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South African President Jacob Zuma announced his immediate resignation on Wednesday after the ruling ANC party threatened to eject him from office via a parliamentary vote of no confidence. Scandal-tainted Zuma said in a 30-minute national television address that he had “come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect”. “I have served the people of South Africa to the best of my ability. I am forever grateful that they trusted me with the highest office in the land,” he said. Zuma, whose reputation has been stained by years-long allegations of graft, had been instructed to step down by the African National Congress (ANC) party. He complained about the process, saying: “I don’t fear exiting political office however I have only asked my party to articulate my transgressions and the reason for its instructions that I vacate office.” Zuma has been at loggerheads with deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, his expected successor as president

President Jacob Zuma has refused to heed calls to step down as South African president, denouncing moves by the ruling African Nation Congress (ANC) party to remove him as “very unfair. Given the “I find it unfair, very unfair,” Zuma said in his first public remarks, a day after the ANC formally asked him to resign. During more than a week of negotiations with the ANC’s key decision-making body, Zuma said that “nobody provided the reasons, nobody has been able to provide me with what I have done.” The ANC had urged Zuma to resign due to a string of corruption allegations. Zuma denied any wrongdoing on Wednesday. “There is no problem. There has never been a problem,” he said in the televised remarks. Earlier in the day police had raided the home of a business family linked to the embattled leader. Zuma says the ruling ANC has not followed party procedures in trying to unseat him. The ANC wants parliament to vote on Thursday on a motion of no confidence if he do

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THE Nigerian Army said Tuesday day that Abubakar Shekau ,factional leader of Boko Haram terrorists group has fled the Sambisa Forest following its troops’ intense raid in the area to completely dislodge the terrorists. But the Army said the terrorists’ leader disguised as a woman by dressing in a woman attire while fleeing. The troops of Operation Lafiya Dole,in statement relayed to the media through Army spokesman, Brigadier General Sani Usman,said Shekau is on the run disguising as a woman in different hijab attires. It said credible information from surrendered insurgents indicated that the factional leader of the group could not sustain the tempo of the heat of the ongoing counterinsurgency going on in the forest. Usman added that the troops also rescued civilians that were being held hostages by the terrorists and recovered arms, ammunition, Improvised Explosives Devices (IED) factories and making materials as well as other equipment. The statement reads: “The

CALABAR – ITIGI, hometown of Senator Liyel Imoke, former governor of Cross River State was on Monday in disarray following a clash between the youths of the community and herdsmen Reports reaching Vanguard from the area said an All Progressives Congress, APC, councillorship aspirant was shot dead over a disagreement between Fulani herdsmen and the locals following the alleged killing of a cow by youths of the community An eyewitness , Jospeh Ugbor said the herdsmen who claimed that one of their cows was killed by youths in the area, confronted the youths which resulted in an altercation leading to the killing of the councillorship aspirant “The conflict attracted security personnel from from Ugep, Yakurr Local government Area, who swiftly moved in to put the situation under control by arresting and detaining some youths and elders from Itigidi.” Joseph said The arrest of the youths and elders irked some youth prompting them to protest against what they termed ‘ illegal

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday, pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to take a dignified exit from governance and return home to take care of his troubling health and save Nigeria from further woes arising from his inability to hold the country together. He said avoidable skirmishes between herdsmen and farmers had heightened across the country under Buhari’s leadership and could escalate in the years ahead if Buhari continues as president of the  Mohammed, who claims to be one of the closest northern leaders to Buhari, accused the president of losing focus of giving Nigerians a purposeful leadership as a result of paying priority attention to the interest and welfare of family members and friends than the wellbeing of Nigerians. The former aide to President Shehu Shagari said Buhari had also lost count of the Nigerian economy, having allowed his friends and allies to take charge of key economic enterprises that should be manned by experts a

ANC’s secretary general, Ace Magashule and his deputy secretary general, Jessie Duarte, have delivered to President Jacob Zuma, the decision of the party’s highest decision making organ to dismiss him from office. The two party officials arrived at Zuma’s official residence in Pretoria this morning. Reports said they spent about 90 minutes at the residence. The ANC took the decision to recall Zuma after a marathon meeting on Monday that stretched into the early hours of Tuesday. President of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa at a stage left the meeting at St.Georges Hotel, outside of Pretoria to discuss with Zuma. When Zuma returned, the meeting still lasted another three hours. The governing party is billed to address a news conference today on its plan to oust Zuma from office. Zuma’s position as president became a problem after Ramaphosa won a hotly contested election to the presidency of the party last month. Since there cannot be two captains in a ship, the party began th

What  could be the most outstanding political showdown between the legislative and executive arms of government is gradually unfolding as the National Assembly digs deep in its effort to railroad an election schedule that removes the advantages of the president. The presidency and the National Assembly are set for a showdown that is bound to define the desperation of the political class in the  An indication of that desperation turned into play when the Conference Committee on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill constituted by the two chambers of the National Assembly concluded the amendments last Monday. At a meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives Conference Committee, presided over by Senator Suleiman Nazif, the 12 member committee without dissent approved an amendment to the Electoral Act, that would stipulate a specific order for General Elections. A new section 25(1) implanted into the Act provides that the elections be conducted in three stages. According

