Photos:Three confirmed dead as trucks go up in flames at Kara Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Three confirmed dead as trucks go up in flames at Kara Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Two trucks went up in flames this morning at Kara bridge by Berger bus stop along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Actor Prince Uche still needs money, govt has abandoned him - Emeka Torino Ojukwu cries out

Nollywood Producer/Actor, Emeka Torino Ojukwu, who has been managing ailing actor, Prince James Uche, spoke exclusively to LIB, giving an update on the state of the actor who has a kidney disease.

According to Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof Usman Yusuf, Senators from Abia state and others, including AGN President Emeka Ike and Nollywood actors have frustrated moves to help the ailing actor get adequate medical care. According to Ojukwu, the actor has stopped receiving donations and only does his dialysis twice a week now due to lack of funds.

EFCC grills Obanikoro’s wife over arms cash

The Department of State Services has arrested Alhaja Moroophat Onikoro, the wife of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, who has been in the United States since June, 2015. It was learnt that the suspect was arrested in front of her husband’s house located on Layi Ajayi-Bembe Street,

I drove poll cash to Fayose’s hotel – Driver

A bullion van driver has confessed to conveying the N1.219bn, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alleged was delivered to the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, in the build-up to the June 2014 governorship election in the state, which Fayose won.

Tinubu’s wife called me dog, thug, says Melaye

The All Progressives Congress member representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, on Thursday said he called Senator Oluremi Tinubu a stupid woman on the floor of the Senate during an executive session because she also referred to him as a dog and a thug.

Five common online banking mistakes to avoid

It is amazing how e-transaction has transformed the banking industry and made transactions very easy for customers.

Unlike some decades back when a person had to get early to the bank to stay in the queue in order to perform a transaction, this is no longer the case. An account owner can do transactions at any time and at any place. With internet, a customer can use his laptop and make all the transactions

AFN names 35 athletes for Olympics

The Nigeria Athletics Federation on Tuesday named 35 athletes for next month’s  Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The athletes were selected after the All Nigeria Championships/Olympic Trials in Sapele last week.

 Africa’s fasted woman Blessing Okagbare

David Cameron Faces Last Questions As Prime Minster

The Outgoing British Prime Minster, David Cameron has faced his last questions in the Commons on Wednesday. The outgoing British Prime Minister answered his final questions before heading to Buckingham Palace

EFCC Chairman Magu, evades questions on Buratai Dubai houses.

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday evaded questions on the recent calls for the probe of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, for purchasing properties worth $1.5m in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Pastor E.A Adeboye Consoled The Killed Pastor's Families In Abuja

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said the church does not want justice for its slain member, Mrs. Eunice Olawale. Adeboye said the church was only interested in the salvation of the souls of the killers.

Make Buratai’s assets declaration public, CACOL tells CCB

President Muhammadu Buhari (left) and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (right) decorating the new chief of Army Staff , Lt. General Tukur Buratai at the decoration ceremony inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja …yesterday (13-08-2015) . GODWIN OMOIGUI

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders has called on the Code of Conduct Bureau to make public the assets declared by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai. The call from CACOL followed reports in the media that the army chief purchased two mansions worth $1.5m in Dubai.

Fifa President Confirms Visit To Nigeria

FIFA President, Mr Gianni Infantino and the Secretary General, Ms Fatma Samoura will arrive Nigeria on July 24, 2016, on a 2–day working visit.

The President of the world football governing body confirmed the trip following a meeting with NFF President, Amaju Pinnick in Paris, France on Sunday.

€80m Offer For Morata Rejected

Real Madrid has rejected an offer of €80 million for Alvaro Morata before deciding to keep the striker at the Santiago Bernabeu. Morata was pursued by Chelsea and Arsenal,

Gunmen Kill Score in Benue

Gunmen kill Scores in Benue

Gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen have killed scores of villagers in Benue State in a long-running conflict over grazing rights, the state government said on Monday.

“The magnitude of killings is enormous. Scores of people were killed in the past two weeks by Fulani herdsmen in at least 10 local government areas of the state,”

Teenagers Invade Lagos

There was confusion on the Lagos Island on Friday when about 50 hoodlums, mostly teenagers, invaded five streets, where they killed a resident, Ade Busari, and looted several shops. Our correspondent gathered that the hoodlums were armed with daggers and machetes during the attack.

Teenage Lifestyle

There are some lifestyle lived at some particular  age that you wish to have but they are impossible to have again. I remember vividly when I was young then  I was in primary 5, ''I became C.E.O

THREE DAYS, #760bn WAS INJECTED INTO STOCK MARKET

The unveiling of the new foreign exchange guidelines for the country by the Central Bank of Nigeria has prompted stock investors to pump huge amount of funds into the market, STANLEY OPARA writes. The Nigerian Stock Exchange reacted positively to the news of the unveiling of the new foreign exchange guidelines by the CBN last Wednesday as the market capitalisation soared by over N760bn, with investors committing huge sums to acquire more shares.
The move by investors to acquire more stocks at this time is hinged on their desire to re-enter the market when share prices are at their lowest, as the market is expected to recover after months of persistent fall.

Police finally arrest the murder of an Army officer Col. Samaila

The Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Kaduna State Command SIB operatives have smashed a deadly killer gang.

The combined forces have also arrested 4 suspects in connection with the kidnappingand subsequent murder of an army officer, Col. Samaila Yunusa, in Kaduna on March 27, 2016.

The Federal Government has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), is yet to account for a large cache of sophisticated arms he imported while in office.

The government said it feared that the missing arms were in the hands of some unidentified ‎persons that were sympathetic towards the ex-NSA’s cause.

It stated this in an application filed by its lawyer, Oladipo Okpeseyi (SAN), seeking an order permitting it to shield the identities of its prosecution witnesses in Dasuki’s ongoing trial before the court.

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