Morning recap: Fani-Kayode, South Africa clash, Tinubu aide denies convoy attack, other top stories

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Read Saturday’s top stories, including the Fani-Kayode/South Africa row, a denial of an attack on Tinubu’s convoy, and the Ooni-Oluwo feud. Read More:…

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, and the South African Presidency exchanged words over the alleged omission of his speech from a diplomatic ceremony’s livestream.

In Abuja, a presidential aide dismissed reports that President Bola Tinubu’s convoy was attacked after Friday prayers.

These and other developments feature in Saturday morning’s PUNCH Online news recap.

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, accused the South African presidency of deliberately cutting the Nigerian delegation out of a livestream during the presentation of his letter of credence to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

South African presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya rejected the claim, saying Ramaphosa did not intervene in the broadcaster’s operations and that Fani-Kayode misrepresented the incident.

Presidential aide O’tega Ogra rejected reports that President Bola Tinubu’s convoy was attacked by youths after Friday prayers at the Shagari Central Mosque in Area 1, Abuja. President Bola Tinubu

He described circulating videos as misleading and shared footage of the President leaving the mosque peacefully amid supporters.

The long-running rift between the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, was a key factor behind the Osun State Government’s cautionary letter to the Oluwo over alleged inflammatory remarks. File: Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II

Officials said the letter was a precautionary step to prevent communal tension between Iwo and Ile-Ife indigenes.

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