead in a drive-by shooting on Florida [...]
South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu is dead
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, is dead.
He died at the age of 90.
Tutu was on [...]
South Africa’s jailed ex-president Zuma granted medical parole
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, jailed for 15 months in July for contempt of court after snubbing graft investigators, was on Sunday, 5 Se [...]
Ex-South African President, Zuma sent to jail for fraud
Former South African president, Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after being found guilty for defying a court order to a [...]
Access Bank set to acquire BancABC Botswana
Access Bank, Nigeria’s biggest lender by customer base, says it has entered into a definitive and binding agreement with ABC Holdings regarding a prop [...]
Access Bank receives go-ahead to acquire South African lender
Access Bank says it has acquired regulatory approval for its proposed acquisition of Grobank Limited, a South African bank.
This was announced in a [...]
SA president cuts minister’s salary over misuse of air force plane
Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, has cut the salary of Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the country’s defence minister, over the misuse of the cou [...]
(Updated) ShopRite not leaving, only selling it’s Nigerian stake
ShopRite Nigeria has debunked news of its exit from Nigeria due to a decline in sales.
"Shoprite is not leaving Nigeria," according to the Country Di [...]