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

Mitt Romney was one of Donald Trump's biggest critics when Trump was campaigning for president. Now that he's won, Mitt is now having dinners with him & contemplating working in his government

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

PDP Senators this morning staged a walkout from the chambers after one of them, Yale Omogunwa from Ondo state defected from PDP to APC this morning. The Senators are currently addressing senate correspondents. Meanwhile labor party's Ovie Omo-Agege has assumed the position of the Senate Minority leader following the walkout of Godswill Akpabio who is also a PDP senator....

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.

Chapecoense plane crash: How Brazilian coach's son cheated death after he forgot his passport

Coaches and players of Brazilian football club, Chapecoense were heading to the first of two matches in the final of the Copa Sudamericana, on Monday night when their chartered aircraft crashed south of Medellin, a muddy Colombian hillside, killing 71 of the 77 people aboard.

Only three players were among the survivors. But one man had luck by his side. Matheus Saroli, whose father Caio Junior, 51, was one of the victims of the tragic crash, got saved -- thanks to his forgotten passport. Saroli made the revelation in a Facebook post:

Photos: White House unveils the Obamas’ final Christmas decorations

This year’s decorations at the White House have the theme “The Gift of the Holidays.” It will be the 44th US President, Barack Obama and his family's last Christmas at the White House in Washington, DC. More photos after the cut.

World’s oldest person, Emma Morano celebrates 117th birthday

Ms Emma Morano of Vercelli, Italy was born 117 years year ago on November 29, 1899. Guinness World Records confirmed her as the world's oldest person on May 16 this year, when she was 116 years and 169 days old. Her life has spanned three centuries, two World Wars and more than 90 Italian governments.

Sick female corps member allegedly dies after being forced to partake in military drills at Kano camp

There are tributes to this young lady on social media, by people who claim to know her.  The corps member allegedly passed away after she was forced to partake in some camp activities, even though she was sick. 

A lady at the camp also states that the lady in question died due to negligence, because "they (officials) assumed she was pretending to be sick in order to dodge parade, so they refused to treat her until the situation got complicated." The Nigeria Police and other appropriate authorities definitely need to get involved and investigate this.

"My suspension will not increase your physical height"- Shehu Sani slams El-Rufai, APC over his indefinite suspension

Senator Shehu Sani has released a statement reacting to his suspension from APC in Ward 6, Kaduna Central which he represents in the Senate. The party yesterday placed him on indefinite suspension for his continuous attack on the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai's policies among other offences. Read his statement after the cut...

My "Indefinite suspension" by Governor Nasiru elrufai controlled,Induced and misinformed self acclaimed "APC excos" and the paper it was written upon is as worthless and as useless as the used sanitary pads in the toilets of his family official residence.It's as valueless as the used tissue papers of his gluttonous and bulging poodles and lackeys. I wish to fully assure the bespectacled pygmy and his running dogs that the "new suspension" will not give them the public support they couldn't gather with the "first suspension".

Former NFL star Darren Sharper sentenced to 20 years in jail for drugging & raping two women

Former NFL player Darren Sharper has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping multiple women in Los Angeles. Darren Sharper appeared in a LA courtroom on Tuesday, where a judge sentenced him to prison.

Sharper pleaded no contest to charges in California of rape by use of drugs and furnishing a controlled substance.

Drake and Rihanna avoid each other in Abu Dhabi

Rihanna and Drake have gone their separate ways because according to TMZ, Drake wouldn't stop seeing other women. The two who ended their summer fling in October are said to have avoided each other in Abu Dhabi 

From The Mirror

Despite the fact that both superstars were in Abu Dhabi at the same time to celebrate the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, they failed to perform together all but confirming that their on/off romance is officially done.

Rihanna was headlining the after race concert at the du Arena and was expected to bring out her frequent collaborator, Drake, to make a cameo appearance, as they have done several times over the past few months. A source told Mirror Online: "Rihanna was an hour late to the stage and didn't impress us too much. It was like she didn't want to be here. We were so gutted she didn't bring out Drake especially as he was already in the country. It just doesn't make sense that they wouldn't duet together."

