Nairobi, Feb. 7 -- Nigeria and South Africa are not often at war. But that doesn't mean they are greatest of pals.

But they don't often afford to avoid each other. Somehow, and everywhere they go, they get compared, associated or pitied.

Yet, it is not usually easy to unite their peoples. Last month, US Rapper Meek Mill slightly did the job after suggesting the countries were technologically backward.

"Do a lot of people play my music in South Africa? I remember having on big show their [sic] few years back . how do y'all listen to our music in South Africa???? On what platform or in Nigeria?" Mill posted on X, formerly Twitter.

The response Meek Mill got went beyond bullying, becoming one of the few incidents where South Africa and N...