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A LIB reader said he was at the cinema in Shoprite Ilorin last night, when he saw Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his family walk in to see a movie. He took some photos and sent it in. "Saraki greeted a few people, bought his popcorn, and went straight to his movie hall with his kids. I think they ended up seeing 'The Transporter.' lol. I like the fact that despite all the politicking he still seems to have time for his kids." the LIB reader wrote News source: Linda Ikeji Blog

Sad news! Hajia Bilikisu Yusuf regarded as Northern Nigeria's first female Editor, died in the stampede that claimed 717 lives in Saudi Arabia yesterday September 24th. She will be remembered as one of the advocates of the 'Bring Back Our Girls' group. May her soul rest in peace Amen.

A  Saudi prince was arrested at a hillside compound near Beverly Hills on Wednesday Sept. 23 after being accused of trying to force a worker to perform a sex act on him, Los Angeles police said. Police were called to the gated property in the Beverly Glen area, within a gated community on Wallingford Drive, after a caretaker at the home reported a disturbance, officials said. After officers interviewed people inside, a 28-year-old man identified as Saudi prince Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud was arrested on suspicion of forced oral copulation of an adult. He was booked and freed on $300,000 bail Thursday afternoon, jail records show. He could not immediately be reached for comment. LAPD Officer Drake Madison said Al-Saud was booked after 4 p.m. The LAPD has a consul liaison division that checks with foreign nations' consulates regarding diplomatic immunity, said Capt. Tina Nieto. Police determined Al-Saud does not have immunity in this ...

W hen Nigerian students consider an international study destination, they often think of the UK, USA, or in more recent times Canada as their preferred choice. These countries offer world class, globally recognised University education, but there is a new destination of choice that is quickly gaining popularity. Australia!   Did you know? 1. Of the world’s top 100 Universities, 7 are located in Australia. 2.   When you complete your degree you can stay and work for 2 years and apply for permanent residency. (Starting Salaries $50,000). 3. Australia has warm summers and mild winters 4. Is one of the most multicultural countries in the world, with students from every continent 5.   Australia is one of the world’s most technologically advanced countries - Wifi internet was invented in Australia! If you are interested in studying in Australia, there are some key points you should know: 1. Students with WAEC and/or NECO can apply for yea...

    1. The house built with the cement of saliva falls to the whim of dew... 2. The twenty year old pounded yam sure burns the hand- but does it? Sin is a prophecy- it speaks into the future. Can the one who slept over his right validly complain about it 12years after? Is 'laches and acquiescence' a valid escape route from criminal prosecutions? Do crimes get statute-barred? Why is an allegation given a vacation and a gestation period? Why now? Why not now? Why not If not? Who suddenly awoke the Code of Conduct Bureau to their statutory responsibilities? 3. When strange bedfellows come together to form a formidable fortress to combat a common foe, uncommon interest will separate them after the victory is earned. Independent Brooms might fuse together as a bunch to sweep away the dirt of bad leadership, but a separation of each broomstick for personal achievement will make the floor dirty again... Change obtained by synergy of intimate strangers is compromisab...

The Nigerian Idol runner up announced her engagement on her instagram page this afternoon. She shared the photo above. Congrats to her.

   Nigerian borned Dr. Okonjo-Iweala who was named by Fortune magazine as one of the 50 greatest world leaders 2015, and by Forbes for five consecutive years as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world has accepted to serve as Chair of the 28-member Board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, GAVI, an international public-private partnership committed to saving the lives of children and and protecting people's health by improving access to immunization in developing countries. Official announcement by Gavi Internationally renowned development economist and former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed Chair-elect of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. She will take up the position of Chair from January 2016.   Dr Okonjo-Iweala will bring more than 33 years of development and financial expertise to the Gavi Board at a critical period for immunisation in developing countries. Despite...

