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Pop stars, Ayodeji Balogun ‘Wizkid’ and David Adeleke ‘Davido’ are no doubt about the busiest artistes in the country as well as the entire African continent at the moment.  Both stars, who have been at loggerheads for months now as their battle began with a series of rants on social media and continued with a war of worlds in separate interviews as they each try to explain his side of the story.  Regardless of the beef, both artistes are still making waves within and outside the country, headlining sold-out shows and concerts and have both been pitched against each other to battle for the same award in the same categories of two different award shows before the year runs out. They have both been nominated for the Artiste of the Year category at this year’s edition of Headies scheduled to hold later this year, on December 14, 2014 to be precise. Wizkid and Davido, who have since become rivals striving to outdo each other at every opportunity, will have t...

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama appointed a former White House adviser as U.S. Ebola "czar" on Friday as the global death toll from the disease that has ravaged three West African countries rose to more than 4,500. Amid growing concerns about the spread of the virus in the United States, authorities said a Texas health worker, who was not ill but may have had contact with specimens from an Ebola patient, was quarantined on a cruise ship that departed last Sunday from the port of Galveston, Texas. The Carnival Magic, operated by Carnival Corp unit Carnival Cruise Lines, skipped a planned stop in Cozumel, Mexico, because of delays getting permission to dock from Mexican authorities, the cruise line said. The ship was scheduled to return to Galveston on Sunday. A Mexican port authority official said the ship was denied clearance to avoid any possible risk from Ebola. “It is the first time that this has happened, and it was decided the ship should not dock as a preven...

(credit: CBS 11 News) On Friday morning Baylor Hospital in Dallas confirmed a patient with ‘ebola similar symptoms’ also triggered a positive on a verbal screening questionnaire. Although a positive blood test has not been confirmed, sources says it’s not unusual to have a patient screen positive considering the wider net for ebola now over Dallas. A positive screening means the patient met some of the criteria to cause concern. A source at Baylor Hospital Dallas says the patient came to the Emergency Room through a private entrance and went straight to isolation.The source says Baylor transferred the person to Presbyterian Hospital a short while later. A spokeswoman at Presbyterian read a statement to 1080 KRLD reporter L.P. Phillips on behalf of Texas Health Presbyterian spokesman Wendell Watson saying the hospital does not have a transfer patient – but could not say whether the patient was treated and released. According to a release from Baylor Health C...

13-year-old Girl Raped By a Dozen Illegals as They Film it and Cheer Men in Texas have been arrested in connection to the rape of a 13 year old girl. The victim has told police she was sexually assaulted by 10 to 13 Latino men in an apartment complex at the Avalon Palms. The victim was approached by three Hispanic males in their car, after she was persuaded to get in, she was taken to the nearby apartments. She was then taken inside the apartment where the 3 men along with about 10 others took turns sexually assaulting her all while they filmed it on their cell phones. After, they drove her to a random neighborhood and told her to “find somewhere to go”. The girl was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors confirmed her injuries matched her story The two men who have been arrested are Juan Lozano Ortega, 25, and Edgar Gerardo Guzman Perez, 26. The police were able to track them from a phone call the victim made while inside their vehicle.

Biden (center), son and granddaughter. After a singular weekend Reservist drill with the U.S. Navy, Vice President Joe Biden's youngest son has been kicked out of the Armed Forces for cocaine use. As reported by the Wall Street Journal on Oct. 16, 2014, the now ex-Ensign Hunter Biden sunk his naval career literally on his first day of duty. Deemed an Officer and a Gentleman by an act of Congress, Biden was commissioned an Ensign on May 7, 2013 in the Navy Reserve. Assigned to the Navy Public Affairs Support Element East reserve command, then Ensign Biden reported for duty to his unit one short month later for his first ever weekend reserve drill at the sprawling Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia. Upon arrival, he was promptly given a drug test, which just as promptly, came back with a positive result for cocaine use. After months of working its way through the bureaucracy, Biden was finally released from the Navy last February, sans Honorable Discharge. The youn...

Find the EFCC press statement below... A deadly syndicate of fraudsters who virtually opened an office for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Akure, the Ondo State capital, from where they dispatch fake invitation letters to unsuspecting heads of government agencies purporting to be carrying out investigation activities against them, has been uncovered. The kingpin of the syndicate, one Olubunmo Olalekan, who is currently in EFCC custody in Abuja, was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, and handed over to the Commission. At the point of arrest, Olalekan who parades himself as a Principal Detective Superintendent of the EFCC, had in his possession fake letter head papers of the Commission, 30 GSM sim cards, assorted complimentary cards, a laptop computer and printer from where he churns out the fraudulent invitation letters. His modus operandi is to send out the bulk invitation letters to as many agencies as possible, via cour...

