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- One soldier dies, 7 injured after troop foil Boko Haram attack on Bama
- Wow! See this child's hair (photo)
- Presidency has given orders for Tinubu's arrest- Tinubu's aide claims
- Photos: Kid wonder Ozzy Bosco meets President Jonathan
- Photos: The Okoyes step out with their handsome son...
- Oh dear! What would you do if it were you?
- Photos from the wedding of coach Stephen Keshi's daughter...
- Peter & Lola Okoye and their kids cover Motherhood In-Style mag
- Do you want your child to excel in Maths forever
- Biko, my dear LIB readers, help me weigh in on this matter
- Photos from Brymo's shirtless performance on stage last night
- My boyfriend killed himself because his family couldn't accept he was gay
- Retreating Boko Haram leaves mass of throat-slit corpses in Borno town
- New music: Shuley Dee - Amem
- Photos: Meet Ali Baba's sons - they are already taller than him
- Dear LIB readers: My fiancee does not like sex
- Between Peter Okoye & Usher Raymond...
- Meet Lil Wayne's former girlfriend he accused Drake of sleeping with
- Tiannahs Place Empire & Its Vintage Chic Makeup Division
- Graphic photo: People gunned by suspected cultists in Port Harcourt
- Mr President, please leave entertainers alone' - Etcetera writes
- Black man wrongfully jailed for 39 years to receive $1m after being cleared of murder
- Photos: Cossy Orjiakor parties with 2shotz as he celebrates birthday
- New Music: Kingsize Allstars - Babariga
- See the look of relief! Chris Brown finally off probation (photos)
| One soldier dies, 7 injured after troop foil Boko Haram attack on Bama Posted: 21 Mar 2015 11:53 AM PDT  A Hilux vehicle, other terrorist equipments and some weapons were captured from the attackers. Pursuit is still ongoing while calm has been restored and troops maintain firm control of Bama town. With most of the towns slated to be cleared of terrorists already covered, the campaign to rid the rest of the communities of these militants is continuing with air and land operations now stepped up in the remaining designated locations in the mission area. Cordon and search of cleared communities are also ongoing with some discoveries of weapons and vestiges of atrocities committed by the terrorists while they held sway in some locations |
| Wow! See this child's hair (photo) Posted: 21 Mar 2015 11:25 AM PDT  |
| Presidency has given orders for Tinubu's arrest- Tinubu's aide claims Posted: 21 Mar 2015 11:23 AM PDT |
| Photos: Kid wonder Ozzy Bosco meets President Jonathan Posted: 21 Mar 2015 11:12 AM PDT    In appreciation, the excited child prodigy, OzzyBosco presented his goodie bag containing some awesome works to Mr President and pleaded with him to support Nigerian kid artistes. Inserts are the duo of the Nigerian international music legend Dr Tee Mac Iseli Omatshola (MFR) and Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, Capital Oil & Gas boss in absolute admiration.     Please watch out for "OzzyBosco Fan Club" coming soon… @OZZYBOSCO |
| Photos: The Okoyes step out with their handsome son... Posted: 21 Mar 2015 11:06 AM PDT |
| Oh dear! What would you do if it were you? Posted: 21 Mar 2015 09:14 AM PDT  What would you do if you catch your house help naked and sexually grinding on your 5year old son? Can't even imagine this! |
| Photos from the wedding of coach Stephen Keshi's daughter... Posted: 21 Mar 2015 09:11 AM PDT |
| Peter & Lola Okoye and their kids cover Motherhood In-Style mag Posted: 21 Mar 2015 09:04 AM PDT |
| Do you want your child to excel in Maths forever Posted: 21 Mar 2015 08:59 AM PDT  Dear parents, My name is Adeniran Olanipekun, I recently graduated from Imperial College, London (2nd globally, QS rankings 2014/2015) where I spent 4 years studying for an integrated masters in the Chemical Engineering MEng program. I finished with a first class and was on the dean's list during my time. Cognisant of the state of education in Nigeria, I started working on Dechelon Academy in my final year at Imperial, and subsequently teamed up with my partner technology firm (www.exolvemedia.com) to develop a revolutionary online learning platform that will blow your mind away and radically improve your child's grades. My vision is to radically change the educational system in Nigeria by providing a world-class (but affordable) educational platform offering the full breadth of educational services, thereby enabling your child to compete with their peers globally and come out on top. I've made over 200 maths videos (lessons, worked examples, past exam solutions etc), in which various maths topics are broken down for easy assimilation. I also designed practice tests that will test your children's understanding, challenge them and expose them to the thought processes required to pass their exams with ease. The