Nigeria’s chief of army staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai declared to news men today that boko haram have been cleared in some part of north eastern region. according to him, "for now we have knocked them off areas along from Yobe and some parts of Borno". General Buratai has dismissed as mere noise making the claims in a new audio by Abubakar Shekau, the elusive Boko Haram leader. Buratai described the audio as `another desperate move by the group to find relevance.’ He said the group no longer has the capacity to hold any ground or plan co-ordinated attack on strategic locations or key public facilities. “I think the new Boko Haram leader, in the latest audio is just trying to sound relevant; but as far as I am concerned, he is irrelevant in the scheme of things, he is irrelevant to me. “ Have you seen any of them coming out apart from the suicide bombings? You can see the number of terrorists that are escaping from their camps; he is just making nois...

Ardo Kola Local Government Ardo Kola Local Government Area was created in 1992 . Its headquarters is in Sunkani . The local government has an area of 2,262 km² and a population of 86,921 at the 2006 census. The major tribes in the local government are Kona, Mumuye, Wurkun, Hausa/Fulani, Yandang while farming is their occupation. A lot of Yam, maize, guinea corn, groundnut, beniseed, cassava, are produced by the inhabitants. The postal code of the area is 660 Bali Local Government Bali Local Government Area was created in 1976 . Its headquarters is in Bali .  It has an area of 9,146 km² and a population of 208,935 at the 2006 census. The major tribes are the Ichen, Jibawa, Chamba, Kuteb Fulani and Kam. The major occupations of the people in Bali are farming, fishing, hunting and rearing of animals. The main crops produced are Yams, rice, Beans, Groundnut, Maize, Melon seeds (brown Equsi) and Sugarcane which are produced in commercial quantities. The postal cod...

The Warri Traditional Council of Chiefs yesterday at Ode-Itsekiri in Warri, Delta state officially announced the death of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwase II. After announcing the demise of the Olu, Chief Yahya Pessu, member, Olu Advisory Council and other chiefs also announced Godfrey Ikenwoli Emiko (pictured left above) as the Olu-designate. Chief Pessu said the Itsekiri people world wide will immediately proceed on a three months mourning period and as part of the mourning activities, they will be expected to wear their clothes inside-out; that is to tie their traditional wrappers upside down. “All Itsekiri adults both male and female will put their clothes inside out throughout this period of mourning. No party, no drumming or merriment of any sort in Itsekiri land, until the burial is over and new Olu installed” he said.

Former Akwa Ibom state governor Godswill Akpabio, who is currently in the UK to get treatment after surviving a car crash in Abuja on August 31st, suffered embarrassment at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, a luxury five-star hotel in the Knightsbridge area of London after his credit card was declined while he attempted to check into the hotel. According to Sahara reporters who released the photos, Akpabio was heard making a call to a banker in Lagos state eiquiring why his card was declined. When SR contacted him, Akpabio said his card was declined because he had used the card to check out of the Four Seasons luxury hotel earlier in the day. Akpabio stated that his credit card had maxed out of its daily spending limit, hence he could not make use of it.

  Think Vancouver. Think FIC and SFU Why Canada? Canada is becoming an increasingly popular destination for secondary school graduates to continue their studies. One of the most popular Canadian schools among Nigerian students is Simon Fraser University. Why Simon Fraser University? Simon Fraser University is ranked among the top schools in Canada and has been ranked in the top 100 in the world in both Computing Science and Business. It is a large university with eight faculties and over 25,000 students and in the 2015/16 Academic year is celebrating 50 years. The university prides itself on its community engagement and is also a research intensive university. Alongside an excellent reputation the university also offers students excellent facilities and students are able to apply for on-campus residence with an unlimited meal plan available 24 hours a day.    Why FIC? Fraser International College is located on the campus of Simon Fraser Unive...

The struggle for the sovereign state of Biafra has received a major boost as the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF) led by Alhaji Asari Dokubo, joined forces with the men from the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in a bid to actualise the Biafran dream Alhaji Dokubo announced the new alliance during this year’s Biafra Day celebration, organised by the leader of MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, at the Ojukwu Memorial Library and Conference in Owerri, which was attended by thousands of members of the two groups. Dokubo and Uwazuruike assured their members at the ceremony that the actualisation of Biafra was near. Alhaji Dokubo, who addressed the large crowd, said the South-South and the South-East no longer had Niger Delta or Igbo, but Biafra. He assured MASSOB members that they would soon realise their dream for an independent state. “We will soon complete the race. There is no need for you to be fatigued; the finishing ...