NCC suspends planned hike in data tariff

Authorities of the Nigerian Communications Commission NCC has suspended its plan to increase data tariff on all telecommunication networks with effect from tomorrow December 1st. A statement by the commission says the suspension is to allow for further consultation by all stakeholders.

There has been a public outright since the commission announced plans to direct telecommunication networks to increase their data tariff

Update on Isah Hamman, man whose kidneys were removed by a doctor in Adamawa who thought they were tumors

Months after Isah Hamman's kidneys were removed by a quack doctor in Adamawa state who thought they were tumors, a total stranger came forward and offered to donate one of his kidneys to Hamman. The recent development is that the compatibility test between their kidneys turned out negative. Mustapha Atiku Ribadu who has been following his case gave an update. Read after the cut

Photos of solemn Brazillian players who didn't travel with the rest in the ill-fated plane crash in Colombia

These are photos of the Brazilian players who didn't travel with the rest of the team that crashed in Colombia. The players were due to play today.

Father pleads guilty to sexually abusing and killing his 10-week-old daughter

A monstrous 24-year-old Maryland father, Robert Davidson, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing and killing his 10-week-old daughter last year. Davidson appeared in court on Monday to answer the charges of sex abuse of a minor and first-degree child abuse resulting in death in connection to the June 2015 slaying of his daughter, Aleah Thompson. 

The baby girl's mother, 22-year-old Lorena Thompson, pleaded guilty to neglect of a minor in July and was sentenced to five years of probation.

Prosecutors said that Thompson had seen bruises on her daughter's body and suspected that her boyfriend had been physically abusing Aleah but did not do anything to protect the infant or alert the authorities.

Plane Crash: Football World Rallies Around Brazilian Team

The football world has rallied around a Brazilian club which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia.

Only six of the 77 people on board the charter plane, carrying members of the Chapecoense team, survived the crash.

The team were flying to what was billed as the biggest match in their history - the final of the Copa Sudamericana.

Their opponents, Colombian team Atletico Nacional, have offered to concede the game to ensure Chapecoense are declared the champions.

Thailand Begins Naming Prince Vajiralongkorn As New King

Thailand has begun the process of naming Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn as the country's new king. Its parliament approved the sending of a formal invitation, which he has to accept before ascending to the throne.

The deeply revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej died on 13 October, plunging Thailand into mourning.

The prince was widely expected to succeed his father, but officials had earlier said he wanted to postpone it by at least a year.

The official reason given was that he wanted to give the Thai people time to mourn his father before he became king.

South Korea's President Park 'Willing To Resign'

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has said she has asked parliament to help her find a way to stand down.

Ms Park has been facing growing calls to resign amid an investigation into whether she allowed a long-time friend to influence political decisions for personal gain.

She said she would "leave to parliament everything about my future including shortening of my term".

An impeachment motion had been scheduled in parliament on Friday.

Plane Crash: Brazil Declares Three Days Of National Mourning

Brazil has declared three days of national mourning after a plane carrying the Chapecoense football team crashed in Colombia in the early hours of Tuesday, killing 75- footballers, journalists and crew members.

Six of the 81 people on the plane – three footballers, two crew and a journalist – survived the disaster. Another footballer who was pulled alive from the plane’s wreckage died later in hospital.

Donald Trump’s Son, Surrounded By Heavily-Armed Guards As He Goes To Play

A few armed Secret Service agents and a U.S. Coast Guard boat with a machine gun might seem like excessive security for a young boy's play date - but not if your name happens to be Barron Trump.

The 10-year-old son of President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania was spotted playing with a group of children at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida where his family were spending Thanksgiving.

Barron was being watched closely by several men who appeared to be Secret Service agents as he mingled with other children on the lawn at the back of his dad's luxury estate.

