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President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken on the flood in Benue State that has displaced about 100,000 people, according to official estimates. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the flood displaced the residents of 24 communities.  The Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Boniface Ortese, said on Wednesday that over 2,769 households are affected by the flood. In a statement on Friday, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said Mr. Buhari “has received with great concern reports of the flooding in Benue State, which, according to early estimates, has affected thousands of homes and displaced more than 100,000 persons in 12 local government areas.”  “Consequently, the president has directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to immediately mobilize personnel and resources to come to the aid of the victims of the flooding.  The president is closely monitoring the situation and will be receiving regular updates on the scale ...

More than 110,000 persons in 24 communities, including Makurdi, have been displaced by a flood in Benue state More than 110,000 persons in 24 communities, including Makurdi, have been displaced by a flood in Benue state.  The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr. Boniface Ortese, who disclosed the this on Wednesday said over 2,769 households were also affected. He explained that places affected included Achusa, Idye, Wurukum Market, Genabe, Industrial Layout, Demekpe, Wadata Market, Katungu, behind the Civil Service Commission, Agboughul-Wadata among others in Makurdi. “In Achusa, 200 houses were affected with 5,125 persons displaced. In Idye, 217 houses with 5,200 persons displaced. Also, behind the Civil Service Commission, 200 houses were submerged in flood and 5,777 persons were displaced." At Genabe, 200 houses were affected with 5,021 persons displaced, 218 houses around the Wurukum Market were affected with 1,000 persons disp...

Okibe Olivia created a buzz on Facebook when she warned ladies to date men 2 or 3 days before accepting their wedding proposal. Read her shocking post below... “And this was my Introduction on the 7th of January 2017. Yes, you read right, it was only my Introduction (knocking on my head and fixing date) and nothing more. It was a blast, fun but guess what? I was still a bitter woman down my heart, with all those smiles you saw me wearing on the face, I was still very weary and bitter because I knew I entered the wrong hand but I found out a bit late. But to God be the glory, it ended in praise. Experience is the best teacher. My advice to girls is to please date him at least for 2days or three days, a week preferably before you say yes to his marriage proposal. I never dated him ooooh and I said yes !! Pity me but eventually, I learned my bitter lesson. Case closed” Culled from Okibe Olivia’s Facebook page.

According to reports making the rounds online, Mr. Ogah Onwe Chinedu, a lecturer in the department of History and international relations in Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki has been Dismissed by the EBSU Senate for allegedly being guilty of so many allegations charged against him.

Poverty is a bastard! A 31-year-old Nigerian Uber Driver who has been identified as, Hammed Olojo, has been saved by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad on patrol of Third Mainland Bridge as he attempted jumping into the Lagoon. The driver who reportedly drove himself to the famous Lagos Bridge in a Uber Toyota Corolla saloon car, belonging to Kalejaiye Oluwaseyi, had written a short note and left it in the car before he was stopped by the officers who monitored him a while before walking up to him. Confessing to almost committing the said act, Olojo, an ex-convict disclosed he was owing N10,000 in Court 3, Ikeja High Court and also owing the owner of the vehicle N80,000. Further being questioned by RRS Commander, ACP Tunji Disu he revealed that though his wife persuaded him from going ahead with his plan, but his mind was made up and was fed up of everything as he had tried all possible means to survive with no success.

Forty-two-year-old mother, Mercy​ Segun, was on Wednesday arraigned at a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja for allegedly beating her daughter and pouring pepper into her vagina. Mercy, who resides at Idu Gbagyi, Karmo, is facing a three-count of criminal force, assault and causing hurt to a minor. The prosecutor, Mrs. Florence Auhioboh, told the court that the defendant’s neighbour, one Gift Afegua, reported the matter at the Karmo Police Station on August 22. She alleged that Mercy, knowing her daughter to be a minor, ill-treated her by pouring ground pepper into the girl’s vagina. Auhioboh told the court that the defendant’s action caused the minor serious pain. The prosecutor said the offences contravened sections 246, 265 and 238 and of the Penal Code. The defendant, however, denied the charges. The judge, Mr. Abubakar Sadiq, granted Mercy bail in the sum of N30,000, with a surety in like sum. He ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and ad...

Popular singer, Kelly handsome has revealed that he recently lost his grandmother. According to him, she died after the Ekeukwu Market was demolished.

The value of peace is never known until that peace is disturbed. It is easy to stand with a crowd but it takes courage to stand alone. A team of pigs led by a lion is more formidable than a team of Lions led by a pig. Selah - African proverbs. #fridaymusings #Africanproverbs. #Reflections #melaninpoppin #stayfocused.#BodyLanguanemovie #incinemassoon coco's note: Preach On Sis

This choker costs 1 Million Dollars. If I lose it, will you return it to me? Nicki Ask? More Stunning Photos of Nicki Below...