service comes with a Q&A feature, so that questions can get answered. Further, you can monitor your child's progress with ease. The Activity Report feature details the tests taken by your child, their first score, the number of attempts, their best score and the dates the tests were taken. You will also be able to see which videos your child has watched. The activity report can be accessed anytime on the platform, but is also sent to your email address every week. Nothing on the market anywhere in the world, offers the level of service provided by my platform. I know all this information is a lot to take in, which is why I am offering a 3-day free trial to parents with children in any class between primary 4 and SS3. This service can help to repair broken mathematical foundations, build strong foundations for the younger ones, help with exam preparation (Common entrance, WAEC, IGCSE, JSCE, JAMB etc) and much more. The 3-day free trial offer will expire in 24 hours or once the platform's capacity has been exceeded. If you really want your child to excel in maths forever, then look no further than Dechelon Academy (www.dechacademy.com). FREE TRIAL To get the free trial please fill the sign up form on our website (http://www.dechacademy.com/signup). To ACTIVATE your FREE trial please send a text/email to +234 902 946 6701 or contact@dechacademy.com. This email should contain the following: Email address (the same one you used to fill our sign up form) Contact phone number Child's current class e.g. primary 4, SS3 etc If you have any problems please do not hesitate to contact us. EDUCATIONAL COMPETITIONS Left to Right: Mr Akinboye (Communications Support Officer, Pedabo), Mrs Osinupebi (VP Redeemer's), Master Ayomikun Ayodeji, Mrs Olatundun Adetoye (Principal, Redeemer's), Mr Olanipekun (Dechelon Academy, Founder), Mr Okere (Maths Teacher, Redeemer's) Ayomikun Ayomide, an SS2 student of Redeemer's International School, Maryland Lagos won first place in the recently concluded Dech Math Challenge, organised by Dechelon Academy and sponsored by Pedabo(Lead Sponsor), Schlumberger, Palm Prints and The Conduits of Blessings Foundation. The Dech Maths Challenge (DMC) was an online competition and A Cheating Detection software was employed to ensure all the competitors carried out all the requirements for the competition in a manner devoid of fraud. A physical verification was also carried out to establish the winner's eligibility and competence. The DMC was held on Saturday, February 7th, 2015, with participants from Dansol High School, Atlantic Hall, Vivian Fowler, Redeemer's International, Corona, Juilliard Academy and several other schools situated in Nigeria and Ghana. Continue reading at (www.dechacademy.com/competitions) MENTORING If you will like me to mentor your child, have any questions about admissions into Ivy League universities or about post-secondary school destinations please contact me directly by sending an email to niran@dechacademy.com THE DECHELON ACADEMY TRAILER |
| Biko, my dear LIB readers, help me weigh in on this matter Posted: 21 Mar 2015 04:57 AM PDT  You guys remember the airport cleaner Josephine Agwu, who found money inside one of the toilets at MMIA and returned it? (read here) Well, an NGO wrote to me and said they had opened a gofundme account for the lady for people to contribute money to her in appreciation of her honesty and wanted me to help them publicize the page and get you guys to donate. I told them no! Continue to read why I said no. Now, you all know that I have used this platform to raise money for a lot of people. I have also personally contributed my own money to some of these people and to a few causes, so I'm really big on helping people and giving back but I have a problem with trying to raise money for someone just because they were honest. Are we not supposed to be honest? Don't get me wrong. If I see Josephine today face to face, I'd definitely give her money and a hug...but that's from me personally. Now, asking my readers to give her money when she's not sick and when she's gainfully employed and even had her salary increased recently, that one is a different matter. What was I supposed to tell you guys? Please dash money to this lady for returning money that doesn't belong to her? Not only was her action recognized and appreciated, she was also rewarded by quite a few people and groups. And don't forget the thousands of prayers and well-wishes. Trying to raise money for her via gofundme is an overkill...I think! You don't have to agree with me. This brings me to the question I asked those people when they sent me a mail insulting me (lol) for refusing to publicize the page. Was Josephine not supposed to return the money? Was it hers to keep? If you saw money that doesn't belong to you somewhere, would you keep it? Are we not supposed to return lost items we found? If you keep it, does that not make you a thief? If she'd taken the money and was later caught, would she not have been called a thief? Would she not have been sacked? If it was in public with uncivilized people, would she not have been lynched? Is returning lost property not the right thing to do? So why are some people glorifying this behavior so much like she did something unbelievably unheard of? Has our society lost its morals so much that returning money that doesn't belong to you is now something that deserves to get you a gofundme page? *sigh* I'm done. Let me move on to other things but what do you guys think? |
