A Nigerian televangelist acquitted of raping young women from his church was to leave South Africa on Sunday, local media said, just days after prosecutors said they would reopen the case. Timothy Omotoso was last month found not guilty on 32 charges, including rape, sexual exploitation and human trafficking after spending eight years in jail. The decision drew ire across …

A Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso, has been rearrested weeks after he was acquitted of multiple rape charges. South African police authorities and the Home Affairs Department confirmed that the televangelist was arrested early on Saturday morning in East London. It was reported that the 66-year-old pastor at the Jesus Dominion International church based in South Africa was arrested in 2017 …

The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) has condemned another brutal attack on seven Nigerians and the kidnapping of one Ani Silas on Thursday in Springs, Gauteng Province. In a statement on Sunday, the National Publicity Secretary of NUSA, Akindele Olunloyo, said that Silas was beaten unconscious and forcibly taken from his workplace by a member of staff of a television …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky abruptly shortened his official visit to South Africa on Thursday following a deadly Russian missile and drone strike on Kyiv that killed at least eight people and left dozens injured. The attack, one of the deadliest on the Ukrainian capital in recent months, saw Russia launch more than 200 missiles and drones overnight, with over 100 …

Ekiti-born woman biker Omolewa Adesuyi, otherwise known as Mama Spade, has concluded plans to embark on what she described as a ‘five weeks daring Unity ride from Lagos city to Capetown, South Africa. The passionate and adventure biker, who travelled in 2023 from Lagos to Ivory Coast, believes in pushing boundaries. According to her, ‘Biking has given me freedom, strength …

Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead Saturday near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police said. The imam, who ran a mosque intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims, was in a car with another person when a vehicle stopped in front of them and blocked their exit, police …

The South African government has given Taiwan March deadline to relocate the island’s de facto embassy outside of the capital city Pretoria. The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said this, blaming Chinese pressure for the move. South Africa severed official diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1997 and only maintains formal and very close relations with China, which views the democratically governed island …

The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) has condemned the alleged murder of 37-year-old Nigerian Julius Chukwunta by four South Africans. Mr Chukwunta, a native of Aninri LGA in Enugu, was reportedly attacked on 7 December 2024, while driving home in Midrand Protea Estate. NICASA president-general Frank Onyekwelu, in an interview on Saturday, said Mr Chukwunta was blocked by …

President Ramaphosa has expressed South Africa’s interest in collaborating with Nigeria to harness critical minerals, particularly lithium, to drive the green energy transition and support the development of electric vehicles (EV) batteries. He disclosed this on Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa, at the Nigeria -South Africa Business Roundtable. He proposed leveraging Nigeria’s vast lithium reserves as a cornerstone for …

Nigeria is seeking the support of South Africa to secure full membership in the G20 and BRICS. In a statement on Monday, the presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said that Nigeria is also eyeing membership in the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). Onanuga said the expanded BRICS boasts of being the engine of global economic growth in recent years, accounting for …