Ibaka TV put up a question, making the four female celebrities an option!

Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), Lola Akande, has said that many women, by their actions, are the cause of some of the cases of domestic violence recorded in the state and by extension, in Nigeria. Akande said this at a program on Management of Domestic Violence, organised by the ministry in Lagos today. She was represented at the program by Mrs Olushola Falana, Director, Women Development Department, WAPA. According to her, negligence, sophistication, misguided utterances, infidelity, use of abusive words and gullibility on the part of the women, are some of the actions women display that induce domestic violence. “It is no longer news that many women have lost their lives through domestic violence. The more we try to put the blame on the men folk, the more we will continue to turn blind eyes to the fact that many women are the cause of the domestic violence we see today. This is because we fail to understand some important aspects...

I've been in this world for a very long time & I've been fighting with society all my life Till Over a decade ago. I've been Bullshitting Society & Living my life on my own terms. I've Never Felt Better! Then, In February Of 2016, I experienced the biggest Bullshit Life can throw at you - The death & Demise of My Mother. Then Like the beautiful decent sunlight of Houston Today after #HurricaneHarvey, I received the 'Common Sense' Of Life. Every Sense, word, time that my Mother Caroline Orji ever shared with me entered my spirit and renewed me and Told me Something Too Valuable. The Spirit of Happiness then started Reigning in my life and since then - I understand - My Life, my future, my happiness, my sadness, my progress, my health, everything I am IS IN MY HANDS and comes from within! Women are on a constant Panic before any important dates in their lives now. You need to see how much they spend just to please the world on Birthday pic...

An attack by masked gunmen has left a household in Benin City, Edo State, desolate, with its head killed, the only daughter raped and wife partially blind and traumatized. But, the clue as to the motive for the tragic incident, now being investigated by the police, has remained blowing in the air, even as the perpetrators had vanished like a ghost leaving on their trail sorrow, tears, and blood. The Marauders had, according to the widow, Mr. John Agbonlahor, Elizabeth, stormed their residence on No 5 Adesuwa Street in Benin in an Ash colored Toyota Camry car at about 9 pm on a fateful day, while the family was busy watching Television.

Nigerian Beauty Queen, Rita Chinedu, who won the Miss Health Nigeria in September 2016, has called out the pageant organizers for totally failing to fulfill the promises made during the contest. Taking to her Instagram page on Saturday to set the record straight, she announced that she won't be attending the 2nd edition of Beauty Pageant, adding that all the project she had done during her reign were solely funded by herself. She wrote: I am Miss Rita Chinedu , The Current Miss Health Nigeria 2016/2017. Today marks the End of my Reign as Miss health and I will not be attending the 2nd edition of Miss Health Beauty Pageant, I am therefore writing to Set the Records Straight.

A Nigerian Facebook user has taken to the platform to share a video of 419 operatives, who hypnotize their victims before defrauding them. According to Christy Glo, the old trick they used on her failed, and when the driver noticed she had started a video, She wrote: Beware of 419 dis period. On my way to my office just now, i joined a taxi n d lady at d back with me wanted to drop n gave d driver 500 naira…. D driver started asking her if she is d owner of d ghana must go bag in d boot n she said yes so d driver was like why didnt u tell me, how will u just keep such amount of money in d car, what if police had checked d boot…. N she was like she is sorry dat she n odas served one Alhaji n d Alhaji just died so everybody started taking what dey could take n run with n she is just coming from Abuja. I actually started d video late n when d driver noticed, he said dat i n d man infront shld go down… We went down, he drove to d front n d man joined dem back. I don suffer...

It goes without saying that Temitope Adekunle, aka Small Doctor, is one of the hottest musicians in the Nigerian music industry right now. The young man has been busy traveling around the world, performing at shows to the delight of his teeming fans.  However, it also seems the singer is increasingly finding it difficult to stay away from trouble. A leaked video of a person who bore a striking resemblance to the Agege-born entertainer was posted online recently. In the video, the diminutive singer can be seen stroking his manhood with one hand, while apparently recording the act with his other hand.

