Xenophobia: Your planned visit to South Africa is an insult to Nigerians- FFK tells Buhari

Femi Fani-Kayode has described as ''inappropriate and an insult to Nigerians'' the scheduled visit of President Buhari to South Africa today Wednesday October 2nd. President Buhari is expected to meet with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, over the recent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in his country.

FFK says Buhari is not expected to grant Ramaphosa a state visit after his country men killed Nigerians. Reacting to the planned visit on his Twitter handle, FFK wrote

A President does not reward a foreign power that has just slaughtered his citizens with impunity with a state visit.

@MBuhari

's visit to South Africa is inappropiate and an insult to the Nigerian people.This is yet another 1st in the ignoble hall of infamy and shame for Nigeria.

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BBNaija: Tacha opens up on being held hostage by Big Brother, reveals what happened

Big Brother Naija housemate, Tacha, who was disqualified on Friday, has addressed reports that the organizers of the reality show held her hostage after her ouster from the house. NAIJAFLEX had reported that following her disqualification, a trending video, emerged that soldiers and bouncers were called in to stop Tacha from leaving the hotel she was lodged. A member of her management team had claimed that BBNaija crew were trying to get her to speak about the show. But Tacha reportedly rebuffed and insisted she wanted to go home. However, speaking on her Instagram on Tuesday, Tacha denied that she was held hostage. According to her, the report was ‘fake.’ She said, ”Please everything about me being held hostage by Big Brother is just fake, people are just trying to be crazy with me. I’m just coming out I don’t want to any of this. ”Big Brother has nothing to do with this. I just needed time to reflect that is why I was off social media.”

Nigeria at 59: President Buhari under fire over nationwide broadcast

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari, describing his Independence Day broadcast as an insult on the psyche of Nigerians. The party said the broadcast was a mockery of the nation’s integrity as an independent state. According to the PDP, Buhari’s speech was completely unpresidential, lacking in patriotic stance and replete with manifest inconsistencies, contradictions, paradoxes and false performance claims. This was contained in a statement Tuesday signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan. It said “President Buhari, in his recorded address, failed to forcefully address the key issues of freedom, social justice, constitutional order, separation of powers, rule of law, human rights, credible elections, national cohesion, accountability and transparency in government.” The party noted that “President Buhari ignored these very fundamentals of an independent state, because his administration had violat...

Buhari arrives South Africa for State visit

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday arrived Pretoria, South Africa, for a state visit and 9th meeting of the Bi-National Commission. Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, who confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Thursday morning, said the 9th meeting of the commission would for the first time witness participation of the two Heads of State after an elevation. The Bi-National Commission meeting was elevated to the level of Presidents’ participation, following the strategic position of the two economies in Africa and the need for stronger relations. Shehu disclosed that Buhari and his host, President Cyril Ramophosa, would co-chair the meeting on Thursday. NAN reports that the President’s plane arrived in the South African Air force Base, Waterkloof, at 9.10 p. m, and he was received by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor and Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu. Before the meeting which would be held at the Uni...

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