While closing the coordinating conference between Nigeria and Cameroon on trans-border military operations, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh informed the delegates that without any prejudice to the outcome of the three days interactions and the conclusions of the forum, a cease fire agreement had been concluded between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Ahlul Sunna Li Daawa Wal Jihad.  Accordingly, he directed the Service Chiefs to ensure immediate compliance with this development in the field. At the meeting was the Cameroonian Chief of Defence Staff, GCA Meka Rene Claude leading his country’s military delegation.   Service Chiefs and senior military officers also attended the event. ANNOUNCEMENT: Cease fire with Boko Haram reached at end of discussions with Nigeria-Cameroon Militaries http://t.co/g5ytjLSfdl RT — DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) October 17, 2014 SOURCE

Ayo Fayose, who was sworn into office yesterday October 16th as the Governor of Ekiti state has chosen this 1965 model of Mercedez Benz car as his official car. He is quoted to have said he chose this car so he could be close to the poor in the state. See another pic below

This would have been funny if it wasn't pathetic. According to a few Nollywood practitioners who were present at the Best of Nollywood Awards, which held last night in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, the governor of the state Rotimi Amaechi practically insulted Nollywood practitioners to their faces. According to a source who reached out to LIB , during his speech at the award after he gave veteran actress Liz Benson a Lifetime Achievement Award, Governor Rotimi said that people in Nollywood are products of circumstances/necessity. He said that the only reason they are in Nollywood is because they couldn't find other jobs, that if they had, they won't be actors. Rotimi said these actors studied sciences, law, medicine etc but because they couldn't find jobs, they embraced Nollywood. Present when he said this were Nollywood veterans including Liz Benson, Kenneth Okonkwo, Shola Sobowale, Desmond Elliot, Moses Inwang, Dickson Iroegbu, Bob-manuel Udokwu, Patience ...

Hennessy Artistry 2014 headliners, 2Face Idibia and Wizkid have landed in Accra, Ghana ahead of their first international concert happening tomorrow, October 18th. The concert will hold at the Accra International Conference Centre and will also feature exciting performances from South African duo, Mafikizolo, MzVee, and 4x4. See more pics below

The Nigerian military and extremist sect, Boko Haram, have reached an immediate ceasefire, the Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, said Friday. There were reports the two sides were having talks over the release of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the group April 14. Mr. Badeh ordered all field officers to comply with the agreement. Boko Haram has sacked several communities in north east Nigeria and has killed more than 13,000 deaths in a five-year long bloody campaign.

What do people really mean when they say Husband snatcher?why is it that the man is not called a snatcher too...doesn't it take two to tango anymore? Why are people calling out the 'husband snatchers' on the social media and letting the husbands go Scot free? My take is that if you want to disgrace someone for snatching a husband,disgrace the husband as well. Read the drama that took place on instagram last night whilst you slept. ''The girl involved is called Emmanuella aka Ema. She was an acclaimed model in Calabar back in the days. She ventured and did a quick wedding to a certain boy who just returned from the UK and 1 year later the marriage packed up because it was alleged finances were too low to keep it afloat. After the wedding crashed.she left for Abuja... In Abuja she got a job and settled down..... She later met a married man name Chucks who owns a prestigious hotel with a very popular bar in Maitama. This man is married w...

The new Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has appointed, the secretary to the state government, some special assistants, including one for ‘Stomach Infrastructure’ According to a press statement issued in Ado Ekiti today by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, the appointments take immediate effect. The appointed officers are: Dr Mrs. Modupe Alade as Secretary to the state Government, Owoseni Ajayi as Special Assistant on Legal Matters, Mr. Kayode Oso as Special Assistant on Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Sola Owoeye as Special Assistan on Protocol. Others are Mrs. Sola Olowookere as Personal Assistant ( Abuja), Chief Toyin Ojo as Special Assistant on Finance, Mr. Sunday Anifowose as Personal Assistant on Special Duties and Stomach Infrastructure, Mr. Sunday Omosilade as Personal Assistant on Domestic Matters, Mr. Lere Olayinka as Special Assistant on Information and Social Media. Pm News

The seasoned actress has made it known in a recent interview with Punch that all the performers, especially Nollywood practitioners, who are joining partisan politics are sheer hypocrites. Clarion reiterated saying that most of the artistes who go into politics do so because they are not getting much money from their various jobs as entertainers. In her words;  “The motive of those who are embracing partisan politics is purely monetary. Let us call a spade a spade. If you tell me that you want to go into politics to serve the people, I would want to look at your record first. “I want to see what you have done to better the lives of the people in your immediate community. How many boreholes have you sunk in the community? How many hours of community service have you given for free over the last four or five years? How well are you known as somebody who yearns for improvement in social development?” The astute actress who is known for having a thing or two against t...

The Nigerian government and the extremist Boko Haram sect have begun fresh negotiation over the release of the more than 200 girls abducted by the sect from their school dormitories in Chibok, Borno state, six months ago, the  Voice of America  is reporting. The report said the talks are also aimed at hammering out a cease-fire deal between Nigerian security forces and Boko Haram. The VOA quoted an unnamed adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and Danladi Ahmadu, a man calling himself the secretary-general of Boko Haram, as saying  the talks were going on in Saudi Arabia, “aided by high level officials from Chad and Cameroon”. Mr. Ahmadu, reportedly said the girls are “in good condition and unharmed.” He would however “not elaborate on the conditions under which the girls would be freed. The Saudi Arabian government is not involved in the negotiations, the VOA said. Nigeria’s Channels TV later reported the Principal Private Secretary to the Presiden...

Article written by Charly Boy...enjoy! For starters, don't pick up the dictionary to lookup ‘Mumugiousity’, I coined it myself but you go soon grab  weytin  I  wan  yarn. As I approach this topic I want to be careful so readers don't get the whole essence of this write up, twisted. E no  dey  hard some people. Religion is a touchy subject for a lot of people and in my household it is generally not considered "polite conversation." For some, an attack on religion is an attack on their god or gods. I only wish to put down certain points or aspects of organized religion I’m not comfortable with, I am not questioning anyone's belief in a personal god.  In Nigeria, religion has helped us to remain sane or else we all for  donkolo with the way our environment is stifling us. Religion can give people a sense of community and make people feel welcomed.  But life is never that simple  sha . Kai! Oh lord. I...