South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted having an extra-marital affair, but denied reports of multiple affairs. Speaking after allegations about his private life were published in newspapers, he accused political opponents of trying to smear him. Mr Ramaphosa is planning to contest the leadership of governing African National Congress (ANC).President Jacob Zuma steps down from the post later this year. Mr Ramaphosa's private emails were apparently hacked into to prove an affair between him and a medical doctor. The emails reportedly suggest he also had a series of affairs with young women, and had unprotected sex. The deputy…

Onpetu of Ijeru, a town in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Oba Sunday Oyediran, has asked that a role be carved out for traditional rulers in the system of local government administration, as a way out of the failure of the third tier of government to cater for the lives of its teeming grassroots people. He made this known at the weekend during a lecture delivered by former Special Adviser on Media to the Governor of Oyo State, Dr Festus Adedayo, entitled Wedlock as hemlock: States, local government accounts and the future of the local government and launch of two books entitled…

Famous ‘Juju’ musician, Adeyinka Adekunle, popularly called General Prince Adekunle is dead, a family source announced. A cousin of the deceased, Mr Femi Adekunle, confirmed that he died at 74 after spending about three weeks at Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta. ‎He was born on 22 October 1942. The late Adekunle, who reigned in the 60’s and 70’s, trained other popular musicians such as Shina Peters‎ and Segun Adewale. “He died on Friday at Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta after illness. He was brought in from Lagos when his health deteriorated. The Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, has been where he received treatment,”…

Seven persons have died from eating local food known as 'Fate’ (poisoned leaf porridge) at Shiyar Ajiya in Shinkafi town, Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara. The State Acting governor, Mr Abdullahi Shinkafi, confirmed the incident on Sunday in Gusau. He said the seven victims who lost their lives included males and females, while the others affected were receiving medical treatment at the hospital. Shinkafi said the government had deployed a team of medical experts to the area to investigate the cause of the incident. “They (experts) have already taken the sample; we are waiting for them to give us…