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“A miracle on the Mississippi.”
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno confirms all passengers are accounted for after a tanker slams into a docked river cruiser carrying about 129 passengers.
Moreno says 32 passengers are in local hospitals, but none have critical injuries. She credits the local, state and federal first responders who rushed to help.
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Kenya is becoming Nigeria.
BREAKING NEWS: Several Killed After Building Collapses in Nairobi's Ngara Area
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South African Presidency Rebukes Nigeria’s Ambassador Fani-Kayode Over Complaint About Livestream, Urges Nigerian Envoy To Respect Boundaries | Sahara Reporters bit.ly/3UykUvH
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Imikhuba emibi has a way of coming out during the people, dictating to SABC ….this is not Nigeria
It was a great and historic morning today at the South African Presidential Guest House in Pretoria where I had the honor and privilege of presenting my letters of credence to His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa @CyrilRamaphosa, the President of the Republic of South Africa, along with Ambassadors from 14 other countries.
It was a beautiful and historic occassion which witnessed the first posting of a substantive Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of South Africa in four years.
The entire event was livestreamed by @PresidencyZA (the South African Presidency) where millions of Nigerians, South Africans, Africans and members of the international community were watching in real time.
Every single one of the 15 Ambassadors that were present were introduced formally and gave a speech.
Curiously the South African Presidency refused to air the introduction of my goodself and the Nigerian delegation or to air my speech.
They went a step further by cutting us out of the livestream completely and went back on livestream only after my speech was concluded.
Of all the 15 introductions and speeches that were made and delivered this morning only Nigeria's was cut out.
I raised the issue with President Ramaphosa directly during the course of the photo session and whilst we were still on the premises and, in fairness to him, he took me to the relevant officials and acted with despatch.
Right there in my prescence he questioned them and directed them to resolve the issue immediately.
Sadly by then it was too late and Nigeria had been left out. To be clear, I repeat, we were the ONLY ones that were left out.
Clearly some elements in South Africa do not want to hear what we have to say or see our faces but we are here to stay as long as we are welcome and have the confidence of President Ramaphosa, which I am sure we do.
Luckily for us there were at least two Nigerian television stations at the event and all that I had to say was fully recorded by them and will be released to the Nigerian public.
There is also footage that will be released in which I complained directly to the President and in which he called his staff and told them what to do.
Whilst still on the premises, when offered an interview by @SABCNews
(the South African State Broadcaster), I turned them down as a consequence of the deplorable way we were treated and I told them to go and listen to my speech instead which their Presidency officials had refused to air.
One thing is clear, I have immense respect and affection for South Africa and the South African people but I will not be anywhere or tolerate anyone that disrespects or treats our Government or our people flippantly.
My thanks goes to President Ramaphosa for his concern and timely intervention.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria and God bless the Republic of South Africa.
(FFK)
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PART 2: THE MAN WHO PREACHES UNITY BUT PRACTISES DIVISION
1. One of the most disturbing aspects of Femi Fani-Kayode's political history is his relationship with ethnic politics.
2. During the 2023 Lagos governorship election, Fani-Kayode launched fierce attacks against @GRVlagos Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party candidate whose mother and wife are Igbo.
3. He portrayed Rhodes-Vivour's political ambition as a threat to Yoruba interests.
4. In his article, "Lagos, My Lagos!" he suggested that Igbo people wanted to take over what belonged to the Yoruba. He has not formally retracted this position
5. Now consider the extraordinary hypocrisy.
6. This same Fani-Kayode has nine children from relationships with women of different ethnic backgrounds, including Igbo women.
7. He has publicly celebrated the ethnic diversity of his family.
8. Apparently, ethnic integration is admirable when it happens in his bedroom, but suspicious when it produces a political opponent.
9. This duplicitous nature is what I am after. A man must have a sense or at least some standard of morality.
10. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been widely quoted as saying that Fani-Kayode would sing anyone's praises if provided with food.
11. The attribution is disputed, but the observation remains an interesting commentary on political opportunism.
12. And here is the problem.
13. @realFFK a man who once condemned Tinubu now celebrates him.
14. A man who speaks passionately about African unity has previously promoted ethnic suspicion within Nigeria.
15. A man who lectures others about loyalty has repeatedly changed political allegiances.
16. It is difficult to reconcile these contradictions with the responsibility of representing a diverse nation abroad.
17. Diplomacy requires consistency, restraint and the ability to build trust across differences.
18. Fani-Kayode's record raises legitimate questions about these qualities.
19. Nigeria is home to hundreds of ethnic groups.
20. Its representatives should embody the principle that citizenship matters more than ancestry.
21. Yet we have appointed a man whose political rhetoric has, at crucial moments, encouraged the opposite.
22. How does someone who struggles to promote unity at home become an ambassador of unity abroad?
23. Would @realFFK speak up for the Igbo people if they were under attack in South Africa, if he is against them in Nigeria?
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PART 1: A MAN WITHOUT CREDIBILITY PRESENTS A LETTER OF CREDENCE
1. I woke up this morning to a rather interesting video.
2. Femi Fani-Kayode, @realFFK one of Nigeria's most politically inconsistent characters, was standing before South African President @CyrilRamaphosa , presenting his letter of credence as Nigeria's High Commissioner.
