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Saturday 30 April 2016

A Town In India Where Animals Are Breastfed Like Babies, Women See Them As Children

Breastfeeding in the Indian sun, the woman is not just nursing her own child, but a baby orphaned fawn. The sight may be a shock to outsiders, but here amongst the ‘Bishnoi’ tribe, animals are just as much a part of the family as their own offspring.

Nursing mothers here in this remote region in Rajasthan, a state in northern India, have taken in orphaned and injured fawns for more than half a century - and couldn't imagine it being any other way.

‘These baby deers are my life and they’re like my own children,’ said Mangi Devi Bishnoi, 45, a housewife from one of the villages.‘I feed them milk and food and ensure they’re given proper care and attention in the house like all my family members.

Former international footballer, George Weah will run for president of Liberia for a second time. He said he had the "vision" to transform the country.

Mr Weah, who played for teams including Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and Chelsea, was the highest-ranking African footballer in Fifa's list of greatest players of the 20th century.

His previous presidential bid, in 2005, was defeated by current president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Her second term in office will end in 2017 and under the country's constitution she cannot run again.

During his football career, Mr Weah became a UN goodwill ambassador. Later he turned to politics. He is currently a senator for the western province of Montserrado, which includes the capital Monrovia.

Breaking News: Oba of Benin Dies

According to a report in The Nation, The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba Erediauwa Akpolokpolo I, is dead.
His death was announced few minutes ago by the Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe.

The late monarch has been battling an unknown illness since last year.

See List of State Governors Owing Workers' Salaries

Here is a list of states in Nigeria owing workers' salary and the number of months they are owing.

Recently, the Nigerian Governors' forum met in Abuja to discuss way forward on the menace facing each state governors and probably strategic on how president Muhammadu Buhari could help them.

Please check if your Governor is owing:

The Nigerian government is about to sign a pact with the European Union to receive aid from the union in exchange of the deportation of Nigerian economic migrants.

This is similar to a recent pact EU had with Turkey that is dramatically curbing migration flows from the Middle East.

A “read mission agreement” would involve migrants from Nigeria being deported in exchange for EU economic aid for Nigeria.

Hi Guys,

Am pretty sure you all understand the industry to a level, if not very well but atleast to some extent….. So lets rub mind on this pressing issue.

3 days ago, Olamide confirmed the News that “Lil Kesh Deal With YBNL” has finally ended and that the young superstar will be floating his own label “YAGI” soonest.

To many, this is a good news but to those who understand the industry quite well, This is some kind of Bad news to them.. They see beyond owning a Record label as a good thing, they know and understand one or two things involve in owning and running a music label in Nigeria.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger responded to fan disharmony and calls for him to resign during the latest press conference ahead of the game agains Norwich City, It should be noted that under Wenger as Arsenal manager, the club have won three EPL titles. However, the manager has not lifted the trophy since 2004, with their 2014 and 2015 FA Cup triumphs instead.

Fans have grown frustrated with the club after the failure in all the competitions this season. Arsenal’s supporters were even seen with a banner reading: “Arsene thanks for the memories but it’s time to say goodbye”.

I hope Olamide is fast learning from the Legend, Wizkid.

Wizkid is un-undoubtedly the biggest act out of Nigeria this very moment, N!gga features on Drake’s “One Time” which melted Charts worldwide including the Bill Board, See HERE

Just yesterday, Wizkid was given a thunderous welcome when he visited Sierra Leone where he took some photo shots with the president and also performed during their 55th Independence Celebration, See HERE.

Naija Graphic designer will not kill somebody…Stumbled upon this on Laila’s blog and decided to share with you guys here… The designer get time sha.

He design a Graphics of Linda Ikeji and Wizkid loving up, they should just kuku marry each other jare.

They look cool together abi?

Drop your comments.

First Bank Set To Sack 1000 Of Its Workers

First Bank of Nigeria is planning to sack at least 1000 of its staff. According to Bloomberg, the plan to cut jobs is as a result of the banks 82% loss in profit after its financial year ending for 2015. The bank also plans to focus less on providing loans to the oil industry as part of measures to increase its profit for the year 2016.

Michael Jackson's Brother, Jermaine, Visits Tinubu in Lagos

Jermaine Jackson, former Jackson 5 member and brother of late King of Pop Michael Jacksonvisited APC National leader, Bola Tinubu at his Ikoyi, Lagos home on April 28th, 2016.

