South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party confirmed Monday that discussions were underway on President Jacob Zuma leaving office, but said no date for his departure had yet been agreed. The party executive “discussed this matter… there will be interaction between officials, President Zuma and (party) president (Cyril) Ramaphosa and there is no timeline,” spokesman Ace Magashule told reporters.

The Governor of Rivers state, Nysom Wike has reportedly sacked six Chairmen of Caretaker Committees in the state. The dissolution of the Committees was announced in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kenneth Ubani. The statement called on the affected Chairmen of the Caretaker Committees to handover all Council properties to the Local Government Permanent Secretaries.

Mark Zukerberg’s decision to change facebook’s newfeeds did not go down to well for him. The move has cost him $3.3bn, with his personal net worth dropping by 4.4 per cent, it is believed. After Facebook went public with the news feed change on Thursday, the website’s share value dropped by nearly four per cent before US markets opened on Friday. By close of business on Friday Facebook shares were trading at $179.37, down more than 4.4 per cent on Thursday’s price of $187.77.

Anthony Joshua said on Sunday talks over a March fight with Joseph Parker were 95 per cent completed as the British boxer bids to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. The 28-year-old currently holds three of the five heavyweight titles, having this year added the (WBA) and (IBO) belts to the (IBF) belt he won in 2016.

Falconets will on Saturday take on their South African counterparts in the first leg of the final round of African qualifying race for this year’s France 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in August. Falconets coach Chris Danjuma said that his charges, who are scheduled to travel to South Africa on Wednesday, were prepared to take the game to the South Africans in Polokwane.

The Sun reports that Los Blancos are preparing a £120 million offer for the 26-year-old. And if Chelsea can't get their No. 10 to agree to a new £300,000-a-week contract, his value will take a significant hit after this summer as the player builds leverage the closer he comes to the end of his deal.

Senator Stella Oduah has debunked media reports that she has perfected plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) or All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). Sen. Oduah who represents Anambra North Senatorial District in the Red Chamber told newsmen on Monday in Abuja that the report was fabricated by detractors with hidden agenda.

‘Mama’ crooner is gunning for his biggest year yet in the entertainment industry, the DMW artist says he aims to own two of the biggest hits in 2018. ‘Mama’ and ‘Che Che’ were two of Mayorkun’s hit songs in 2017 and in the coming year, the singer hopes to have as many successful singles.

The much anticipated Nollywood romantic comedy " The Wedding Party 2" has broken box office records with ticket sales of more than 312m naira ($863,267; £638,502) since it opened in cinemas on 15 December.

The movie is the follow-up to the original The Wedding Party, which was first premiered in 2016 and lasted seven weeks at the top of the box office. It also became the first Nigerian film to pass the 400m naira mark.

Pulse magazine points to the distribution company's saving marketing campaigns, which witnessed some movie lovers bussed to pre-screenings while others say they had no choice but to pay for VIP tickets that cost twice the usual price after they were informed that standard tickets had sold out.

The Governor of Ekiti state Ayodele Fayose says the current fuel scarcity is merely a ploy by the current administration to further increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from N145 to N185 per litre. The governor who made this known in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka described the Buahari led administration as insensitive to the plight of ordinary Nigerians.