At least three men were seen standing within feet of Barron the entire time and they followed the boy wherever he went.

Check out photos of a woman building a house with her baby strapped to her back

The photos posted on Facebook shows a young mother laying bricks while carrying her child on her back. Another photo after the cut...

Watch this angry bull take out its fury on an SUV full of terrified passengers

Video shared online shows a raging bull ferociously attacking an SUV as its occupants watch on in terror. It is not clear what provoked the bull and the location of the incident is unknown. See more photos and the video after the cut.

Travelers had to undergo manual registration at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos? (Photo)

Audu Maikori who was present at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport today, shared this sad eyewitness relinport.

Cameroonian policemen manhandle students of University of Buea

Cameroon Concord has released a shocking video showing ruthless Cameroonian policemen manhandling students from the University of Buea.

This comes after the students from the University in the southwest, an English-speaking part of the country, on Monday embarked on a peaceful demonstration.

The students were demanding that the payment of CFAF 10,000, instituted by the Rector, for penalties for failure to meet the deadline for payment of tuition fees online, be terminated. They claim that they received an Academic Excellence bonus of 50,000 FCFA.

Photos: Pres. Buhari made grand patron, Nigerian Academy of Engineers

President Buhari was made the Grand Patron of the Nigerian Academy of Engineers in an investiture ceremony held at the State House on today, 29th November, 2016. See more photos after the cut.

Photos from the burial of gallant police officer who was gunned down in fierce battle with armed robbers in Abuja

Sergeant Felix Igbasan, a gallant officer attached to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has been laid to rest.

Sgt. Igbasan died on Monday, November 13th after sustaining multiple bullet wounds during a fierce gun duel with an eight-man notorious armed robbery gang in Abuja.

He was buried on November 24th , in his hometown, Okitipupa, Ondo State. 

Late Igbasan, who was described as the bravest and most reliable officer in the team was before his transfer to Abuja, a member of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in Lagos.  May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

 More photos below...

Man U's Jose Mourinho to sign Chelsea's John Mikel Obi in January

The Sun UK newspapers has published a shocking report, saying Jose Mourinho intends to sign Chelsea and Super Eagles midfielder John Mikel Obi in January.

Mourinho feels Mikel, who has a few months left in his Chelsea contact, will help improve Man U's midfield and is prepared to sign him in January when he knows he'll come cheap. Read the full report, after the cut. 

Mikel, 29, has not played under new Stamford Bridge manager Antonio Conte and there are no plans to renew his contract which runs out this season.

Now the Man united boss is ready to take advantage with a cut-price New Year offer for the player the Red Devils thought they had signed ten years ago.

Nigerian woman and her Irish-born child likely to be deported from Ireland

A Nigerian woman, who hid from the authorities for almost five years after deportation orders had been issued, could face deportation along with her Irish-born child after the High Court on Monday, November 28th, lifted an injunction preventing the State from sending them out of the country.

Justice Richard Humphreys yesterday, placed a four-week stay on the injunction discharge order so the mother and child can pursue any consequential orders and put their affairs in order before the deportation.

Julia Roberts kisses Paul Pogba as she & family visits Man U's stadium (Photos)

Legendary Hollywood actress Julia Roberts paid a visit to Old Trafford with her family to watch Manchester United play West Ham. The world's most expensive player, Paul Pogba shared a photo on his Instagram page of him getting kissed on the cheek by the actress.

Other top Man U stars like Ander Herrera and Michael Carrick were also pictured with the superstar actress who looked elated to be at the home of Britain's most successful club. More photos after the cut.

"Don't run away from your sexuality, don't shy away from who you are" - Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has given young aspiring actors and filmmakers, tips on how to make celebrity marriage work.

The mother of four, fondly called Omosexy was one of the panelists at the Innovation Warehouse, a mentorship programme for aspiring filmmakers and actors during the just concluded Africa International Film Festival in Lagos.  

