13-year-old girl allegedly commits suicide in Nigeria

13-year-old girl simply identified as Nsebong has allegedly committed suicide in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Nigeria. According to FadFM Calabar publicist, Archibong Efefiom, the incident happened at Diamond Hill area of Calabar on Sunday evening, May 2. It was gathered that the teen’s guardian had raised alarm over her disappearance. Neighbours gathered and […]

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Chris Attoh takes a shot at marriage, the third time

Ghanaian actor, film director, on-air personality, television presenter and producer, Chris Attoh has married for the third time. The Tinsel actor whose second marriage ended after his wife, Bettie Jennifer, was murdered in May 2019, got married to a woman named Chinecherem Eze. Chinecherem is an actor, producer, and investor. They reportedly had a secret […]

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Nigerian singer Skales weds his model fiancée, Hassanity in style (Video)

Nigerian musician, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng a.k.a Skales has tied the nuptial knot with his fiancée, Hassanity. The traditional wedding between Skales and his lover took place on Saturday, May 1, 2021. The music star shared a video from the wedding via his Instagram page. Their traditional wedding was attended by many celebrities including Tanzanian music […]

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Mr President, Nigeria Must Not Go Down, By Simon Kolawole

Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, what a hell of a week it was! Again, undergraduates kidnapped in Kaduna were slain while the ransom was still being negotiated. More bloodbaths in Zamfara claimed over 100 lives. Over 50 villages were deserted in Niger after attacks by Boko Haram, who cheekily hoisted their dark flag in one of […]

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You should have sang, you should have sung, By Akeem Lasisi

My experience watching an episode of the ‘Nigerian Idol’ talent show, last week, inspired this lesson.  While one of the judges was commenting on the performance of a contestant (the budding singer gave his name as Benjamin) he said: You should have sang another song. A word in the clause  stung my ears. You should […]

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The thoughts of Alana, Prof (Senator) Banji Akintoye, By Femi Orebe

Without a scintilla of doubt, not all who now know about him have heard the names ALANA (PATH FINDER) Professor (Senator) Banji Akintoye before he became the YORUBA LEADER on Thursday, 22 August 2019, despite his becoming a Professor at the prestigious University of Ife, Ile – Ife, way back 1974, a foremost Awoist and […]

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I cannot guarantee Nigeria another six months —Robert Clarke

Robert Clarke, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has said Nigeria might not survive the problem of insecurity for another six months. While speaking on Channels Television’s Programme, Sunday Politics, the senior lawyer noted that the country was on the verge of collapse, stressing that the prevailing security situation now was worse than the situation during the […]

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Pastor curses members for not donating towards her birthday party (Video)

A pastor was filmed cursing members who did not donate towards her birthday celebration and some members cheered her on as she did so. In a video shared online, the pastor is seen standing on the pulpit as she addressed members. She pointed out that some members refused to contribute towards her birthday and called […]

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Nigerian actor says those who used a minor to set Baba Ijesha up have committed criminal offence

Actor Yomi Fabiyi who had earlier accused his colleagues of being “malicious” over no “clear-cut evidence” of Baba Ijesha molesting a minor before his arrest, has now described the recently released CCTV footage of the actor being caught in the act as a set up. Fabiyi in a post he shared claimed that setting someone […]

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Crimson As Colour of Mrs. Tinubu’s Wolf and Sheep Allegory, By Festus Adedayo

Did Itsekiri, Delta State-born Senator representing Lagos in Nigeria’s National Assembly, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, nee Ikusebiala – interpreted, meaning, “death’s most fitting analogy is a sleep” – wife of the Asiwaju of Lagos, All Progressives Congress (APC’s) National Leader and ex-Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, know the implication of stirring the hornet’s nest? That […]

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Commissioner shot dead, council chairman kidnapped in Kogi

Kogi State Pension Board Commissioner, Adebayo Solomon, has been shot dead by gunmen, according to Premium Times. Mr Solomon, who was travelling from Ilorin, Kwara State capital, to Kabba in Kogi State on Saturday, was attacked alongside four others in the vehicle. According to the spokesperson of the police in Kogi, Williams Aya, the attack took place […]

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Access Bank employee nabbed for alleged diversion of over N34m

An employee of Access Bank PLC, Elizabeth Modupe Osunjuyigbe has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly diverting over N34 million. Elizabeth was arrested by the EFCC on Friday, April 30, 2021. A statement issued by EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Iwujaren, said the Lagos Zonal Office of the commission made the […]

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Bribe-seeking Nigeria Police officer in viral video arrested, detained

Officers of the Nigeria Police have arrested the bribe-seeking police officer seen in a viral video that was shared on Saturday, May 1. The video showed the officer asking for a bribe from a man who he stopped for driving without a tint permit. In a tweet posted on its handle, the Police complaint unit […]

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Nigerian lady who went missing while seeking job, found dead, killer arrested

Nigerian lady, Hindy Iniobong Umoren, who went missing after she left her home for a job interview, has been found dead. On April 30, LIB shared the story of how a woman with the handle @Umohuduak1 took to Twitter to raise an alarm over the disappearance of her friend, Hindy Iniobong Umoren, who went for […]

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Why Buhari’s govt is collapsing —Mbazulike, Nigeria’s First Republic Minister

Nigeria’s first Minister of Transport and Aviation, Chief Amaechi Mbazulike, has raised the alarm that the country is in a precarious situation with the “total collapse of the security architecture.” The only Nigeria’s First Republic surviving minister, Mbazulike, said the government of President Muhammadu Buhari Buhari is also collapsing in addition to the security system. […]

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Nigerian actress, Lizzy Anjorin and husband welcome a baby (Photos)

Nigerian actress, Elizabeth Aishat Anjorin, popularly known as Lizzy Anjorin, and her husband, Lateef Lawal, have welcomed  their first child. The couple welcomed their bundle of joy in the US on Saturday, May 1. The post did not say whether the baby is a boy or a girl. Lizzy and Lateef got married in July […]

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Kankara schoolboys abduction leader shot dead

Notorious bandit leader and mastermind of the abduction of the Kankara schoolboys,  Auwalun Daudawa, has been killed. A few days ago, LIB shared a report that Auwalun Daudawa who in February repented from banditry and laid down his arms, went back to the crime in April. Confirming his killing to Channels Television, the state Commissioner for Security and […]

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Man who purportedly impregnated Uche Ogbodo unveiled (Video, photos)

Nigerian actress, Uche Ogbodo recently made a video on her Instagram page why she was pregnant for a man younger than her age. Maybe from experience, she decided to keep mum about the man who gave her the pregnancy and has continued to flaunt photos of her baby bump. A blogger Stella Dimoko Korkus said […]

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Top actors and actresses attend their colleague, actress Biola Adebayo’s wedding (Photos)

Nollywood actress, Biola Adebayo had her white wedding and reception on Friday May 30. The wedding reception was held at the Grandeur event centre, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. Many of her colleagues actors and actresses graced the occasion. People like Faithia Balogun, Bimbo Oshin, Mide Martins and husband, Afis Owo; Adeniyi Johnson, Wumi Toriola, Jaiye Kuti […]

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Garba Shehu: Master-Pleaser In Deliberate Dearth of Wisdom, By Akin Fadeyi

In Turkish Writer, Elif Shafak’s well reverred view, passing information today is no big deal. If you don’t have it, you can google it. But passing knowledge is not as routine a task as passing information. “Knowledge”, however imperfect, requires depth and focus and a capacity for introspective sobriety. Knowledge also comes with wisdom and […]

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