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President Buhari today January signed the updated Abuja commitment on polio eradication at the presidential Villa Abuja. Present at the ceremony were Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates. More pics after the cut..

18 year old Jess Fairclough, from Liverpool, was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma a rare form of cancer in 2014 . Last year  November, few days after her 18th birthday, she briefly went into remission but shortly afterwards, she began complaining of a pain in her collar bone which indicated that the cancer had suddenly spread to her bone marrow. She was then given few days to live and was transferred to intensive care unit.  During that time, she wrote a bucket list of things that were important to her, which she showed to her parents. After she died her mum posted it on her facebook wall to show the world how positive minded her daughter was and also to tell people to try and be happy always. Her list has inspired lots people to raise money for children living with cancer. 

27-year-old Dorcas Awinja (pictured in bed at the Nairobi Women's Hospital on Tuesday, January 19) sustained burns after her husband doused paraffin on her and set her on fire over a love text message. Awinja, who is admitted at Nairobi Women’s Hospital, Nakuru branch, suffered 63% burns and has wounds on the neck, arms, breast, thorax, abdomen, back and legs. She depends on the nurses to feed, dress the wounds and bathe.  The mother of two from Ipali village, Luanda sub-county in Vihiga County, Kenya said she had been married for 12 years before the incident happened. "My husband poured paraffin on my nylon dress and lit fire on me, leaving me with all these injuries," she said. According to Standard Digital, she had just arrived home from her business of selling vegetables and prepared dinner for her children and her estranged husband, aged 33. However, just before they went to bed, her husband’s phone started ringing but he kept ignoring the calls. Awinja said s...

...in his father's arms. He's such a cutie and looks so much like his mum! 

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has threatened that the Federal government will scrap the Nigerian Maritime and Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) if the parastatal does not sit up and fulfill their obligations. Amaechi said this while appearing before the senate committee on Maritime yesterday January 19th. He alleged that the parastatal outsourced their responsibility to former Niger Delta militant leader Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo.  Amaechi said this administration is contemplating on scrapping the Nigerian Maritime University started by the last administration  “I don’t think we are proceeding with the university being proposed by NIMASA because it is a waste of resources, and unfortunately a lot of money had already been released for the university project hence there is no structure on ground but just the feasibility study. The Chinese company contracted, confirmed that only the feasibility study was in place. We are not going ahead w...

For 7-year-old Mukesh Kerayi, the horoscopes held doom and gloom. It suggested his first wife will die young, and as if maternal burdens weren't enough for his young shoulders to bear, he grew a tooth in the upper part of his mouth, a most ominous omen in his hometown of Jharkhand, India. It was with this in mind that his family arranged a marriage to the fated first wife, a dog, that way, there'll be no teary eyes when the bitch passes on. It is said that every dog has its day and for this dog, it was no puppy affair. For the big day, the family dressed the dog in a bridal outfit and the village turned out for the celebrations just like a normal wedding. They danced and cheered as though it was Mukesh's real life wedding, it was claimed. His grandfather, Ashok Kumar Leyangi, 43, said: 'We believe the marriage will ward off any bad omen attached to the boy. This is traditional practice in our tribal community and we still believe in these old customs. We feel that...

Mesa police say a man has been arrested and accused of sex trafficking and child abuse after a 3-year-old girl was found in his apartment bound in duct tape.  During a media briefing Tuesday morning, Chief John Meza said the girl was the apparent victim of sex trafficking on behalf of the suspect, Fransisco Javier Rios-Covarrubias, 30.  Police say the child was reported to police by a man who'd met Rios-Covarrubias online and arranged to have sex with him. The man claimed Rios-Covarrubias asked him if he wanted to have sex with the child.  "This is one of those cases that just shocks the soul," Meza said.  According to a police report, the man who contacted authorities told them he went to Rios-Covarrubias' apartment in the early morning hours Monday. The man said Rios-Covarrubias, who was dressed in a pink dress and a blond wig, performed oral sex on him before Rios-Covarrubias gave the man some methamphetamine...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has released a statement defending the minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, whose shoes was publicly cleaned by an SSS official in public at the NSCDC Academy in Sauka sometime in December 2015.  According to the statement which was signed by the spokesman of the NSCDC, Okeh Emmanuel, the officer who cleaned the shoes did it out of respect and was not in anyway compelled to do so by the Minister.  As the Minister of Interior, Dambazzau oversees the NSCDC, Police, Prison, and Immigration. The statement in part reads ‎  “However, the news being peddled by some online media houses, alleging that the Honourable Minister of Interior LT. General Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd) converts SSS officer to a “shoe shiner” is baseless, fraudulent and malicious. It is a diversionary tactics of the evil ones to cast aspersion on the personality of the minister. The honourable minister who was on a visit to NSCDC facilities at Sau...

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, says the Lassa fever epidemic has claimed 63 lives out of 212 reported from 62 local government areas in affected states. Speaking ‎at the emergency National Council of Health meeting in Abuja yesterday January 19th, The Minister listed the 17 affected states as Bauchi, Niger, Taraba, Kano, Rivers, Oyo, Ondo, Edo, Plateau, Gombe, Nasarawa, Lagos, Delta, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Zamfara, Kogi as well as the FCT.  He said there is high level of denial and conspiracy across some states and appealed to health managers to stop the trend of being silent and deceiving their state government. He described the denial of Ebonyi to report five suspected cases and one death as conspiracy of denial.  Adewole added that intensive efforts are being made to stop the spread of the deadly virus. He announced that six of the most affected states will have Lassa fever diagnostic centres. They are Niger, Nasarawa, Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi and Ondo states...