| Photos from Brymo's shirtless performance on stage last night Posted: 21 Mar 2015 04:49 AM PDT |
| My boyfriend killed himself because his family couldn't accept he was gay Posted: 21 Mar 2015 04:08 AM PDT   The life Nazim enjoyed seemed a world away from the working-class traditional Muslim community in which he had been raised. It was that world – conservative and closed – that he had left behind for a new life. In their first week in the flat, the two men stood on the balcony as London glittered in front of them. Matthew looked at Nazim and said, "Darling, I think we've finally made it." They both smiled. Four months later, Nazim jumped off the edge of that same balcony to his death. He was 34. Nazim was 21 when he met Matthew in November 2001. Matthew was at a gay nightclub in Birmingham, when Nazim approached with the words, "Excuse me, may I sit here?" Something about Nazim's shy demeanour appealed to Matthew. They started talking. "There was an instant connection," he recalls. We are in the living room of the apartment. It is more than seven months since Nazim's death but the condolence cards are still on display. This is the first time Matthew has agreed to talk openly, and during the hours we talk, words tumble and tears flow. It was only minutes after first meeting him that Nazim had said to Matthew: "I'm a Muslim, is that going to be a problem?" The two were soon inseparable. Matthew was working as a web designer and Nazim was a medical student. Their families did not know they were gay. After a year they bought a house. It had two bedrooms so their families might assume they were just housemates. "We used to have to keep the window blinds in our front room closed so no one would see us," says Matthew. "When we walked down the street we made sure there was some distance between us just in case a family member of his spotted us together." They grew tired of looking over their shoulders and wanted to stop hiding, so when Nazim was offered a job at a London hospital in 2004 they seized the opportunity to move to the capital. They would be far from their families, in a city where they knew no one and could fashion a new life together. "In London we felt free," Matthew says. "We didn't have to worry about bumping into our parents." They made friends and created a social world that reflected the people they were. Of necessity, this new life was founded on sadness and deceptions. Nazim was leading a double life: his family had barely met Matthew and thought he was merely an investor in their son's flat. On the rare occasions they visited London, Matthew had to spend the night in a bed and breakfast. "We had to 'de-gay' the house," says Matthew. "That meant putting pictures of Kylie into the cupboard, Cher too – and any photo or memento that suggested a relationship had to go." Nazim didn't like to talk about his family. He had left Birmingham and felt that to talk about pain or sadness or guilt would have infected the new life they had created in London – he was resigned to playing the dutiful Muslim boy to his family in Birmingham when, in fact, he was a happily gay man in London.  To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their first meeting, Matthew and Nazim threw a party at a London club. Nazim was now a GP as well as running his own business – three London clinics that offered Botox treatments – and Matthew was doing well working for a software company. During the party, Matthew asked the DJ to lower the music. He led Nazim into the DJ booth, got down on one knee and proposed. "He looked at me and his face was just lit up," says Matthew. The following year, Matthew came out to his parents, who were loving and accepting of both of them, but for Nazim, whose family were culturally conservative Muslims, the only strategy was to keep the solid borderlines between the old life in Birmingham and the new life in London. On the last Saturday of July 2014, Nazim and Matthew drove north to Birmingham. It was a strange time: a close friend had died and they had to be back in London on the Monday for his memorial service. It was also the weekend of Eid, the Muslim festival. When he