3. I decided to watch.
4. Fani-Kayode began with religious expressions before praising Ramaphosa (maybe he wants us to believe he's a changed man 😂 😂)
5. He spoke about Nelson Mandela, the struggle against apartheid, Nigeria's contributions to South African liberation and the importance of cooperation between both countries.
6. Some of his points made sense.
7. Nigeria played an important role in the fight against apartheid.
8. Nigeria committed resources, diplomatic influence and political capital to South Africa's liberation.
9. But something struck me.
10. How does a man who has spent years destroying his own credibility suddenly become qualified to present a letter of credence?
11. Of course, a letter of credence is a formal diplomatic document, not a certificate of personal integrity.
12. But shouldn't those representing Nigeria abroad possess some measure of the credibility their office demands?
13. Consider Fani-Kayode's political history.
14. In 2015, he fiercely condemned Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing him of betrayal and political opportunism.
15. Following the 2020 Lekki Toll Gate shootings, he called Tinubu the "Asiwaju of blood", portraying him as heartless and obsessed with power.
16. Yet by 2021, he had defected to the APC.
17. By 2022, he was defending the same Tinubu he had previously condemned.
18. Today, he represents Tinubu before a foreign president.
19. What changed?
20. Did Tinubu suddenly become virtuous?
21. Were Fani-Kayode's earlier convictions false?
22. Or did political opportunity become more attractive than personal principles?
23. Changing one's mind is not a crime.
24. But when political convictions repeatedly change alongside political fortunes, credibility becomes difficult to defend.
25. And that brings us back to Pretoria.
26. Fani-Kayode presented his letter of credence.
27. But where was his own credibility?
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It must be so exciting being a politics/IR academic nowadays because what is this?
In normal times, this should get you recalled and shamed because it is clear that you don’t understand the core function of your role as an ambassador.
Where is your basic sense of diplomacy?
It was a great and historic morning today at the South African Presidential Guest House in Pretoria where I had the honor and privilege of presenting my letters of credence to His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa @CyrilRamaphosa, the President of the Republic of South Africa, along with Ambassadors from 14 other countries.
It was a beautiful and historic occassion which witnessed the first posting of a substantive Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of South Africa in four years.
The entire event was livestreamed by @PresidencyZA (the South African Presidency) where millions of Nigerians, South Africans, Africans and members of the international community were watching in real time.
Every single one of the 15 Ambassadors that were present were introduced formally and gave a speech.
Curiously the South African Presidency refused to air the introduction of my goodself and the Nigerian delegation or to air my speech.
They went a step further by cutting us out of the livestream completely and went back on livestream only after my speech was concluded.
Of all the 15 introductions and speeches that were made and delivered this morning only Nigeria's was cut out.
I raised the issue with President Ramaphosa directly during the course of the photo session and whilst we were still on the premises and, in fairness to him, he took me to the relevant officials and acted with despatch.
Right there in my prescence he questioned them and directed them to resolve the issue immediately.
Sadly by then it was too late and Nigeria had been left out. To be clear, I repeat, we were the ONLY ones that were left out.
Clearly some elements in South Africa do not want to hear what we have to say or see our faces but we are here to stay as long as we are welcome and have the confidence of President Ramaphosa, which I am sure we do.
Luckily for us there were at least two Nigerian television stations at the event and all that I had to say was fully recorded by them and will be released to the Nigerian public.
There is also footage that will be released in which I complained directly to the President and in which he called his staff and told them what to do.
Whilst still on the premises, when offered an interview by @SABCNews
(the South African State Broadcaster), I turned them down as a consequence of the deplorable way we were treated and I told them to go and listen to my speech instead which their Presidency officials had refused to air.
One thing is clear, I have immense respect and affection for South Africa and the South African people but I will not be anywhere or tolerate anyone that disrespects or treats our Government or our people flippantly.
My thanks goes to President Ramaphosa for his concern and timely intervention.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria and God bless the Republic of South Africa.
(FFK)
Maria not Zakharova retweeted
I’m convinced that Nigerians are habitual liars. The Nigerian amb. was on a rant saying he got mistreated and his speech was not broadcasted on TV, but it’s totally opposite on the clip from the SABC. How he turned this beautiful moment into a rant is really concerning.
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Wait is Madlanga Commission trying to tell us that the US Embassy is selling drugs in South Africa.
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There’s something quite ironic about all of this.
Germany is using state-backed financing to lend South Africa billions to support its “Just Energy Transition”, while simultaneously looking to bring coal back into its own energy mix to address energy security.
And this is coming from Germany, the Eurozone’s largest economy and one of the biggest pillars supporting the currency bloc’s financial stability. (Euro)
South Africa is borrowing to transition away from coal, while Germany is reconsidering coal to keep its own economy going.
The irony speaks for itself.
🇩🇪 Germany is getting ready to BRING BACK COAL to save gas.
A draft law from Economy Minister Katherina Reiche would put more than 8 gigawatts of reserve coal and oil plants back on the regular power market, as the Middle East crisis chokes gas supplies.
Electricity customers would pay to keep those plants ready through their grid fees, even if they never switch on.
The government's own review found the price relief would show up for only a few hours a year.
Germany shut down its nuclear plants to save the planet, and now it's firing up coal and sending customers the bill 🙄
Source: WELT / Writer: Julie
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South Africa 🇿🇦 has landed in Nairobi ahead of Tuesday’s return leg against Harambee
#HarambeeStars
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Lol this boy has lived this life before, ngeke what kid speaks like this
