Monday, October 26, 2026

South Africa

September 13, 2026

Names, charges of six Nigerian Black Axe cultists extradited from South Africa to U.S. over multimillion-dollar wire fraud 

Their extradition comes about five years after South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), popularly known as the Hawks, arrested them in a 2021 raid.

Nigerian Black Axe cultists
September 13, 2026
BRICS
September 13, 2026

BRICS pushes local currency trade to cut transaction costs

BRICS is a group of major emerging economies that cooperate on economic, political and development issues.

BRICS
September 12, 2026
Taiwo Fakunle
September 11, 2026

Nigerian lawmakers, officials barred from visits to South Africa, SA-hosted legislative events boycotted over xenophobia

The National Assembly has suspended all official visits to South Africa and directed lawmakers to boycott conferences and other events hosted or co-hosted by the country.

Senate president, deputy Senate president, Reps speaker and deputy Reps speaker.
September 10, 2026

FG inaugurates 15-member committee to implement housing sector reforms

The federal government has inaugurated a 15-member ministerial committee to implement reforms in the housing sector.

September 10, 2026

Amnesty International accuses Russia of recruiting foreigners to fight Ukraine  

The recruits also said the contracts were written only in Russian, with no English-speaking individuals available to explain their contents.

Amnesty International
September 9, 2026

Expert urges adoption of model law to save African shipping firms

Mr De Waegh also recommended a regional approach under AfCFTA and ECOWAS to harmonise the implementation of the model law.

AfCFTA
September 9, 2026

UK raises living expenses requirement for students from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, nine others effective November 30

For African students living outside London, living expenses increased from £1,171 to £1,203.

UK flag and Nigerian students going to the UK
September 9, 2026

Over 86,000 foreign nationals repatriated from South Africa in two months: Official

Ms Kubayi said Malawians had continued to make up the largest group, followed by Zimbabweans and Mozambicans.

Nigerians evacuated from South Africa