Banky W Showers Praises On Wizkid As He Gets Hosted By Sierra Leone President

Banky definitely has no ill feelings for Wizkid

Thursday 28 April 2016

Nigeria: Balarabe Spits Fire, Says Buhari Is Weak And Incompetent

Former governor of the old Kaduna State Balarabe Musa, said that the only explanation for President Muhammadu Buhari’s silence over renew attacks by armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen resulting in the deaths of several Nigerians is absolute weakness, incompetent and loss of focus. About 40 persons have so far been reportedly killed in the latest attacks by some Fulani herdsmen at Nimbo in Uzo- Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State.

Jordan's parliament has passed several constitutional amendments giving King Abdullah more powers, including the right to appoint the head of a top court and members of the senate.

The King was also granted the power to appoint his own regent and crown prince. State-owned news agency Petra said the amendments were passed with 123 votes in favour out of 142. The parliament has a total of 150 MPs. The changes gave the King the right to make key appointments by royal decree without any nomination process by the government or signatures from the Council of Ministers.

US President Barack Obama will perform at his final dinner of The White House Correspondents' Association on April 30 [Pete Marovich/EPA]

Comedy is a risky business for politicians. Even professional stand-up comics get booed off stage. When officials joke, they are taking a gamble. Gags can win over crowds and ridicule rivals. But they also fall flat and, worse still, irk the very people they need votes from.

The 2016 White House race is lacking in good humour, but, thankfully, there is one US politician who can reliably crack jokes. President Barack Obama only gets average job approval ratings, but he is admired for his deadpan delivery.

Members of the parliamentary Committee on Lands, Country Planning and the Environment Tuesday expressed disappointmentover the way and manner in which the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has been handling the issue of climate change in the country.

The MPs were speaking during a one day workshop on the Paris Agreement on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Committee Room No.1 at Parliament building.

Chairperson of the committee, Hon. Rosaline J.K. Smith, said in her welcome address that the issue of climate change should be treated with seriousness as the country faces lots of vulnerability, especially when it rains.

Apple has paid tribute to a Hispanic employee of theirs who killed himself at the company's Cupertino headquarters a day ago. His death came just after Apple's stocks tumbled - when their revenue declined for the first time in 13 years.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Monday May 2nd a public holiday to commemorate workers day celebration which falls on Sunday May 1st. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau announced this in a statement released and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Bassey Akpanyung.

Time To Learn American Versus British Words - 1

You have never been out side Nigeria?...Or you have but didnt notice that American and British English have variations?
Okay now,learn it here please...

When Teebillz shared his suicide note this morning on IG while pouring his heart out about the demise of his marriage to Tiwa Savage, many of us thought/hoped he was just talking, but he wasn't. Tunji 'Teebillz' Balogun tried to commit suicide this morning by jumping off the Lekki- Ikoyi toll bridge and this is fact!

According to an eye-witness named Chukwuma Ani, who witnessed the incident and was one of the men who pulled Teebillz off the bridge, he told LIB exclusively that around past 9 this morning while driving on the Lekki-Ikoyi toll bridge, a car hit his own from behind, damaging his car. He said he came out of the car and approached the driver of the vehicle that hit his. He didn't know who the man was (it was Teebillz) but he said he berated him for hitting his car and asked the man to come out and assess the damage caused to his car. The man looked at him and told him to leave...that he was there for a reason. That he was planning to commit suicide and Chukwuma Ani would hear about it later...

Tunji Balogun has opened a temporary twitter account saying his instagram page was hacked. He says the way the hacker wrote wasn't the way he writes at all. But a lot of people have asked him to take that to the birds.

They claim if hackers actually did, how come the posts were taken down without him, TJ having access to it yet. And again, could Banky w and Seyi Law be liars? Whatever the case might be, we are happy things are gradually getting better. More tweets below.

Seems Banky W is the good man here. After Banky reached out to Teebillz on phone and he wasn’t picking, he headed straight to his house. The singer and other friends were able to get him to delete all the controversial posts he made and Seyi Law who is far away in Dublin preparing for his concert this weekend, but very worried, had to come back online to thank Banky for wading in, and calming the situation. According to Seyi’s tweets, God is working and the world can relax now. Good news. That’s all we wanted anyway. May God heal their wounds. What a Thursday this has been.

