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It is getting clearer by the day that the Nigerian economy may be sicker than we earlier thought. The indices are there for all to see. Many factories have closed down or are producing below capacity. About 30 per cent of Nigerians below the age of 35 are unemployed, unemployable, under-employed or mis-employed.Many of those […]

Tim Buchanan, a 54 year old, veteran detective with the York County Sheriff’s Department in Rock Hill, South Carolina, attended his daughter’s wedding in Costa Rica on Saturday had a heart attack just minutes after his father-daughter dance but didn’t survive. His wife, Jeni Buchanan who is also a photographer and the mother of the […]

Fancy Acholonu is a golden barbie in these new sexy photos from a major swimsuit magazine. Fancy is currently in Nigeria filming her second Nollywood film. She recently shot a national commercial for Skechers shoes. Congrats to her. More photos next. LIB

Kim Kardashian’s dressing is getting weirder and weirder these days. According to LIB, she’s beginning to dress like a D-lister desperate for attention. All dem boobs out! She was spotted dressed this way in NYC. LIB

Yet as hard as the Obama/Clinton/Kerry triumverate may try to cover it up, it appears that the message about the real situation in Buhari’s Nigeria is beginning to get across to the world. As a glaring example of this permit me to share the words of a strong Trump supporter, Republican Congressman Tom Marino, which […]

From Right – Left: Sir Shina Peters, Pastor Chris Okotie, Mrs Bimbo Attah, Dele & Bolaji & Olupekan Momodu at the 35th birthday of the Ovation Publisher back in 1995. (Image: LIB)

A 57 year old American man, Charles Carlson, has reportedly been found dead in his hotel room, Ellyx Ville hotel, situated in Lekki Phase one, Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday September 6. ‎ The Nation reports that Carlson’s body was found beside a rope at about 5:30pm. After his body was discovered, the police at the Maroko division, […]

The shortlist of three entries has been approved by the Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited. This announcement follows an initial shortlist of eleven which was released in July. The three shortlisted entries, in alphabetic order, are Born on a Tuesday (Elnathan John), Night Dancer (Chika Unigwe) and […]

Veteran actress, Clarion Chukwurah puts her cleavage on display as she attended the movie premiere of ‘Boxing day’ in Atlanta on September 5th. See more photos below LIB 

The murder trial of the newly crowned Miss Langata Prison 2016, Ruth Kamande, resumed on Tuesday, September 6th before Justice Jessie Lessit. 22-year-old Ms Kamande, who has been in remand for nearly a year, allegedly stabbed her boyfriend Fareed Mohammed to death on September 19, 2015 in Buruburu estate, Nairobi after she discovered love letters […]

A coalition of 22 Christian groups in Nigeria led by National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) on Tuesday said the declaration of September 12 as public holiday in commemoration of Eid-El-Kabir celebration by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, was the height of impunity. A similar incident took place in July 2016, when Christian […]

A simple blood test that can detect cancer before any symptoms are noticeable has been developed by researchers in a breakthrough that could save thousands of lives. The scientists, who unveiled the test at the British Science Festival in Swansea, compared the new test to a smoke detector, because it does not actually find cancer […]

The patriarch of the Ibru family and Otota of Agbarha-Otor kingdom, Edo State, Olorogun Michael Christopher Onajirhevbe Ibru is dead. He was aged 86. A statement issued in Lagos by the family said Olorogun Michael Ibru, who was one of Nigeria’s foremost business moguls, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday, September 6, 2016, […]

The spokesman for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected calls by the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to resign. The PDP said Buhari’s infective economic policies have plunged the country into the current economic crisis Nigerians face. The opposition party also said Buhari’s government incompetence on dependence on oil and failure to diversify the […]

All Progressives Congress (APC) Ondo Central Senatorial District Chairman, Adegboyega Adedipe, yesterday resigned his position in protest against the handling of the party’s governorship primary election. Adedipe, one of the leaders of the party who petitioned the leadership over the ‘fraud’ that pervaded the primary, calling for the cancellation of the “corrupt outcome.” He claimed […]

By December 2016, some of WhatsApp’s over 1 billion active users will be discontinued from using the social medium application unless they change their mobile phones. WhatsApp announced that the app will soon be discontinued on BlackBerry and Nokia devices running those company’s operating systems. WhatsApp which recently celebrated its 7th year anniversary said in […]

Ahmed Salkida, the journalist who was declared wanted along with two others – Ahmed Bolori and Aisha Wakil – by the Nigerian Army over Boko Haram’s latest video, was yesterday arrested by the security operatives. Salkida, who arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja aboard Emirates flight EK 785, was said to have been […]

The candidate of the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) in the September 10, 2016 election in Edo State, has been dragged before the Federal High Court in Benin City over forged certificate forgery and perjury. News Express learnt that the suit against Mr. Godwin Obaseki was lodged in the early hours of Tuesday by the […]

I have a soft spot for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, mainly because I was present at its birth. Nigeria had transited from  long years of unaccountable military regimes that made little distinction between the national purse and private pockets. So corruption was rampant when the civilian administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo  came into office […]

Both stars bared a little more than anticipated after apparently forgetting to wear underwear. More photos of their embarrassing wardrobe malfunction below: (Photos: Lailas)