Let Women Drive Now, Saudi Prince Urges

An outspoken billionaire Saudi prince wants an "urgent" end to his country's ban on women driving, saying overturning the law was a matter of women's rights and economic necessity.

"Stop the debate: Time for women to drive," Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on his official Twitter account, @Alwaleed_Talal.

Alwaleed is an unusually outspoken member of the Saudi royal family who holds no political posts but chairs Kingdom Holding Co., which has interests including US banking giant Citigroup and the Euro Disney theme park.

In conjunction with his short tweet, Alwaleed's office issued an unusually long statement late Tuesday outlining his reasons for supporting an end to the ban.

"Preventing a woman from driving a car is today an issue of rights similar to the one that forbade her from receiving an education or having an independent identity," Alwaleed said.

Pres. Buhari and wife, Aisha, celebrate their grand-daughter's 4th birthday (photo)

President Buhari and his wife, Aisha, pictured all smiles as they celebrated their granddaughter, Zee's 4th birthday. Happy Birthday to her!

Chrissy Teigen mocks Mitt Romney after he's spotted having dinner with Donald Trump

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Photos: PDP Senators stage walkout after a senator from Ondo state announced his defection to APC

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Garri goes from N200 to N100: Ekiti market woman leader forces down prices of foodstuffs in the state

A taskforce led by the President of the Market Women Association, Chief Omowaye Oso, yesterday stormed two major markets in Ekiti state, to force the reduction in the prices of food stuff in the state.

Oso and her team stormed the market after the market women increased the prices of their commodities by 100% blaming it on high dollar rate. Speaking to newsmen after the forceful reduction, Oso said;

American police use water spray, rubber bullets and other weapons on protesters

American law enforcement is currently engaged in a stand off with protesters at Standing Rock in North Dakota. The protesters are against a government  decision to build an oil pipeline called the Dakota Access Pipeline through their land which will involve environmental degradation and the displacement of local people majority of whom are Native Americans

Police have acknowledged using sponge rounds, bean bag rounds, stinger rounds, teargas grenades, pepper spray, Mace, Tasers and a sound weapon.

Linda Black Elk, a member of the Catawba Nation who works with the Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council said:

Graphic Photo of Armed Robbers Killed in police shootout in Rivers state

These dare devil armed robbers were killed during a shootout in Port-Harcourt on Monday November 28th. Some of the gang members were arrested while weapons such as GPMG, bullet chain, AK47 and 2 loaded magazines were recovered form them.