Nollywood actress, Uche Ogbodo has revealed that she faced domestic violence in her last relationship as she opened up on the kind of man she wants. Speaking with The Sun, Uche, talked about her love life, career, gender equality and more. Read excerpts from her interview: What do you think about gender equality? I think gender equality is good. As human beings, I really don’t think there should be a difference, and that a particular gender should feel superior to the other. There is no difference between you and the other person; the only difference is sex.  So, everyone should be treated equally, because women also work as hard as men. I don’t understand why women are not equal to men. Right now, I am doing bigger and harder stuff than the man next to me. As a woman, I want to be successful, so I put in extra effort in what I do. I don’t understand why someone will try to embarrass or harass me because of my sex, telling me that I am a woman and I shouldn’t do ...

A 16-year-old housewife has revealed the state of her marriage, having married at an early age. She, Fatimah Mohammed, on Tuesday asked a Karu Upper Area Court, Abuja to dissolve her two years marriage with Tasiu Kasim, over alleged brutality and failure by Kasim to provide food for the family. “We got married in 2015 and I have a child with my husband, but since we got married there has been no peace in the marriage. “He is always fighting with me over petty and insignificant issues. He always beats me up whenever issues arise and these beatings are now unbearable for me.

Patrick Obahiagbon, erstwhile Chief of Staff to former governor Adams Oshiomhole, has said that he developed his repertoire of ‘high-sounding’ words through extensive reading. According to him, his turgid expressions are not intentionally made to mesmerize and mystify his audiences but they flow naturally from the pool of words and phrases he has accumulated through a regular use of the dictionary. Obahiagbon added that he would encourage his children, who are already used to his esoteric words, to cultivate the gift of the gab. He told Punch newspaper: “I have said it for the umpteenth time that I have never advertently set out to mystify my audience with what you have referred to as esoteric words and I neither studied Latin.

A bullion van loaded with an unspecified amount went up in flames on Tuesday under the Ojota bridge, Lagos. According to Vanguard, the van which did not have a fire extinguisher was driving towards toll gate, apparently to disburse the money in some banks when the unexpected happened. The exact cause of the fire which occurred at about 2.30pm could not be immediately ascertained. However, an eye witness, Mrs Moji Maitani, told newsmen: “I was driving home when all of a sudden the vehicle directly in front of me veered to another lane. I quickly applied the break to avoid what the motorist attempted to dodge, only to discover that a vehicle was on fire.

Notorious billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike aka Evans, will be arraigned at the Ikeja High Court tomorrow. Members of the public have been advised to stay away from court premises... Read below The Zonal Police PPRO, Dolapo Badmus, exclusively revealed this to LIB this evening and also advised members of the public who have no business at the above-mentioned court to stay away from the premises. The Notorious kidnap kingpin who has been in detention for over two months was arrested on the 10th of June at his Magodo residence in Lagos. Evans, a native of Umudim, in Nnewi, Anambra State, was behind the kidnap attempt on prominent transporter and owner of Young Shall Grow Motors, Chief Vincent Obianodo.  He was also behind a series of attacks, including armed robbery and kidnapping in and outside of Lagos, which LIB extensively reported in June.

Popular Nollywood actress, Opeyemi Aiyeola shared lovely pictures of herself on her social media page as she celebrates her 40th birthday on Tuesday.

This disturbing tale of how a child was subjected to one of the worst cases of physical, mental and sexual assault for years has left readers shocked. Danni Smith, now 26, began suffering physical abuse as early as when he was just six months, probably earlier. He was neglected by his mother, beaten, starved, imprisoned and raped by his step-dad for nine years. His stepfather also passed him to other pedophiles to rape. His mother admitted the sexual assault may have begun when Danni was just four. Social workers first ­noticed unexplained bruising on his face when he was just six months. At age 4, social workers saw him watching porn. Months before, they( social workers) ­saw Danni locked in a ­bedroom with black leather handcuffs round his ankles, yet they refused to interfere, instead they removed him from the child protection register several times.

Veteran broadcaster and 'king of talk shows',  Emma   Ugolee  who is  suffering  from kidney failure took to his Instagram to thank all those who supported him and stated four solid reasons why he almost lost hope! He also stated reasons why he didn't give up! He wrote: The height of this hospital building reminds me of the height of the 4 walls I confronted with the decision to have the transplant in the US after I had lost so many to going to India.

This is Houston,Texas after Hurricane Harvey visited, which  has been stalled over the Texas Gulf Coast since Friday and dumped more than 20 inches of rain in some areas ...... See more photo below...

Sexy mother of two and wife of Tuface idibia..Annie macaulay idibia.. shares beautiful photos online.

Nollywood veteran actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo aka RMD and his wife, Jumobi are sure the envy of some soon-to-be-couple! They look fab in these lovely new photos! More below...

