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Awhile ago, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon were crowned as winners of the 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) after overcoming an early setback to beat the Pharaohs of Egypt 2-1 at the Stade de l’Amitie in Libreville. The Egyptians had taken the lead in the 22nd minute after Mohamed Elneny was played into space […]

I extend to President Muhammadu Buhari my warmest sympathies on his sick bed. It is a measure of the fragility of our democracy that an elected president insists on hiding his frailty from the people who are compelled to pay for his treatment abroad.  There is no hiding place in the constitution. Nonetheless, President Buhari […]

The annual Catholic Lagos Archdiocesan event tagged: “Valentine’s Banquet with the Archbishop” is scheduled this year to hold on: Date:               Saturday, 11th February, 2017 Time:              10:00 (Holy Mass) Venue:           Catholic Church of the Ascension, Int’l Airport Road, Ikeja Keynote Address:    His Grace,                                     Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins,                                     Catholic Archbishop, Metropolitan See of […]

A Nollywood star actress, Nkechi Emmanuel popularly known as Nurse Titi in the TV Series ‘Clinic Matters’ has advised married Nigerian women to see sex as food if they don’t want their husbands to look elsewhere for it. According to Vanguard, Nkechi says: “Sex is not all about making children. You must be a different […]

See the rules and guide. Part of the planned February 6th protest organizers, the Enough is Enough group, have announced that the protest is still going to hold with or without singer, 2face Idibia.

President Muhammadu Buhari has written the National Assembly of his desire to extend his vacation citing medical reasons. This was contained in a message made available to journalists by Buhari’s media aide, Mr. Femi Adesina. The president had gone on a 10-day vacation in the UK which also included medical check-up and was expected back […]

Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, said Friday night that the President Muhammadu Buhari is in a dilemma, even as he urged Nigerians to pray for his quick recovery. Mbaka also placed curses on all public officers in Nigeria who looted the treasury of the country, saying that they must all suffer for their actions. […]

A 40-year-old man, Ayan Olubunmi, has been remanded in prison custody by an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for uploading unclad pictures of his former girlfriend, Monica Asare after an encounter in a hotel. Police prosecutor, Joseph Ebuseremen, told the court that Olubunmi, a resident of Aisegba- Ekiti in Gbonyin Local Government Area, committed the […]

Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede traditionally married the son of the late veteran actress, Bukky Ajayi, Olakunle ‘Abounce’ Fawole on his birthday in Lagos on Saturday. Congratulations to the newest couple in town! See more photos below: LIB

The Ghanaian woman and her three children who died in a fire outbreak in Finland, have all been laid to rest. The late Nana Ago Prah and her three children died in the early hours of Friday, December 9, 2016, when their home was razed down by the fire. John Kwame Atta Owusu, the husband […]

A coalition of civil society groups campaigning against corruption in the country is organising a protest march to register its disgust against what it described as “festival of corruption at the Presidency.” In a statement issued in Lagos, Comrade Eze Harris Chuma, Executive Director, National Coalition of NGOs Fighting Corruption in Nigeria, said: “On the […]

The ancient town of Oghara in Ethiope West local Government Area of Delta was in a carnival mood on Saturday as former governor James Ibori arrived home after being deported to Nigeria on the completion of his jail term in a UK prison. Ibori, who was convicted by a British court on charges of money […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has developed a guide to effectively address all barriers to early diagnosis of cancer. In a message released to the Commemoration of the 2017 World Cancer Day on Saturday, WHO called for improved access to treatment of cancer. The message read: “In anticipation of World Cancer Day, WHO […]

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday, February 4, 2017, executed the interim order granted by Honorable Justice J. T. Tshoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division in respect of the forfeiture of the property of Isa Yuguda, former Governor of Bauchi State. The property is located on plot 184 Attahiru Bafarawa close, […]

Who knows? You may be interested in Adolf Hitler’s telephone, recovered from the Fuhrerbunker and kept in a box at an English country house since 1945. According to LIB, the telephone will be sold at auction in the United States later this month. As described in the catalog for Alexander Historical Auctions in Maryland, the phone was presented […]

Friends of Peace Euodia have taken to social media to mourn her. One of them, Ossai Ovie Success wrote: “Peace Euodia pictured above, died of excess bleeding during child delivery, because her church, Jehovah Witness Church does not permit her to accept blood transfusion. Why will Jehovah Witness church not allow her to receive blood […]

Tightening its screw on the multi-crore ponzi scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s premier law enforcement agency for the investigation of corruption cases, on Friday, February 3, arrested Mir Sahiruddin, managing director of Green Ray International Limited (GRIL) who was on the run for nearly three years. A native of Balasore district, Sahiruddin […]

A federal judge in Washington state on Friday temporarily put a nationwide block on U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. Airlines have begun plans to begin allowing passengers from banned countries to board, according to a person familiar with the matter. Judge James Robart who was appointed by President George Bush in 2003, made his ruling effective […]

A Rivers born female NYSC member serving in Kaduna State, Vivian Wobo passed on in the early hours of yesterday after she complained of being seriously ill since this week. Reports yesterday gave her name as Jumoke and serving in Bayelsa. But with all these pictures and messages, the account here appears to be the […]

A 23-year-old  final year student of University of Bristol is believed to have taken her own life, making it the latest in a devastating string of suicides from the same top university. She is the fourth student from the university believed to have claimed her life since September. The neuroscience student’s body was found over […]