While fielding questions from the participants, one asked why there is a high rate of divorce in celebrity marriages. In response, Omotola said that for a marriage to work in the entertainment industry, partners must be of the same faith.

We recognize Islamic laws but girls should be 18 before they get married- FG

Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Al-Hassan has said the Federal government recognizes Islamic laws that supports child marriage but a girl has to be at least 18 years old before she can be given out in marriage. She said this at a meeting in Abuja to launch the campaign against Child marriage in Nigeria by 2020.

"We cannot change the position of the Islamic laws especially since it is recognized in the Nigerian constitution but for the purpose of this campaign that we are launching, we are saying that to us, we agree with Islam but the child should be married when she is matured. We are saying that the age of maturity should be at least 18 years" she said

Wife who accused her Abia state Guber candidate husband of domestic abuse, rescinds...goes to court to swear he never touched her

So yesterday, LIB received a letter from the lawyers of former national chairman of ALGON and gubernatorial candidate of Progressive People's Alliance (PPA) in Abia State, Chief Chikwe Udensi, asking us to retract a story we published two weeks ago, where his wife's niece Irene Amos Abott shared photos of the battered woman, Mrs Chidimma Udensi, claiming the woman was physically abused by her husband after she asked for a divorce (read here).

A day later, same niece shared a video of Mrs Udensi showing her bruised face and saying she gave her niece permission to release the video online as she was too tired to talk at the time... she's now changing her tune!

We don't know what's going on behind the scenes but the woman has gone to court now to swear an affidavit that she was never abused by her husband and she never asked anyone to publish the story. Unfortunately for her, there's video evidence of her saying she asked her niece to release the video...so we don't know what games the family is playing. But we are watching...

See her affidavit below...

Unidentified gunmen kill aide to billionaire busnessman, Prince Arthur Eze

Suspected gunmen stormed Umudunu village, Abagana, in Njikoka LGA of Anambra State, and allegedly killed one Chinenye Ikedimma, said to be an aide to an oil tycoon, politician and philanthropist, Prince Arthur Eze.

The incident which took place on Saturday, November 26th, at about 11.00 p.m. left some other persons at the scene with varying degrees of injuries.

Ikedimma’s corpse had been deposited at Bekee Hospital’s mortuary, Nimo, also in Njikoka. Some of the villagers said the murder could be connected with the ongoing land dispute between Abagana and Ukpo communities which had claimed many lives and property.

Pres. Buhari denies rift with Tinubu, says he is a priceless asset

President Buhari has dismissed rumors that himself and the APC leadership are at war with the National leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, describing such rumors as unfounded and mischievous.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement released this evening, said President Buhari was highly embarrassed by such "suggestions" and that he was in regular contact with Tinubu before, during and after the Ondo gubernatorial election.

Garba said any suggestions that the President and the party machinery were working to destroy Tinubu had no foundation in truth or any credibility, explaining that the President was impressed by Tinubu's assurance not to work against the party in Ondo and he honoured his words.

Late Dora Akunyili’s Daughter’ ART Sells For $1,092,500 In US

Artist Njideka Akunyili, the daughter of Late Dora Akunyili last week set a new record in New York when her work Drown sold for $1,092,500. The amount was over three times the high-estimate ($200,000-$300,000), in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale.  She has now set a new auction record. So huge and big congrats to her.

Kanye West not leaving the hospital yet

Read the TMZ report below...

Kanye West is not out of the woods -- not even close -- because we've learned he will not get out of the hospital as planned. Sources with direct knowledge of the situation told us over the holiday, the plan was to release Kanye today, Monday. We're told his personal doctor was going to take charge of him upon release.

We're now told Kanye is still not stable and will not be released today. In fact, there is now no release date set, because he has not recovered from his breakdown a week ago.

As we reported, Kanye has had a rough time at UCLA Medical Center, struggling with extreme paranoia -- at one point he would not even let the doctors touch him.

Kim is still by his bedside ... which is where she has been almost nonstop for a week. 