Stars like Nicki Minaj, Ciara, Remy Ma, Katy Perry (who is this year's host), Ludacris and his wife Eudoxie, Fifth Harmony, 21 Savage and Amber Rose and a host of others looked stunning on the red carpet of the MTV VMAs 2017 on Sunday in Los Angeles, California. More photos below:

Big Brother Naija's Bisola Aiyeola has accepted the fact that she is ugly! Yesterday, posted a funny video on her Instagram, where she talked about children’s school fees and a huge pimple that  “built duplex on her forehead. Trolls decided to come for her, calling her ugly! But the single mother of one made it known she has a clue . Saying it's her ugly and she loves it...

Popular Nollywood actor  Daniel K Daniel married his fiancée, Beauty blogger  Teena traditionally in Nnewi, Anambra state on Saturday and we’re so happy for them.

Wife of the Vice President, Pastor ‘Dolapo Osinbajo Saturday recounted how she spent about 10years under several notorious Lagos bridges with street urchins in the bid to reshape them and reverse their life trajectories.

No human being born out of the uterus of a woman (his mother) has the rights to force you to bear his/her name. I Mean No human being at all. Women just make life so miserable for themselves over Nothing or well, mostly to prove to their friends that they are married. All, I'm saying it, make sure you are doing WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY. You can ask your husband to take your name as well - You know. Afterall, you married him just as he married you. If you didn't agree and sign the papers, there's no marriage. He wears a ring on his wedding finger like you and I am sure your wedding car read Chy weds Emeka...So, You see, You can equally ask him to take your name if he likes. If he can't take your name, then he has no right to ask you to take his name. Do what you want as a woman. Some women make me laugh, They are like, I've reverted back to my maiden name after divorce and blah blah blah. It's okay to do things how you know to do it til...

A female lawyer, Barrister Golda Osuigwe has cried out and sought for assistance after her husband, Barrister Paul Osuigwe chased her away with their four children from their home with a cutlass. The incident happened at their family home located at Awoyaya area of Ajah, Lagos. She lamented that her matrimonial home has been taken over by other women and the burden of training their four children alone was telling on her. Despite the efforts of the family court to resolve the matter, her husband remained adamant.

Ace rapper and Chocolate City Boss, M.I Abaga, in a new interview with Saturday Beats, has revealed why he took him so long to drop a new music project. According to the ace rapper: “The truth about it is that the CEO work has been harder than I thought and it has taken a lot of time from me. Also, when you become a brand, you have brand commitments as well. My contract with Glo expired this year even though I have been working with them for seven years and I had been their ambassador for five years. We had to go for interviews, tours, shoot commercials, then you come back and you do the same thing for Martel.

A Nigerian man has recounted his ordeal of how he was wrongly imprisoned for four years for a crime he never committed! Speaking with Linda Ikeji TV, Prince Harrison Gwamnishu shared the story of how he was wrongfully imprisoned for four years for a crime he never committed.  He was accused of armed robbery and sent to prison for four years but was later released after his accuser, a former employee, could not provide any evidence against him.

Who Wants to Be A Millionaire Host, Frank Edoho shut down a Twitter user who alleged he beat his ex-wife.It all started when Frank tweeted about being afraid for Floyd Mayweather because Conor Mcgregor's training is more intense. The Twitter user then called him ''over Sabi'' saying no one has access to any of the training camps. In response, Frank said there is a tv series based on their preparation and he guesses GoTV doesn't have it. See their heated exchange below

The Imo state government on Saturday began the demolition of the ancestral Eke ukwu market in Owerri, amidst stiff protest by the occupants, and at least a casualty has been recorded.  It will be recalled that the State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has been in a protracted move to relocate the market. The governor presented his case citing the traffic problems constituted by trading activities on the strategic "Douglas road" as one of his reasons. Owerri indigenes, however, argued that the market is part of their traditional heritage which should not be tampered with but rather be upgraded with today's shopping mall facilities.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron,39 has run up a makeup bill of $30,000 (€26,000) in his first 100 days in office, offering fresh ammunition to his critics. The bill, revealed by Le Point magazine and confirmed by the presidency to AFP on Friday, was paid to a freelance make-up artist for work since the centrist took power in mid-May. It recalled an embarrassing revelation about the balding former president Francois Hollande who was forced to admit to employing a private hairdresser on a pre-tax monthly salary of nearly €10,000 ($11,800).

When pregnant Donna Douglas and her husband Vince Aylmer went for a scan in 1996, they discovered that they were expecting twin girl. The expectant parents who already had three children were excited, but despite all the preparations they’d make to welcome two new additions to the family, nothing could have prepared them for the shock they received in the delivery room.