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Below is a statement from the presidency; Moved by the need to enhance affordability of food prices across country, the Buhari administration has constituted a Presidential Task Force to urgently consider measures that would ensure a steady flow of produce to the market and reverse recent price increases. Giving the directive today at the Federal Executive Council meeting, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, expressed concern at some of the inflationary rates of food prices, noting that the Task Force will explore options to promote availability and affordability of food items to Nigerians. According to him, the Task Force, which has seven days from today to report back to the Council will consider how to remove some of the cost-raising factors that come into play between the farms and the markets and therefore "bring relief to our people." While there have been reports of bumper harvests in parts of the country, the prices of food stuff still end up rather high, while some ...

WTF? This is crazy. How was he even allowed to gain so much access to the dead man in the coffin to the extent of slapping him.

On the 27th of January, a trailer for a Nollywood movie 'Daudu' was released online and it attracted a lot of interest. Why? Because of the role played by popular versatile actor, Odunlade Adekola. In the clip, he's seen playing the role of a young, unmarried gay man whose parents are not in any way pleased with his sexuality. Now, while some Nigerians laughed at the role, a few others criticized the supposed promotion of homosexuality. LIB reached out to the actor for better clarification and he made it clear that the movie was just a make believe, with a certain message to be passed. Asked how he felt playing the role of a feminine gay man, Odunlade said: "I am not the one that produced the movie but it was directed by me. As a matter of fact, I played the lead role.. As a director, If you get any script, you just have to study/digest the script, understand what the demands are and know where to contribute. That is what I did." Asked about his response to those ...

Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Ayo Fayose, hascalled on the judiciary to see to it that officials of the federal government that are disobeying court orders, especially the Federal High Court, Abuja judgement, ordering the release of the leader of the Shi’ite Muslim sect, Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife Malama Zeenah Ibraheem are jailed. The governor, who praised the judiciary for standing firm in defence of the rule of law, said; “the federal government must proof to the whole world that Ibrahim Zakzaky is still alive by releasing him as ordered by the court. ”Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said the filing of notice of contempt proceedings against the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Director General of Department of State Services (DSS) over the disobedience of a court order for Zakzaky’s release was ...

The first wife of the Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, Briskila, who died on Sunday January 29th, will be buried on Saturday February 4th at Sabongida, Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau state. Dalung announced her burial date in a statement released by the Director of Information in the Ministry of Sports, Tolu Makinde.

About 26, 000 Somali refugees in Kenya who are to be resettled in the United States cannot move to the country following the latest travel ban on Muslims by President Donald Trump. The refugees, who have all been interviewed by the US State Department and UN were told on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, that they can't travel to the US at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. These are people who have packed their bags, emptied their bank accounts, sold all their goods and said their goodbyes. Then they hear they are not going to the US after all,'  said one aid worker in Nairobi. Representatives from UN agencies in the Kenyan capital are scheduled to meet local government officials on  Tuesday, February 7, 2017 , in an attempt to resolve the problem. source:nairobi news

A part of the popular Lagos market also known as Balogun market was on fire yesterday. The cause of the fire outbreak is still unknown. See more photos and a video after the cut...