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15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero has invited district heads to durbar, a traditional event held in commemoration of Sallah, despite getting dethroned by the Kano state government weeks ago. In a circular signed by a senior councillor of the emirate, Alhaji Abbas Sanusi, Galadiman Kano, on Tuesday, June 11, all the district heads…
A North Carolina waitress has been fired for posting a now-viral TikTok video of a customer eating dinner with an inflatable sex doll. Waiter Tara Bjork shared the video on May 27 from her job at the Restoration Hardware Rooftop Restaurant. She said in the video: “Ok, I’m not supposed to be making…
The Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has said that local councils cannot afford to pay the proposed N62,000 as new minimum wage because of the lean allocation from the Federation Account. National President of ALGON, Mr. Aminu Muazu-Maifata who addressed newsmen in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital, on Monday, June 10, said…
An American citizen on Monday, June 10, attempted to commit suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. Lagos State Police command said the American who is in his early 30s, had directed his baby mama to park her vehicle while he walked to a spot on the bridge, intending to jump into the…
Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Tuesday it had offered $10,000 in compensation to passengers who suffered minor injuries on a flight hit by extreme turbulence last month and will discuss higher payouts with those more badly hurt. A 73-year-old British man died and several other passengers and crew onboard flight SQ321 from London suffered skull, brain…
The latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed that the federal government spent about $2.2 billion on debt servicing in the first five months of this year. A breakdown of the report, ‘International Payments Data,’ revealed that FG spent the most on debt financing in May, at $854.36 million, which is also…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, headed by Justice John Tsoho, has announced the annual vacation for 2024 and vacation roaster for judges. On Monday, a statement signed by Assistant Director Information/ICT, Catherine Christopher said the vacation will commence from Tuesday, the 23rd day of July 2024 to Friday, the 13th day of September, 2024. The…
Bandits have kidnapped Reverend Father Gabriel Ukeh, the presiding priest of St. Thomas Parish, in Zaman Dabo Community, located in the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Kazah, Vicar General (Pastoral), disclosed in a statement that the abduction occurred on Sunday morning when the priest was taken from the rectory….
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has assured Indigenous investors that the National Assembly will make laws to encourage investment and protect local industries. Akpabio gave the assurance after leading the leadership of the Senate on a guided facility tour of the World largest single-train refinery, Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Fertiliser Plant in…
Popular small-sized social media sensation/Yoruba actress, Ramota Adetu, better known as Aunty Ramota is allegedly in a state of coma after she reportedly underwent a failed Brazillian Butt Lift (BBL) surgery. According to a family source who reached out to LIB, the surgery occurred on Saturday, June 8. The actress reportedly went under…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied assaulting, brutalising, or carrying out any dehumanising act on the suspects arrested during a raid on two clubs in Akure, Ondo State on Saturday, June 8. A statement by the EFFC’s Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, titled EFCC’s Akure Arrests: Setting the Records…
US President Joe Biden on May 31 launched a new push for a ceasefire and hostage release deal, separate from the United Nations. Under the proposal, Israel would withdraw from Gaza population centers and Hamas would free hostages. The ceasefire would last an initial six weeks, with it extended as negotiators seek a permanent end…
Another pilgrim from the state of Makkah, Saudi Arabia has been declared dead by the Kebbi State Pilgrims Welfare Board. This development was disclosed in a statement released by the Kebbi Hajj 2024 Media Team on Sunday. The Executive Chairman of the board, Alhaji Faruku Aliyu-Enabo, identified the deceased as Abubakar Abdullahi from Gulma in…
Malam Bala Abubakar, who was arrested in Sokoto State in connection with the abduction of children and and human trafficking was said to be known as a source of succour and caregiver for orphans in his community. According to the Sokoto State Police Command, Abubakar had sold 28 children including six of his biological…
Nigerian publisher, Ogar Solomon Ogar, has called out people who consumed large quantity of alcohol at the funeral of a man who was sick and struggling financially before his untimely death in Cross River State. In a Facebook post on Sunday, June 9, 2024, Solomon revealed that when the deceased was running around looking for…
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was attacked by a man in central Copenhagen, her office has said. The 46-year-old was “shocked by the incident” on Friday evening, July 7 in the capital’s Kultorvet square, the office said in a statement, without providing further details. “Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was hit by a man Friday…