Before I got married people did not let me hear word-it was as if they looked for different opportunities to remind me that, Nne, time is no longer on your side, a woman is like a flower and withers quickly, "ale obirin o kin kpe su"...they were only wishing me well. It is good to get married early (if it happens) but if it doesn't...here are 7 reasons why getting married later is not a terrible thing.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have jointly proposed N56,000 as the new minimum wage to the federal government as against the present N18,000.

The NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, said this at a news conference yesterday in Abuja.

Wabba, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said both the NLC and the TUC made the formal demand on the proposed national minimum wage to the federal government on Tuesday.

Tiwa Savage and Tunji Balogun got married two years ago, Apil 26, 2014 in a fairy tale Dubai wedding!

We started speculating that all was not well when their wedding clocked two years old recently but none of them said anything about it on their social media pages...and then it got worse when Tiwa Savage began promoting her new video on her social media pages while Tunji Balogun kept mum and posted nothing to support her...which is quite rare of him!

Well, the bubble has now burst.

Beyonce's former manager has revealed he's not surprised over allegations that Jay Z had cheated on her with 'Becky with the good hair'.

Brian 'Kenny' Moore, who managed the star in the 1990s, claims it was only a matter of time until she was cheated on because she is just "reliving" the heartache her mother Tina Knowles endured during her marriage to now ex-husband Mathew Knowles.

"That’s how it appears to be. Beyoncé's reliving her mother’s position. Her father’s cheating is well known and just because you’re Beyoncé, it doesn’t mean the cycle will change.

Members of Parliament last week ratified the United Nations Convention on Stateless Persons and the Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union relating to the Pan-African Parliament.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone, signed the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, the 1954 Convention on the Status of Statelessness Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union.

I know the light/power situation is bad but it can't be this bad! Saw this photo making the rounds on Facebook, some people think it's real while others think it's Photoshopped. What do you think?

Celebs Reach Out To Teebillz After Hinting He Might Take His Own Life

Tunji Balogun's celebrity friends have started reaching out to him after he asked God to please accept his soul; hinting he might take his own life. Banky W went on his page to plead with him saying;

President Buhari has stopped the payment of overseas medical trips for all government officials with medical conditions that can be managed in Nigeria. Buhari stated this while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 56th Annual General Conference and delegates meeting of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, in Sokoto, yesterday April 27th.

Buhari was represented by the Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole at the event

“While this administration will not deny anyone of his or her fundamental human rights, we will certainly not encourage expending Nigerian hard-earned resources on any government official seeking medical care abroad, when such can be handled in Nigeria.”he said

Wow! See What Teebillz Is Writing About Tiwa Savage. This Is Not Cool At All

Can someone around him ask him to stop! This is the mother of his child...

VIDEO: Tiwa Savage ft. Dr Sid – If I Start To Talk

After all the teases, Mavin Records first lady – Tiwa Savage liberates the lush visuals to her fan favourite tune – “If I Start To Talk” off her “R.E.D album” featuring label mate and regular collaborator – Dr. Sid.

Clarence shot it! Watch the video after the cut....

Sport: Enyeama Ranks Among Top 10 Goalkeepers in Europe

Former Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has been named among the top 10 goalkeepers in Europe for the 2015/16 season by the Swiss-based CIES Football Observatory, reports goal.

The ranking was done taking into account the number of goals conceded per match, number of minutes per goal, number of passes per match, number of saves per match, number of saves per goal conceded and the percentage of saves. Here is the full list below

Leicester City player Demarai Gray was almost killed by the blade of a helicopter after he ignored stewards direction and took the wrong turn while dropping from a helicopter in London alongside his teammates as they went for the PFA awards on Sunday night. Thank God he was stopped just in time by the stewards who led him to safety. Check out photos on Gray’s near-death experience after the cut.....

The queens: Beyonce and Serena Willams

Two of the world's most powerful women collaborating on a video. See another photo after the cut..

For many years, some people didn't believe Beyonce carried her own child herself. Well, on Saturday night, Beyonce released her new visual album Lemonade and shut down the surrogacy rumors once and for all by showing off her pregnant belly

Sierra Leone: The Opposition Party, SLPP To Suspend Six Kenema Councillors Who Went To Beg President Koroma

Platinum Media has reliably learnt that some senior officials of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) have arrived in Kenema to execute the suspension of six of their own councillors.