Photos: Vice Chancellor of FUTA, reportedly arrested for hitting staff member with his car

The police in Ondo state have reportedly arrested the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, for hitting a member of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of the school, Abiodun Ademola Atunbi, with his car at the main campus of the school at Oba’nla in Akure this morning.

Members of staff were said to have gathered at a particular place to pray when the incident happened. Police Officers from the Okuta Elerinla Police Station arrested Prof. Daramola shortly after the accident occurred.

How is this possible? Islamic cleric pictured smiling as he was being buried after he was assassinated while leading prayers

An Islamic cleric named Nuh Caparino, who was shot dead yesterday November 27, as he led other Muslims in Fajr prayer in his place in the Philippines, was pictured smiling as he was being buried.

According to Facebook user Abdur-Raheem Mc-Carthy who shared the photos from the burial, Nuh Caparino accepted Islam in Saudi Arabia and later became one of the most active clerics. Nonody knows why he was killed. More pictures after the cut.

Unknown gunmen assassinate husband of the leader of traditional healers in Uganda (Photos)

Maj. Afande Muhammad Kigundu, a UPDF top soldier, and the husband of the leader of traditional healers in Uganda, Mama Fiina was on Saturday shot dead alongside his driver, Sgt. Steven Mukasa.

According to Uganda Crazy Medias, Maj. Kigundu who was the 10th senior Muslim cleric, was on his way to a local radio station, where he was to be a panelist, when two unknown armed men on a motorbike approached his car and shot at him and his bodyguard at about 7:30am along the Masanafu road in Kampala.

He was buried hours after his assassination, according to the Muslim right.

More photos of the tragic incident below...

Can you guess the mum and daughter in this photo

Two stunning women. One gave birth to the other. Can you tell who the mother is and who the daughter is?

Photos: 29, 581 displaced Nigerians return from neighbouring countries

 About 29, 581 Nigerians who fled their communities in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa as result of insurgent activities to Republic of Niger and Cameroun have voluntarily returned last year, this is contained in a published report of humanitarian relief intervention by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) which was released recently. Read below...

The report says 13,046 Nigerian returnees from Niger Republic in May, 2015 and were received in Geidam, Yobe State while Between April and December, 2015 NEMA received about 16,595 Nigerians that have voluntarily returned from Cameroon through the Sahuda border crossing area near Mubi, Adamawa State.

Photos: EFCC arraigns Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Godwin Obla are currently being arraigned before Jutice Akeem Oshodi of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja. The duo are being arraigned on a 30-count charge of conspiracy to pervert justice by allegedly giving and receiving a bribe of N5 million.

According to Leadership, EFCC sources alleged that about $793,800 passed through Justice Ajumogobia's domiciliary accounts between 2012 and 2015 and that the judge allegedly used the money to buy a house in London.

The two accounts, Access Bank (0002649223) and Diamond Bank (0032091183) have since been frozen by the EFCC. Five of the charges are centered on an alleged N5m bribe given to the judge by the senior advocate while the remaining 25 charges are on the huge amounts that passed through the accounts of Ofili-Ajumogobia and her alleged inability to explain her source of wealth.

Photo: Police officers who participated in Ondo governorship election protest non-payment of their election allowance

Police officers who participated in last Saturday November 26th governorship election in Ondo state, this morning staged a protest over the non-payment of their election duty allowance. The officers staged their protest at Fagun street in Ondo town. Photo credit: Uwebunor Monye

'Doom' spraying South African Prophet defends his actions by using the pesticide on himself (photos)

Remember the South African Prophet, Lethebo Rabalago, who used Doom Pesticide in an attempt to 'heal' his church members at the Mount Zion General Assembly in Limpopo, South Africa. Rabalago claimed in an interview that it was to heal people with cancer, HIV or any other illness. (Read here) Well, the supposed Prophet used it on himself during his Sunday service to prove critics wrong. Lol. See more photos after the cut.