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has declared a state of emergency in the education sector. The governor made this declaration while distributing educational materials to schools, awarding scholarship to students and soft loans to teachers on Saturday. At the event, the governor announced that the state government has recruited over 5,000 new teachers, with…
President Bola Tinubu has named the M18 road in the Guzape district of the federal capital territory as Chinua Achebe Expressway. The Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Olusegun Dada, said the president commissioned the expressway on Saturday before naming it after the late renowned novelist. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Commissions the M18…
Nigerian Alternative R&B and Afrobeats singer Temilade Openiyi, professionally known as Tems is as hot and curvaceous as they come. Without lifting a muscle or blinking an eye, she could light up a room with her voluptuous figure and quantum of sexiness oozing from it. But the Grammy award winner sent out a shocker when…
The Anti-graft agency,EFCC, on Saturday morning raided some lounges and event centres in the Alagbaka area of Akure, the Ondo State Capital. The EFCC operatives during the raid arrested over 50 people who they alleged to be internet fraudsters mostly regarded as yahoo boys. Among those taken away was a groom-to-be who was in one…
Following several hours of meeting on Friday, the Federal Government and the organised private sector have increased their offer for the new minimum wage to N62,000 from the earlier N60,000. However, the organised labour is proposing a N250,000 which is a shift from its earlier N494,000. This brings to and end the deliberations on the…
Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned the Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof. Rasheed Na’Allah, to appear before it on June 13 to provide reasons why the planned inauguration of the newly elected Internal Governing Council Members of the university should not be halted. Justice Inyang Ekwo issued this order following an…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command, has apprehended eleven individuals for engaging in illegal mining activities in Kwara State. Along with the arrests, the Command seized eight truckloads of various minerals. The suspects captured are Ibrahim Gambo, Hakeem Saka, Ahmad Muktar, Sulaiman Ibrahim, Ibrahim Muhammad, Jamiu Mustapha, Rabiu Musa, Aisha Muham,…
Governors of the 36 states of the federation have rejected the N60,000 minimum wage earlier proposed by the federal government. The Director Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Hajiya Halimah Salihu Ahmed, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, June 7. The governors said the N60, 000 wage is not realistic…
A human rights lawyer Mike Ozekhome has praised President Bola Tinubu’s government for the reintroduction of the old national anthem, Nigeria, we Hail Thee. “I am not a fantastic fan of the government but if there is one thing I think they have done right; they have gotten right, and I applaud them for it, it…
The Presidency has described as ‘unofficial’ documents doing the rounds that it was planning to yank off import duties on food and drugs. The response came on the heels of two fiscal policy documents being wildly quoted to have been from the presidency that it was making a provision for an N5.4trn petrol subsidy for…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has extended the tenure of the party’s Rivers State Caretaker Committee for another six months. A statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, Esq., said the decision was reached at its 151st meeting held on Wednesday at the National Secretariat in Abuja….
A Magistrate Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of two men – Umaru Abubakar, 32 and Sidi Umaru, 20, in a correctional facility for allegedly kidnapping two men. The two men with no fixed addresses, were charged with conspiracy and kidnapping. The Magistrate, Mr Maruff Mudashiru, did not take the plea of…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, disclosed that its operatives have arrested some intending pilgrims to the ongoing Hajj in Saudi Arabia with cocaine consignments. The Agency said this came about after its operatives raided Emerald Hotel, Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos State, where the suspects were lodged and caught in the act of…
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has alleged that the past government under Nasir El-Rufai, left behind estates and malls for their children, while leaving behind a mountain of debt for the children of the poor in Kaduna State. The statement comes amid the adoption of a report by an ad-hoc committee of the Kaduna State…
President Bola Tinubu says the appointment of Nyesom Wike as the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is one of best by his administration. Tinubu, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, spoke in Abuja on Wednesday when he commissioned the extension of the Inner Southern Expressway (ISEX) and the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX)…
