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There was mild drama, yesterday, at 8th fidau prayers for late Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Buba Jubril, in Lokoja, Kogi State, as operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, failed to arrest the senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, who was at the...

Aisha Yesufu, a former supporter of President Buhari is not done with him yet as she has continued to attack the President using her social media capacity. Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group on Thursday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari was “incompetent...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state, Perekeme Kpodo, has declared that the national chairman of the ruling party, John Odigie-Oyegun, does not have any reason to remain in the position. Kpodo, a former interim chairman of APC in Bayelsa, said in a statement on...

The special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on digital/new media, Tolu Ogunlesi, on Thursday described opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as ‘irresponsible and chasers of cheap glory.’ Mr. Ogunlesi was reacting to claims by Kola Ologbodinyan, the spokesperson of the opposition...

Gunmen have killed six people including a village head in an attack on Sarari village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Although the Kaduna police command is yet to confirm the incident, but an indigene of the area told Channels Television that the attack which occured on...

Moments ago, LIB exclsuively reported the death of fast rising Nigerian act, Ali Zainab Nielsen other wise called Alizee. Sources reveal to LIB that she was allegedly murdered this morning April 5th along with her 4-year old daughter, Petra Nielsen by her Italian husband Peter Nielsen at their...

For a while now, there's been a brewing leadership crisis between the Tony Okoroji led faction and the Efe Omorogbe led faction at the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON). Today, LIB can exclusively confirm that the police got involved and 2face Idibia's manager, Efe Omorogbe was arrested on...

A planned foreign trip for eight members of the National Assembly sponsored by the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) has continued to generate controversy, months after it was announced as cancelled. Activists have also condemned the practice where Nigerian lawmakers are sponsored on...

Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West in the Senate, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, seeking an order restraining the INEC from proceeding with his recall from the Senate. Melaye’s appeal is a sequel to a judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal on March 16, which gave INEC the...

The Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria has rejected the new directive given by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on how lawyers should dress. According to MULAN, the FCT High Court had in a press release on March 28, 2018 “prohibited the use of any apparel underneath...

An Edo man has set a new trend! Dude just engaged his girlfriend with a diamond ring and topped it with N2m cheque. People on social media have been calling this a new trend, with someone saying, who says money can't buy love. READ MORE HERE

The Nigerian army has lamented doing the job of the police in a country where Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and Niger Delta avengers are stretching the capacity of the security forces. Soldiers have been deployed to keep the peace across Nigeria even though the constitutional role of the military...

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan is the most investigated of all Nigeria’s former leaders, Reno Omokri, a former aide of the former president said in a statement posted on social media. Omokri who had taken upon himself the job of defending the former President said this while debunking a video...

The Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has declared that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will not shield anyone in its war against corruption. Speaking in an interview with Daily Sun, the minister debunked the claim that the corruption war was one sided...

The plan would see a reduction of Senate members France’s government has announced plans to cut the number of lawmakers by almost a third as part of sweeping reforms of the country’s institutions. Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2q6BtMS Get more World News

THE Kogi governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, fell and injured his leg while attempting to alight from his car at the popular old market area of Lokoja, the state capital. Confirming the incident, the state government, however, denied that Bello was incapacitated, saying he only had a bandage on the...

According to reports reaching Lailasnews.com, A 52-year old Benue indigene from Buruku local government, Pastor Simon Abe Mashika has been living with a bullet in his skull for 14 years now. The man was caught in the middle of a crossfire between the Police and armed Robbers during a Robbery...

The Nigerian government has released more names of alleged looters of the treasury during the Goodluck Jonathan administration. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES also criticised the opposition PDP for its reaction to the first names of alleged...

Heavy rain downpour in Lagos on Thursday led to the death of two school boys in Alagbado,Their bodies were found floating on the water and both boys were confirmed dead at the hospital. Eye witnesses lamented … Read more via https://ift.tt/2J6zctV – Get More Nigeria Metro News

Lai Mohammed who is the current minister of information and culture was the opposition voice 5years ago when Goodluck Jonathan was president and he had quite alot to say about Jonathan's Lagos visits that caused similar traffic gridlock