Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- What has made the situation even more tense is the fact that the spokesman of President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mr Vincent Magwenya, issued a statement on 15th July accusing Nigeria and Ghana of "spreading fake news" and orchestrating an attempt to "misrepresent South Africa" and drag it before international institutions for formal sanctions.

Whilst it is true that Nigeria, Ghana and ECOWAS intend to take this matter up at the African Union, it is FALSE to allege that either country is spreading 'fake news.'

I wonder whether Magwenya will also claim that the events of 1995, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2015, 2019 and 2024, each of which witnessed the targetting and cold-blooded murder of African nationals, including Nigerians, by wild,...