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For the umpteenth time, Fulani herdsmen have invaded Logo community in Benue State, this time killed two policemen and seriously injured one, according to Nigerian Tribune. Several persons have been killed in Guma and Logo local government areas of the state since the beginning of the New Year. The policemen were killed on Monday when […]

An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 40-year-old pastor, Olakanye Oni, accused of killing a 39-year-old woman, be remanded in prison. Olakanye Oni, whose address was not provided at the court, also had his plea not taken in a charge of murder. The prosecutor, Insp. Johnson Okunade, told the court that the murder suspect committed the […]

A pilot with Arik Air, Yusuf Adewale from Lagos State got married to his Hausa bride, Islama Dasuki from Kano State,  over the weekend. The best part of their love story is that they started dating after he slid into her Dm on Twitter.   LIB

Nigerians were created for elections. We live for elections. We breathe elections. As one election is rounding off, we are already discussing the next one. In fact, before one election holds, we start doing permutations on the one after it. We are preparing for the 2019 presidential election, but already discussing 2023. Elections offer us […]

Media mogul and philanthropist, Oprah Winfrey is “intrigued” by the possibility of running for the U.S. presidency comes 2020. Winfrey’s confidante, Gayle King, appears to have spoken on her behalf on Tuesday on “CBS This Morning”. He said the 63-year-old celebrity’s past position that she was not interested in running for president remained unchanged. “I do […]

50-year-old man, Mohammed Ssemanda, Muslim, from Uganda, made news headlines all over Africa last month, when he married three women in a single ceremony, because he couldn’t afford to marry them separately. According to Uganda Vision, Ssemanda, a food vendor from the town of Katabi, in Uganda’s Wakiso district, caused quite a shock when he […]

I wrote the following piece, presented in italics, shortly after the postponement of the 2015 Presidential elections. It is important that the reader approaches it with an open mind, with an understanding of the context of its construction. The piece, titled “Buhari’s One Chance Campaign” never got published. One of my colleagues to whom I […]

Your 20s is supposed to be your time for self discovery- a time to do better, get better and achieve some goals. However, if you are still living in the past and believing yourself to be a teenager, it would shock you when you finally realize that you have knocked on 30 and you still […]

91-year-old Nigerian elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, who hails from Yakasai town in Kano State, declared in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH Newspaper, that men with two wives or more live longer than those with only one woman in their lives. Here are excerpts from the chat; You have many wives and children. Many believe polygamy […]

Nigerian government has banned the open grazing of cattle to reduce the growing anger sparked by the killings in Benue and other Nigerian states, saying all herdsmen must henceforth ranch their cattle. The decision was taken at the end of a six-hour meeting of a Federal Government delegation, security agencies and five governors. Reading their communique […]

Tuesday, Nigerian Senate asked the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, to explain to Nigerians why he is afraid of investigation into his involvement in the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms. Nigerian Senate Chambers said the AGF should tell Nigerians why he has been “running around the […]

January 2018, find the list of richest pastors in the world with the founder and General Overseer of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo leading other pastors of the world. Nigerian Pastors in the list are: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of the Believers’ Love World; T.B Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations; and Pastor A.E Adeboye of […]

Israel has given about 40,000 Africans just 90 days to leave the country or face imprisonment. Most of the Africans living in Israel are from Eritrea and Sudan. Some of them are also from Uganda and Rwanda. Those ready to leave willingly would be awarded $3,500 in resettlement aid in their own countries or to […]

Newly-wed, BankyW and Adesua Wellington shared their amazing love story in an exclusive DSTV broadcast tagged, The Wellingtons, which aired sometime ago. Banky and Adesua shared with their fans, on how they met, their engagement and preparations for their wedding. Banky said he first met Adesua in 2015 and after inquirying about her from her […]

Four men have been accused of killing their grandmother, Grace Ovbiedo, for money ritual in Edo State. The suspects are: Dickson Oluka, Salaya Oluka, Martins Oluka and Austin Enayi. Two of them, Dickson and Salaya have been arrested by the police while the other two are currently on the run. A live tortoise used for […]

Former Nigerian army intelligence officer, Col Tony Nyiam (Retd), has blasted the Buhari’s Federal Government for refusing to send soldiers after the Fulani herdsmen involved in the Benue killings. Col Nyiam recalled that soldiers were deployed against members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Niger Delta militants among others, but the police were sent […]

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Mi-17 Helicopter has suffered a mishap while undertaking a mission in the ongoing counterinsurgency operation in the North East. The incident which occurred Monday resulted in significant damage to the helicopter. A statement by NAF spokesman, Olatokunbo Adesanya, said there was no loss of lives. It said Air Staff, Air […]

Veteran Nollywood actress, Georgina Onuoha who has been based in the United States for sometime now, shared these lovely photos with her daughters as they stepped out in matching Agbadas for church service. The veteran actress and Dr. Ifeanyi Igwegbe had two beautiful daughters and were a happy family until everything came crumbling down in 2012. […]

How do you even begin to caption this photo? Well, maybe this man finds it too hard to believe that he was the one actually kissing a pretty lady like this! He should be careful next time so as not to choke her. (Photo: LIB)

Nigerian ladies are not smiling, and they’re all in the season of shooting their shot and Nigerian born British actor, John Boyega is their latest target. But one should not blame the ladies. John is a handsome bobo who also gets his onion. As expected in 21st century Nigeria, the ladies’ move came after John Boyega, who spent […]