arrived, Nazim's family were annoyed that he was late for the Eid celebrations and planned to leave early for the memorial. Things were said – Matthew does not know what, exactly – that left Nazim distraught. "I am a good person," Nazim said, weeping. "Why can't people accept me for who I am?" "Is it because you like men?" his mother had asked him, out of the blue. And Nazim, who had spent years hiding and pretending, to protect his relationship with Matthew, did something he had never expected to do: on the spur of the moment, he told them everything. Nazim was in a state of shock as he drove back to London. It emerged at the inquest in December 2014 that he had told his mother he was gay and had been in a relationship with a man for 13 years, and planned to marry him. Her response was to tell Nazim to consult a psychiatrist with a view to being "cured". The coroner, Mary Hassell, ruled that Nazeem killed himself. She said: "It seems incredible that a young man with so much going for him could have taken his own life. But what I've heard is that he had one great sadness which was the difficulty his family had in accepting his sexuality." Nazim had never planned to reveal his sexuality and found it hard to process his mother's extreme reaction. The couple went to the service for their dead friend that evening and a second ceremony the following day, but Matthew recalls Nazim being distant, but trying to put on a brave face. On Tuesday evening, Nazim helped with paperwork for the new job Matthew would start the following morning and then they retired to bed. In the office next day, Matthew got a text from his sister, saying simply "call me now". It was early evening on Wednesday 30 July. He rang her and was told to go home immediately; she would not say why. It couldn't be Nazim – they had talked at lunchtime and Nazim had called again at just after 3pm and then twice after 5pm, but it was Matthew's first day in a new office and he had been too busy in meetings to take the calls, though he had tried to call Nazim back. Had there been a bomb scare at the flat? As he left West Hampstead station Matthew began to run. "It was like I was running for my life," he recalls. As he speaks, he is clutching himself tightly, right hand gripping his biceps. "I was pushing people out of the way and as I came round the corner I saw flashing blue lights and police cordon tape, then I saw this red blanket on the floor covering something up." He began to scream. He was bundled into a police car as friends started to show up, faces grey with shock. Matthew arrived at Handsworth cemetery early on the day of Nazim's funeral. In the aftermath of the death, Matthew had met Nazim's family but the encounters were tense and uncomfortable. It appears that they did not want to have to deal with what they considered the shame of having had a gay son, and a gay son with a non-Muslim lover. Out of respect for Nazim's mother's plea not to make a scene at Nazim's burial, Matthew agreed not to ask for a major role at the funeral, which was due to take place at 3.30pm. With less than half an hour to go, nobody else had arrived and Matthew began to worry. In the distance he could see a burial taking place. "I went over and asked one of the officials where Nazim was being buried," he said. "She said, 'I'm really sorry – they have already buried him.'" He ran out and saw Nazim's family pouring dirt on to the coffin. "I was so angry," Matthew tells me, tears streaming down his face, "I could not move. My arms and legs were just clenched. I felt completely betrayed." Nazim's family had apparently given him the wrong time for the funeral. He returned to London feeling desperately low. "I wanted to end it all," he says quietly. "Follow Naz and leap off the balcony." His friends ensured he always had at least three people with him round the clock. "Every time I tried to get to the edge of the balcony, my friends would stop me. I couldn't find a reason to stay alive." Then, in his distress, Matthew recalls: "I heard Naz's voice." He is convinced that Nazim spoke to him, telling him to set up a foundation to help other young gay men and women driven to depression because of religious homophobia. He had a reason to go on at last. The Naz and Matt Foundation was announced at a special service held in London for Nazim, two weeks after his funeral. The service featured contributions from a gay Muslim, gay Hindu, a gay vicar, a trainee Rabbi and a lesbian interfaith minister. Matthew has been seeing a psychotherapist but he doubts any counsellor can help to liberate him from the questions that haunt him. "I don't have answers to the questions I have and I can't find peace of mind because there are no answers." Who does Matthew blame for Nazim's death? "I blame a community that is so closed minded to allow these bigoted views that make families believe that their honour is more important than loving their children," he says. "The respect and honour of the family is more important than the happiness of the children they gave birth to. How sick is that?" Culled from The Guardian UK Culled from |