The councillors were at State House to register among other things, their displeasure over the seemingly inadequate infrastructural development in the Kenema township as well as mending the existing sour relationship between the Kenema local councils and central government.

The team lead by the party’s Acting Publicity Secretary Chief Tondone and Regional Public Relations Officer, Dawson Kuyateh have been quoted as describing the recent visit of the five councillors to President Koroma as “unacceptable” and without the approval of the party.

The Corps Marshal and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Road Safety Corps - Boboye Oyeyemi, has announced that the Federal Government has approved the extension of the validity period of Drivers licence to five years. This decision was taken by the Joint Tax Board at its 134th meeting held recently in Kano.

In a chat with Transport Editors in Lagos, the Corps Marshal said rather than Drivers’ licence expiring in three years, drivers now had the option of settling for either three or five years licence.

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday addressed Nigerian billionaires.

According to THIS DAY, speaking during a town hall meeting held at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, the VP said, henceforth both serving and former public office holders must have proper explanation for the sources of their wealth because the era of people becoming emergency billionaires was over.

Dr. Mariama Murray, Child Health Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) deputy Programme Manager has in a press conference at the Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and Environment, Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Youyi Building, Freetown on Thursday 21st April, 2016 confirmed that Sierra Leone is currently suffering from a Measles Outbreak.

Dr. Mariama Murray said the current Measles Outbreak commenced in August 2015 in Kono district and has continued to spread in 2016 affecting 12 (86%) districts.

The Federal Government on Sunday said it is working “silently” towards finding a lasting solution to the incessant attacks allegedly being perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen across many states.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this during a special prayer for the stability of the nation by an Islamic group, Saadatul Abadiyyah Organisation of Nigeria. Mr. Mohammed was also honoured as the Grand Patron of the group at the event held in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital.

Ten senators from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have reportedly concluded a deal with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to support its candidate for the Senate Presidency if Senator Bukola Saraki is forced to resign, DailyTrust reports.

Read the press statement below...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the death of six medical doctors and one driver in the State, in an accident involving a 13-passenger bus as the lowest point in the history of the State and a monumental loss not only to the people of Ekiti State but to Nigerians, declaring a three days of mourning for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The governor, who directed that all flags should be flown at half-mast, described the death as an eclipse of professional and intellectual figures, who lost their lives in active service to mankind, saying; “Ekiti has lost some of the best trees in its forest of medicine. I am deeply sad. This is one loss too many.”

A Connecticut student was arrested Saturday after tweets he made about bombing a Donald Trump rally. He was picked up by the Secret Service.

Connecticut State Police allege that Sean Taylor Morkys, 20, posted the message 'Is someone going to bomb the Trump rally or am I going to have to?'

They say the psychology student then posted a second tweet warning friends to have their family members leave Trump's Bridgeport, Connecticut rally so they wouldn't get hurt.

Police say they received the Secret Service tip-off at around 12:45pm Saturday, at which time Trump's rally at Crosby High School was still ongoing.

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida yesterday spoke with selected journalists at his Minna home in Niger State capital, where he confirmed to them that he is sick, but not bedridden or dead like many have reported. He explained;

“It is true I have minimised my appearance at public functions because of my ill health, but not to the level of incapacitation as being widely circulated in some media.”

“‎For me, it doesn’t shock me neither bother me because I know I must go and meet God my Creator. There is nothing really to worry about, my religion has told me. Well, as a Muslim I strongly believe everybody will die. Everybody will die and everybody has to die. It could be now or in 100 years time or two days to come. But it doesn’t matter. Everybody must die. Continue....

Photo: The Wife of Gambian President Who Ordered Women To Cover Their Hair

Earlier this year, President of the Islamic Republic of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh issued an executive decree ordering female civil servants to cover their hair during work hour. He is pictured here with his wife, First Lady Zeinab Suma Jammeh ...whose hair is not covered!

"All heads of Departments and Agencies are urgently advised to implement this directive and bring it to the attention of their female staff within their line departments and agencies," the memo reads.

Central Bank of Nigeria Fined Zenith, UBA, GTBank and Sterling Bank N3.2bn

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has fined Zenith, UBA, Guaranty Trust Bank and Sterling Bank a total of N3.2bn for committing various offences in the year 2015, Punch reports.

UBA was fined N2.969bn, Zenith was fined N60.1m, GTBank was fined N60.05m while Sterling Bank was fined N13m.

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