  Speaking outside the Rowan County Courthouse as she returned to work this morning, Davis announced that any licenses issued by her office, with or without her name on the form, would be "unauthorized."  " I want the whole world to know ......authorizes marriage that conflicts with God's definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman [and] violates my deeply-held religious convictions and conscience. For me, this would be an act of disobedience to my God.” Kim Davis, the embattled county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage, said Monday that she is being "forced to disobey her God" by allowing her office to issue licenses to gay couples. Last week upon being released from detention, Davis was warned by U.S. District Judge David Bunning not to interfere with the issuing of marriage licenses, directly or indirectly, or face furth...

\ Senior Special Adviser to President Buhari was on The Osasu Show (a current affairs program hosted by Osasu Igbinedion, broadcast journalist and media expert). Here is what he had to say about President Buhari (by the way, this episode will be airing again tonight , Monday September 14th at 7:30PM on AIT): "The moment he [President Buhari] saw me he said, Chief Adesina, welcome to Sambisa house. We had a good laugh then we got to talking seriously. He said to me, what I want from you on this job is the truth. At all times tell me the truth. You know I'm a general, I may argue, but please argue with me. If you come up with a superior argument I will see reason." Mr. Adesina further stated, "this is not an administration where you tell the president what he wants to hear, this is one he has requested for the truth and that is the way we relate with him. I want to believe that in the next 45 months when the administration will be ending Nig...

This lady graduated from Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma. Is this healthy/safe though? More photos after the cut... source from LIB

Sodiq Adebayo, aged 22, Akeem Gbadamosi, 21 and Eugene Ocran, 19, have been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Marcel Addai. Marcel was stabbed in the chest on September 4 after being chased through St John's Estate in Pitfield Street, Hoxton, London on Sept. 4. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A 40-year-old woman, who did not want to be named, said she saw the victim being chased before falling to the ground as she watched from her nearby flat. "There was a big chase," she said. They ran through the estate, some on bikes, some on foot. By the end of it when he died there were about 15people around him. I just heard the screams, the cries - a primal scream of death. I could really hear it. I don't know if it was one of his friends who realized that he was dead but it was the most echoing, crying noise" Earlier statement from the Metropolitan Police indicates that Akeem Gbadamosi and Eugene Ocran were charged on Wednesday, September 9 ...

  Senator Hassan Barata was arrested by Saudi Arabian authorities after he was found travelling with a revoked diplomatic passport and claiming to be an employee of the Nigerian Embassy. Barata was a former chairman of the Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism. He represented the Adamawa South Senatorial District between 2011 and 2015 as a PDP lawmaker. He defected to APC last february but returned to the PDP after losing the APC governorship ticket bid. According to The Nation, Senator Barata, who is in Saudi Arabia to observe the hajj pilgrimage, claimed to be an employee of the Nigerian embassy there after being arrested; a claim that was found to be false. The Federal Government has earlier directed the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to retrieve diplomatic and official passports from unauthorized holders.

The individual is constantly engaged in attempts to have others acknowledge his or her superiority, which if threatened, is defended vigorously. If the defence is unsuccessful, anxiety and depression result. The following six false beliefs are manifested by people with wrong mentality: • I must control others. • I am superior to others. • I should not compromise. • I suffer from more frustrations than do others. • I must strive to be perfect. • Others cannot be trusted. The special person’s constant efforts to control, his attitudes of superiority, his refusal to compromise, his masked hostilities, and his empty perfectionism betray the highly competitive person who must have his own way and must be right at all costs. The failure to trust others is manifested by suspiciousness which may verge on the paranoid. Other characteristics of the ‘special person’ are a highly critical attitude towards others, little empathy with others, lack of insight about the self, and self...