Father. Husband. Lover of God. Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of South Africa, the Kingdom of Lesotho & the Kingdom of Eswatini.
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"Never will anybody from any part of the world in any way affect or undermine our dignity as a people. We will not accept that, our President will not accept that, our Government will not accept that and your Mission will not accept that"- @Realffk
At a meeting with leaders of the Nigerian community in South Africa, Johannesburg, October 26th 2026.l
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
Watched the entire video. I'm Impressed. Was unaware he was this educated. He should speak more
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
Femi Fani Kayode in South Africa serving it hot…..Baba no dey Gree For Them🤣
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
You didn't follow 2015 elections?
He was one of GEJ's election spokesmen.
He dey yarn.
He's a Cambridge grad o
He - Cambridge
His father - Cambridge
His grandfather - Cambridge
His greatgrandfather - Durham
4th generation British-educated in his direct lineage.
His father was deputy prime minister of Western Region.
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
I don’t know why I feel so proud of Otunba @realFFK’s posting to South Africa as Nigeria’s Ambassador.
Someone needs to remind them know who risked it all when they couldn’t even dare to tread on certain parts of their own countries.
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
Powerful speech from Femi Fani Kayode 👏🏽👏🏽
He schooled those South Africans and gave history lessons.
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
I have to give it to Chief Femi Fani-Kayode; he really educated the South Africans about what they didn’t know. Nigerians need people like him to represent them abroad.
@realFFK, thank you! – at Itele, Nigeria
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
Nigeria stood with South Africa against apartheid. Today, Nigerians face xenophobic attacks on South African streets.
Credit to Fani-Kayode for speaking out. But words must lead to action: firm diplomacy, accountability for perpetrators, and genuine protection for Nigerians.
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
FFK? One of the three most intelligent and smartest politicians in Nigeria.
Cambridge Law graduate.
His father - Cambridge graduate.
His grandfather - Selwyn College, Cambridge.
His greatgrandfather graduated - Fourah bay college, Sierra Leone.
He came from a lineage of 3 generations of aristocrats.
His father was deputy prime minister of Western Region & he was the one that moved the motion from Nigeria’s independence.
His mother is from the great and popular Fanimokun family.
You’re late to the party, kindly read more and get acquainted.
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
In 1822, Muslim Turks captured two Greek Christian women in Naousa and attempted to force them to convert to Islam. They smeared them with honey on the head and tied them exposed, so as to receive the stings of wasps and of passersby.
The first woman, wife of Captain Zafeirakis, was then built into the wall up to the neck in the church of Hagia Sophia in Thessaloniki. She was left there for days for the entertainment of the wild mob that went there cursing and hitting her head with sticks as it protruded from the wall. She did not back down for a moment, strengthened until her last breath by prayer, and she never abandoned her Christian faith. Her martyrdom lasted five days. A passing gypsy woman, to hasten her end, threw a large stone at her, and thus the blessed one delivered her heroic soul into the hands of God, Whom she did not deny.
The other woman, Maria Karatasou, wife of Captain Karatasos, refused to change her faith, and for this Muhammad Pasha Abu Nabbut enclosed her in a sack with deadly snakes, where she was martyred.
The historian Eustathios Stougiannakis writes:
"The acute venom diffused into the veins of the martyr from the bites, however, killed her in sweet lethargy, praying until the last moment for her executioners and invoking the Most High and the Virgin."
And Pouqueville describes in the darkest colors to the civilized world the dramatic scenes he saw with his own eyes there:
"Many women naked were put up to the neck in sacks with cats, snakes, and mice"
The lifeless bodies of these holy women were eventually thrown into the sea.
These events took place during the Naousa massacre.
13 April 1822. Just 200 years ago.
409 men killed and over 400 women and children were enslaved.
If you want to support me in the effort I’m making, please consider becoming a subscriber to my X account for only $2. I write about the ancient, medieval, and modern history of Greece and what Christians went through in Asia Minor, Greece, and Cyprus because of Islam. Thank you very much to those of you who support me and read me.
- Homer Pavlos
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
As President of thecountry, one thing you can be assured of when appointing @realFFK to any position is effective and fearless representation. He is a man who speaks boldly, stands his ground and never shies away from confronting issues head-on, He knows how to hit the bull's-eye and address matters with courage, conviction and clarity.
You said it perfectly and delivered the message with precision and impact.
Happy New Month.
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Always go back and say 'thank you,' or you may fall back with nobody to save you. Remember, there is NO SUCH THING as a self-made man. God uses people to make you or break you. It takes a great fool not to be grateful!
Femi Fani-Kayode retweeted
Kemi, congratulations on leading a major British party as a Black Woman. It takes real talent to rise to where you are and deceit is what it takes to rise as a Black leader in a western Conservative Party.
