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South Africa’s parliament will debate a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma, the National Assembly Speaker said on Sunday days after the country’s top court ruled the president had violated the constitution. “The debate on that motion has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon,” Baleka Mbete said a day after anti-apartheid veteran Ahmed Kathrada joined opposition […]

Dr Nteranya Sanginga, Director-General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), on Sunday said the Federal Government would launch N59.7 billion Youth-In-Agriculture Scheme in September. Sanginga, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, said the scheme would be sponsored by the federal government and African Development Bank (AFDB). […]

Daily Sun reports that, after test running its recently introduced price modulation which commenced on January 1, 2016, the Federal Government at the weekend officially returned to its earlier jettisoned subsidy regime. The subsidy scheme had been described as a drain pipe used by only a few to enrich their pockets leaving the average Nigerian […]

Former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, has returned to his former political fold where he left years ago from the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). Top leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday met to receive Osoba back into their fold at his residence in Lagos State. The party leaders present […]

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari arrived Nigeria this morning after participating in the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC last week. He was received by the Minister of the FCT, Mohammed Bello, IGP Solomon Arase and others. See more photos of the president’s arrival below. LIB

Rapper 50 Cent met popular porn stars Candace Von and Beauty Dior at a club in NYC on Friday night and took a fan photo with them. But as you can see, one of them almost grabbed 50s’ package. Source: LIB

Kiki Osinbajo, daughter of the Nigerian Vice President, shared these lovely photos she took at her cousin’s wedding ceremony in Kaduna. Kiki, omo baba e, omo mama e. Ride on beautiful you, in your simplicity and elegance.

A 17-year-old bride was allegedly strangled to death by her husband on the night of their wedding in a suspected case of ‘honour killing’, Jacobabad police said on Saturday. Alleged pictures of the deceased bride is making rounds on social media and suggested that the young girl was killed by her husband for “not being […]

Uche Jombo, Monalisa Chinda-Coker, Iyabo Ojo, Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha, Annie Idibia, Kehinde Bankole, Lilian Afegbai, Ufoma McDermott, others all looked stylish at the premiere of Omoni Oboli’s movie, ‘Wives on Strike’, which held in Lagos on Sunday evening. Continue to see more photos: LIB

A Congolese man, Hervepye Mawangu, took to his Facebook page to mourn his brother, Michel Kamanda, who was allegedly killed by his wife 16 days after they got married. He shared the photos above and wrote: “Very shocked really shock Michel Kamanda killed by his wife by the blows machetes after only 16 days of […]

Yoruba culture is beautiful and loaded. This one here is a testimony where the colour of the skin becomes irrelevant. Credits: Falilat Oyalowo | Facebook

Following a warning by Apostle Johnson Suleiman of Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) that the Governor of Kaduna state,Nasir-El-Rufai would die if he doesn’t revoke the religious bill, the governor has now dared him to give a specific date. According to the bill, religious leaders in the state will have to obtain a one year license […]

Bammy, the beautiful niece of Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, had her wedding to her man, Micheal Soyebo, in Lagos on Saturday, April 2. Fayose, PDP National Chairman, Alimodu Sheriff and other dignitaries were in attendance. The couple had their traditional wedding on Friday, April 1. Continue to see more pics  LIB

Footballer star, Nwankwo Kanu visited Ugandan Heart Hospital on Wednesday March 30 and donated wheel chairs and Spiro Meters to the hospital. Kanu Heart Foundation is assisting the less privileged there. He was later seen playing football with kids at a ghetto in Uganda. See more photos below: Source: LIB

A former presidential adviser on political matters, Mr Ahmed Gulak, has said no iota of guilt will be established against the immediate past president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, no matter how closely details of transactions in the arms deal are scrutinised. Gulak, who spoke in an interview with an online newspaper, Premium Times, explained that the […]

According to Nigerian Tribune, tension appears to be brewing within the ranks of the usually calm and quiet judicial arm of government, following indications that some forces are plotting to truncate the seniority rule that has prevailed in that arm of government for a long time now. Investigations by Sunday Tribune indicate that some forces […]

Studies have shown that there are reasons to avoid raw food diet. There is nothing wrong with improving your diet to lose weight or to try and make yourself healthier. The real issue is the information you have on the diet you want to try. True enough, many people simply search about “healthy diet” and […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Ondo State, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Saturday said most state governors “spend too much on frivolity,” which he said, contributed to why 27 states of the federation could not pay salaries. Akeredolu, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), therefore canvassed massive cut of security vote […]

One early morning in May last year, about three weeks to the inauguration of the victorious Muhammadu Buhari as the new president, the then First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, descended the staircase into the presidential living room and muttered quietly but to the hearing of the few top government officials who had gathered waiting for […]

This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens” (ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs commentator successfully defines the tri-polarities governing public responses to the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The take-away is that the biggest challenge that Nigeria faces at the moment is political partisanship, which has […]