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6 Feb
Reliable bookmaker 1xBet announces the hot AFCON semi-finals, which will occur on February 7. Nigeria vs South Africa Bookmaker 1xBet considers Nigeria the main favorite of the tournament and accepts bets on its victory with odds of 2.2. According to this indicator, the Super Eagles are significantly ahead of the tournament hosts and will be…
6 Feb
Nottingham Forest defender, Ola Aina, has expressed the Super Eagles' readiness to face South Africa in the semi-finals of the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Wednesday.
6 Feb
Neil Tovey and Mark Williams, key figures when South Africa won their lone Africa Cup of Nations title, believe defeating 2024 semi-finals opponents Nigeria will be "tough".
6 Feb
Nigerians in South Africa have been warned to be mindful of where they watch the semi final African Cup of Nations (AFCON) clash between Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana and to equally refrain from wild celebrations should Nigeria win.
6 Feb
The Super Eagles of Nigeria may have won the semifinal clash against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa even before the match kicks off, if a declaration by former South Africa winger, Junior Khanye, is anything to go by.
2 Feb
Ademola Lookman’s first half strike booked Nigeria’s place in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-finals with a 1-0 win over Angola. The win continues the Super Eagles’ excellent AFCON quarter-final record, having lost only one of their previous 11 last-eight ties in the competition.
1 Feb
A spokesperson to President Bola Tinubu said Nigeria’s security challenges were being exaggerated and claimed countries like South Africa face worse situations.
30 Jan
South Africa's corruption perception index has dropped to its lowest in 12 years and was below the global average, global corruption watchdog Transparency International said on Tuesday.
27 Jan
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi,  has seized 46.39 kilogrammes of cocaine, five kilogrammes of colorado indica, five pistols and 445  rounds of live ammunition and several empty pistol magazines.
24 Jan
In terms of the maturity of the Internet ecosystem in Africa, South Africa has edged Nigeria, Kenya and others.
15 Jan
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has celebrated the 112th anniversary of its establishment ahead of national elections, expected to be the toughest since it came to power in 1994.
11 Jan
South Africa on Thursday accused Israel of breaching the UN Genocide Convention, saying that even the October 7 Hamas attack could not justify such alleged actions.

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