It is a pity the climb did not leave room for a history book and since you chose to argue in the language of history, let us do the history. Let’s dissect your verbal diarrhea point by point.
Everyone participated." Slavery existed on every continent. So did war, and nobody calls a village feud the World War. The transatlantic trade ran for 366 years (1501 to 1866) and put about 12.5 million Africans on ships, of whom about 1.8 million died before they saw the Americas, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. It ran through joint-stock companies, chartered monopolies, Lloyd's underwriters and acts of Parliament. It was hereditary, because the law made the child of an enslaved mother property from birth. It was racial, because a whole continent was defined as chattel. No other system in history combined those features at that scale. Dissolving all of it into "people from every continent" is far worse than intellectual dishonesty.
Britain was a market leader, not a participant. British ships carried about 3.2 million Africans, second only to Portugal and Brazil. The Treaty of Utrecht (1713) gave Britain the asiento, a thirty-year monopoly to supply 4,800 enslaved Africans a year to Spanish America. The Royal African Company, chartered in 1672 and headed by the Duke of York, later James II, branded its captives "DY". During Edward Colston's years in its leadership it shipped about 84,000 people, and roughly 19,000 died on the way.
You say British taxpayers should not answer for what happened before they were born. They did. In 1833 Britain borrowed £20 million to compensate slaveholders, and taxpayers serviced that loan until 2015, including the descendants of the enslaved. So the principle you invoke was not applied when the cheque went to slaveholders. It only appears when the cheque changes direction.
"Navel-gazing" is a curious charge from someone whose party spends more energy on the past (Empire nostalgia, culture war crusades) than most of those you accuse. Defend Britain if you must. But do not use your Nigerian name as the permission slip for arguments Nigerians know better than anyone.
Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated. We should be honest about the whole history, not select the parts that are politically convenient today, especially given Britain's leading role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
If Caribbean countries are asking Britain for a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, will they also be asking the same of the descendants of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured, sold and profited from the trade?
On demands for reparations, whether through cash or debt relief, we have been down this track before. Twenty-five years ago, Jubilee 2000, Drop the Debt and Make Poverty History argued that cancelling the debts of poorer countries would give them a fresh start. More than $100 billion of debt was eventually written off, but many of those countries have since built up even bigger debts. Labour are already spending too much on Britain's welfare state, now is not the time for Andy Burnham to be providing global welfare.
There is no reason British taxpayers today should be held financially responsible for things that happened generations before any of us were born. And I have even less patience for political elites in commonwealth countries who don’t know how to make their own citizens prosperous now looking for another opportunity to blame Britain.
As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham should be Britain’s greatest defender. Instead, he is writing articles saying we need to confront our history (as if we haven't done enough of that) and considering another formal historical apology. Tony Blair already expressed Britain’s deep sorrow and regret for our role in the slave trade nearly twenty years ago. There is no need to do so again.
This is all another navel-gazing distraction. The Commonwealth should be looking forward, not endlessly backwards. That means economic partnerships to make us all richer and deeper military and security cooperation against common threats. If every Commonwealth summit becomes an exercise in presenting Britain with demands for cash then we need to start asking if it is worth the effort.
FANI-KAYODE PRESENTS LETTERS OF CREDENCE TO SOUTH AFRICA’S DIRCO, AS HE OFFICIALLY ASSUMES DIPLOMATIC DUTIES.
"His Excellency, Ambassador Femi Fani-Kayode, High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of South Africa, on Friday, October 30, 2026, formally presented copies of his Letters of Credence to Mr Clayson Monyela, Deputy Director-General, Public Diplomacy, and Acting Chief of State Protocol, at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO).
The presentation marks an important diplomatic milestone, signifying the formal commencement of Ambassador Fani-Kayode’s diplomatic functions and his assumption of duties as Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa with effect from October 30, 2026.
Following the presentation, Ambassador Fani-Kayode also met with Ambassador Seboga, Deputy Director-General of DIRCO, in his office, as part of his initial diplomatic engagements with senior South African government officials.
The presentation of copies of his Letters of Credence precedes the ceremonial presentation of his Letters of Credence to His Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, which will take place in a few days time".
To God be the glory! 🙏❤️
We were received warmly and with so much love and excitement at the airport in Johannesburg by officers of the Nigerian High Commission, the Nigerian Consulate and members of the Nigerian community.
It was quite a carnival and it continued later in the evening at the hotel when even more delegations and key members and stakeholders of the Nigerian community literally stormed the place to welcome us and offer their support and prayers.
I am deeply humbled and I thank the Lord for each and every one of them. Glory be to the name of the Lord and God bless our nation Nigeria! ❤️🙏
