{
  "id": 20045485,
  "title": "Nigeria, South Africa trade words over exclusion from diplomatic ceremony livestream",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/nigeria-south-africa-trade-words-over-exclusion-from-diplomatic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T20:26:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/foreign/world-foreign/925185-nigeria-south-africa-trade-words-over-exclusion-from-diplomatic-ceremony-livestream.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, alleged that South African officials cut his speech from the livestream during the presentation of his letters of credence. According to Premium Times, Fani-Kayode stated that certain elements in South Africa do not want to hear what Nigerians have to say or see their faces. The South African government responded by describing Fani-Kayode's actions as inappropriate, as reported by Daily Post Nigeria.\n\nIn response to the dispute, the Nigerian Law Society (NLS) has sent a letter to President Bola Tinubu requesting the redeployment of Fani-Kayode to another African country. Daily Post Nigeria reports that the NLS, an umbrella body for Nigerian non-litigation lawyers, believes a more diplomatic approach is necessary to prevent an escalation of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Mutfwang asks Tinubu to Help return IDPs to their ancestral lands",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/mutfwang-asks-tinubu-to-help-return-idps-to-their-ancestral-lands",
        "published": "2026-11-14T16:29:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Xenophobic attacks: Nigerian Law Society asks Tinubu to redeploy Fani-Kayode from South Africa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/xenophobic-attacks-nigerian-law-society-asks-tinubu-to-redeploy-fani",
        "published": "2026-11-14T17:17:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}