Former Presidential spokesperson to former president Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has denied media reports that some companies linked to him got contracts from the office of the former NSA Sambo Dasuki. In a statement which he released yesterday January 19th, Okupe said he never got along with Dasuki during their time in government. His statement reads in part;  "Unknown to many Nigerians, and quite usual with politics at the top, for reasons not clearly defined, I never got along well with colonel Dasuki retired. In fact, he twice told me to my face that he will get Alhaji Gulak and myself out of former president Jonathan’s administration.  Colonel Dasuki would never have patronised me or any associate of mine. It was for this reason I was totally schemed out from the entire presidential campaign in 2015. Mr Ilan Salman is my friend and we did business together few years ago. But I have not had any business dealing with him since 2007 when he resigned his membership of th...

This was used during a burial in Agbaja Abatete in Idemili North LGA in Anambra state this year .

Alhaji Yamusa Shuaibi, the Chairman of APC in Adamawa State, died yesterday after a brief illness. Late Yamusa was buried according to Islamic injunction at his home town Numan Local government area of Adamawa state. Adamawa state Governor, Sen Muhammad Jibrilla Bindow and other state officials attended the funeral prayer. May his soul rest in peace. More photos after the cut...           

A 28 year old Nigerian student of Kampala University identified as Rufus Okafor has been arrested in Kampala, Uganda after he was intercepted with 19 kilograms of marijuana and 795grames of heroin worth sh229m at Posta Uganda on Friday January 15th. According to reports, Rufus was about to send the drugs to Netherland when he was arrested. He will be appearing in a Ugandan court today January 19th. Another photo after the cut... 

A Petrol tanker exploded at the Grail land's sharp bend along Ajuwon road in Lagos this morning. Many houses and cars were destroyed. Men of the Lagos state Fire service men have put out the fire. More photos after the cut... 

After a long photo n online fight on their Instagram IG. 50 cent posted an obituary photo of meek mill... See below

Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli has reportedly banned the wearing of miniskirts in the country saying he believes the garments, along with short dresses, encourage the spread of HIV/Aids. Tanzania Cultural Development Director Herman Mwansoko said all Tanzanian women have three months within which to "get rid of miniskirts for replacement with decent garments." This is the latest sweeping move from the strict moralist who recently banned Twerking. Magufuli said the rhythmic gyrating of the lower fleshy extremities in a lascivious manner would dilute the much respected African traditional dances. Following his sweeping victory last October, Magufuli has become an international hero due to cost-cutting measures that he introduced across the country. Earlier this month, Magufuli is said to have ordered that all foreigners, including Kenyans with or without work permits, to relinquish their jobs to the Tanzanians. He also banned issuance of Christmas cards by gover...

I was going to leave this story alone...but since Ice Prince has been tweeting about it for the last two days...well, I guess we can talk about it on LIB...:-). He tweeted from last night till this morning... looks like he's affected by all the talk online. Many of you have heard the gist but for those who haven't, let me give you a summary.  Last week, Ice Prince's girlfriend, stunning Maima Nkewa shared a photo of them together and professed her undying love for him..and that started the whole madness. Someone left a comment on her page accusing her of dating some married man named Akin in Abuja. And a few hours later, receipts were produced. It gets more interesting.  Someone then released photos of Maima and the said Akin in same location at same time. They were both posting on their instagram pages but not together. This was just 8 weeks ago...while in a relationship with Ice Prince  Then Ice Prince responded to the whole drama with these tweets...  I...

Two people lost their lives after they contracted the now prevalent Lassa fever in Plateau state. The State commissioner for Health, Dr. Kuden Kamshak who confirmed the death of the two victims yesterday January 18th, said they died at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) where they were being treated. This brings to three the number of people that have died from the disease in Plateau state.  The State Commissioner says the government and the World Health Organization are working towards containing the virus  “The state with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) is working round the clock to contain the spread of the virus”. Meanwhile a 65 year old woman has been diagnosed with the deadly fever in Delta state. The unidentified woman who is from Ifiogwari village, Ayamelunu, Anambra state, is said to have come to Asaba for treatment after a suffering prolonged fever. She was first admitted at St. Joseph’s Hospital, from where she was...

Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed while addressing a world press conference in Abuja to mark the beginning of the war against corruption in Nigeria yesterday said that 55 Nigerians stole a combined amount of N1.34 trillion between 2006 and 2013.  The minister said 15 former Governors stole N146.84 billion; four former ministers stole N7 billion; 12 former public officers both at Federal and State levels stole over N14 billion; eight Nigerians in the banking sector - N524 billion , while 11 businessmen stole N653 billion.  The minister said that using World Bank rates and costs, one-third of the stolen funds could have provided 635.18 kilometres of roads; 36 ultra-modern hospitals per state; 183 schools; educated 3,974 children from primary to tertiary level at 25.24 million per child and built 20,062 units of 2-bedroom houses.  He said:  “This is the money that a few people, just 55 in number, allegedly stole within a ...