A UK based-Nigerian lady, Mrs Ajoke Moriselade, Wednesday, narrated before an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Lagos, how she was swindled of N15 million by a fraudster, Salami Peter, who claimed to be Oba of Lagos, HRM, Oba Rilwan Akiolu. The victim said the fake Oba of Lagos had promised to get her a slot at the Lekki Free Trade Zone. It will be recalled that the said fake Oba of Lagos, Salami Peter, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Akorede Ajibade by the State Criminal Intelligence Investigation Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on August 18, 2017, on charges of conspiracy, impersonation, fraud, forgery and stealing. Though he pleaded not guilty to the charges and was admitted to N1 million bail with two sureties in like sum, he has, however, been unable to meet the bail conditions. At the resumed trial of the accused, the victim, Mrs Moriselade, while being led-in-evidence by the prosecutor, Inspector Adebayo Oladele, said: “I was duped under f

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that God will visit the blood of the innocent people of Benue State and other States killed by suspected herdsmen on the killers and their sponsors, even as he reiterated his call for the restructuring of the country. The governor, who was speaking in Makurdi, the Benue State capital during his visit today, to commiserate with the State Governor, Samuel Ortom and the people of the State over killings by suspected herdsmen, declared support for the Benue State Anti-Grazing Law and urged the people of the State to stand by the law, adding that; “since the law is for the Benue people by the Benue government and not for residents of other States, there should not be any problem about its enforcement.” His Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka said in a statement that Governor Fayose, who was accompanied by the Deputy Governor, Prof Kolapo Olusola, Chief of Staff; Chief Dipo Anisulowo, Chairman o

Former President Ibrahim Babangida has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to step down in 2019 to allow a generational shift that should reinvent the wheel of leadership and spur healing  Babangida in a special statement issued on Sunday also lamented the failure of the All Progressives Congress, APC to advance its change mantra in several areas of the polity saying that the party failed to push ahead with the programme to restructure the country as canvassed to Nigerians. Babangida in the statement issued on his behalf by his spokesman, Prince Kassim Afegbua particularly lamented the flow of blood in the country saying that it was a thing of irony that the country that himself and other Nigerians fought to keep together is daily being drawn to the seems by the flow of blood across the land. Babangida also lamented the herdsmen/farmers clashes as he called for the adoption of ranching as a way of stemming the crisis just as he lamented the recycling of analogue lead

UK-based Botswana artiste, who released a single on romantic appeal of popular commercial tricycle ‘Keke Napep’ has launched a sex-positive podcast on February 1, 2018, named  The name is abbreviation for The African Sex Show Online , and the singer aims to engage mostly the African online community around the world. The podcast will specialise on topics about sex and sexuality in black communities and the singer says she specifically targeted this demographic because she recognises that sex is still a taboo subject among Africans. According to her,the podcast also aims to bring an insight on how sex relates to African spirituality, religion, our culture, history and black consciousness. “I love sex. It’s that simple. I am passionate about sex education, and I have always been the awkward one amongst my friends who talk more openly about sex and often made people uncomfortable. This is nothing new to me, I am just taking something I do on a daily basis with a small group

After eleven years of ruling the blogosphere as Africa’s number one, 37-year-old and still singlebillionaire blogger, Linda Ikeji, is set to take over the TV space with the launch of an entertainment and lifestyle channel on DSTV and online. Linda Ikeji, who made her fortunes from blogging, is currently putting lots of cable channel owners in fear as contents to be aired on her channel have already ignited anticipatory excitement across Africa. Some of the shows to be aired already trending on social media include Oyinbo wives of Lagos, King Tonto, Gidi Girls, Ajegunle with Love, Annabel, Naija Ladies of Dallas. Other favourites on the channel include Report Card, Verified, Double Trouble, LITV Daily, and a host of other exclusive contents. Sources close to the mogul say Linda has spent over N400 million on her production studio which is stocked with state of the art equipment and also 2 massive mansions serving as film studios as well as for future projects. The ch

Benue state government has urged the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to resign his position for incompetence and for allegedly taking side with killer herdsmen and twisting the facts of the killings in the state. The statement issued in reaction to the alleged claim by the IGP that the killings in Benue was instigated by the state’s grazing law, signed on behalf of the state government by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Terver Akase accused the IGP of being the mouthpiece of the masterminds of the Benue killings. The statement read in part, “we read statements credited to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris as having blamed the recent killing of innocent Benue people by herdsmen on the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law of the state. “We thought that the IGP was misquoted and expected the police authorities to issue a rebuttal to the reports hence our delay in responding swiftly. “Consequently, we have to respond to the