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A Pastor of one of the new generation churches in Ifite Oraifite community of Ekwusigo local government area in Anambra State, reportedly stabbed his mother, Mrs. Grace Anaka to death in the early hours of Tuesday August 27.   Though why the Pastor ...

A near-tragedy was averted on tuesday evening at Auchi Junction in Edo state, as a truck belonging to Dangote Group rammed into a God is Good Motors’ bus.   One of the passengers of the bus travelling from Port Harcourt ...

Bidoun Fatoyinbo, the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly COZA, is still in police custody after he was grilled on Tuesday August 27, by detectives at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Abuja, in connection with the rape allegations ...

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna has ordered that a student, Suleman Ayuba, 19, who pleaded guilty to attempted suicide by taking rat poison, be remanded in prison, pending sentencing.   Magistrate Hauwa Yusuf, who gave the order after Ayuba ...

An Italian car crash victim has died after being looked after by his parents for 31 years while he was in a coma.   Ignazio ‘Cito’ Okamoto from Brescia, was involved in a collision on March 19, 1988, and suffered a ...

The United States Embassy in Nigeria says effective from Thursday, August 29th this year, Nigerians applying for tourism, student and business visas will pay an additional $110 (N40, 700) to collect their visa if they are granted. This is asides the ...

A 60-year-old man, Ariyo Balogun, has been declared missing in Lagos state.   Ayo Balogun, son of the missing man  said Mr Balogun was last seen on Sunday August 25th at the Mountain of Fire and Miracle prayer city at ...

A couple of construction workers were seen carrying out repairs on a building in Akoka, without their safety helmets.   In photos sent in by an LIB reader, the men can be seen standing on a ledge without safety barriers ...

The wife and two children of the Commissioner and board member of Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, ASOPADEC, Hon. Adiele Ekeke, died in a fatal auto crash earlier this month.   Mrs Obum Adiele and her children Sophia ...

Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Loven on Tuesday, posted before and after photos of a young boy she and her team rescued in 2015 after he was accused of being a witch.   Read her post on Facebook below: “Destiny ...

It seems some married men are getting more creative by the day judging by the alleged new tactics they employ to get away with cheating.   According to stories shared on social media, some married friends now come together and ...

Former presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati has reacted to the recent string of fraud related crimes linked to Nigerians in the diaspora and the damaging consequences it portends for the nation.   See his full piece below.. This is not the best ...

The Nigerian police have been accused of having cold feet in prosecuting the 57 men they arrested in Egbeda area of Lagos, over an alleged homosexuality.   Oludare Falana, the lawyer representing the men accused of engaging in homsexuality alleged that ...

Emmanuel Macron, the President of France has blasted Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro after he appeared to mock his wife on social media.   Trouble started after Bolsonaro endorsed a sexist Facebook post about France’s 66-year-old first lady Brigitte Macron. Bolsonaro’s supporter posted a meme mocking the appearance of ...

Members of the proscribed Indigenious Pople of Biafra IPOB this morning, stormed the residence of the Nigerian Ambassador to Japan with some police officers in a bid to arrest President Buhari. In a video posted online, the group members claim the ...

Frank Mba, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, has explained why it took so long for the senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, to be invited for questioning over the rape allegations levelled against him by Busola, ...

The Federal Government has linked the contract which led to a judgement debt of $9.6billion(N3.5trillion) to the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.   President Buhari has now ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the National Intelligence Agency( NIA) ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad cried out over loss of his independence while speaking at the 2019 General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) at the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.   Alleging that the Judiciary ...

Policemen attached to the Anti-Crime Patrol division in Akure have been accused of physically assaulting a student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure.   In a viral video, the FUTA student was seen with one of her eyes bleeding and she apparently ...

On Sunday, August 25, a group of 100 people including women took to the streets of New York City to take part in the 2019 Go Topless Pride Parade.   During the parage, several women went completely bare-chested to advocate for the right to ...

Kebbi state police command have arrested Auta Dogo Singe, a housewife in Bagudo local government area of Kebbi State, for allegedly killing her new husband, Shaho Abdullahi, so she can go back to her former husband, Idris Garba.   Confirming the incident ...

Enyimba FC player, Stephen Chukwude was spotted in a viral video being harassed by a policeman because he owns a Mercedes Benz.   Chukwude was heard asking the police officer what else he wanted after showing him his I.D card and also opening his ...

Governor Emeka Ihedioha on Monday August 26, denied claims of one the arrested FBI suspects, Chika Odionyenma sponsoring his 2019 political outing which got him elected as Governor of Imo State.   The Imo Governor’s Special Assistant on New Media, Izuchukwu Akwarandu ...

A Twitter user shared a message his schoolmate at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), got from a phone thief after the number was called repeatedly while searching for the missing phone.   The phone thief in the message sent, revealed that ...

Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB have been warned against carrying out their planned attack on President Buhari in Japan, as such an action will cause the Igbo race to be labelled a terrorist group worldwide.   This ...