| Retreating Boko Haram leaves mass of throat-slit corpses in Borno town Posted: 21 Mar 2015 03:48 AM PDT  In what appeared to be an execution site for the Islamist group, the bodies were strewn beneath the concrete bridge on one of the main roads leading out of the town. At least one was decapitated. The bodies were partially mummified by the dry desert air, while grass has began to grow around the corpses, suggesting that the killings had taken place some time ago. Damasak was seized by the Islamist group in November but recaptured by troops from Niger and Chad on Saturday as part of a multinational effort to wipe out the militants. Chadian soldiers, who said the bodies were discovered on Thursday, spoke of at least 100 corpses in the area around the dry river bed. A Reuters witness was able to count at least 70. A strong smell of decomposition in many parts of town suggested there could be more bodies concealed there, the Reuters witness said. A trail of blackened blood was visible along the side of the bridge facing the bodies, suggesting they had been thrown off the side after being killed. Among the dead was the imam of the town. All but around 50 of the town's residents had fled by the time Damasak was recaptured. Those who remained were mostly too old or too sick to leave. |
| Posted: 21 Mar 2015 03:45 AM PDT   Her major influences are faze, J.Martins, Flavour, Timaya, Onyeka Onwenu, don jazzy, oriental brothers and Weird MC. She is currently signed to (MC) Records, she put pen to paper in December 2014, her Brand new hit single Amem, produced by D tunes is a fusion of Afro hip hop, high life,reggae, gospel and street hop, the melodic catchy tuned from D Tunes will levitate you into another spiritual contraption, the gyrating lyrics is certified to keep you on your feet dancing Amem. Shuley Dee has been in the entertainment scene for a while and her new Label and management Moods & Colours (MC) Records Boss Tyna and Lori Tosan of (chaperon Group) has been building a unique brand profile and image for the brand, shuley D is Definitely One to watch out for this year, her first single titled "SHONKOLO" featured Flavour Nabania in 2009, and In 2012 she dropped ''Touch my Body, and in 2013 she droped her monster "Adure'' produced by Mekoyo, later that year she also featured k switch on a club banger called "Ebano" produced by Pro "Okassy, and so many other collaborations with yinka davis, kween, sasha ,Weird mc and many more. Shuley D's energy on stage and live performances are immeasurable, it will be logical to conclude shuley D is a marketable brand that will rise to fame, She recently picked up an award for the best afro pop category at the Top naija music award 2014, she was also nominated at the AFRIMA award 2014 with loads of other nominations. Listen to Amem below... Follow her on twitter: @realshuleydee, Instagram : @shuleydee, facebook: shuley dee |
| Photos: Meet Ali Baba's sons - they are already taller than him Posted: 21 Mar 2015 03:33 AM PDT   |
| Dear LIB readers: My fiancee does not like sex Posted: 21 Mar 2015 03:11 AM PDT  From a male LIB reader
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| Between Peter Okoye & Usher Raymond... Posted: 21 Mar 2015 03:03 AM PDT  |
| Meet Lil Wayne's former girlfriend he accused Drake of sleeping with Posted: 21 Mar 2015 02:57 AM PDT   "I woke up feeling f*cked up about the f*cked up day that I had... finding out that she f*cked Drake was the absolute worst thing I could've ever found out. As a man, honestly, that sh*t hurt... and not because it was Drake, it could have been any man. It would've hurt the same. I didn't come out of my cell for days after that." Lil Wayne saidDrake hasn't said anything about this yet. Tammy later claimed that she slept with Drake a day before she actually met Lil Wayne. More hot pics of Tammy when you continue...     Tammy with Lil Wayne and Drake (doesn't look like same chic, abi? lol. Photoshop)   |
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| Graphic photo: People gunned by suspected cultists in Port Harcourt Posted: 21 Mar 2015 02:15 AM PDT |
| Mr President, please leave entertainers alone' - Etcetera writes Posted: 21 Mar 2015 02:08 AM PDT 
What will the entertainers say to Jonathan except the usual lies and half truths? Can a man with a mouthful of undeserved food speak or say the truth? An assessment of the lifestyle of these entertainers gives a false picture of the situation of things as it affects the society at large. I got your invite for the first dinner which held at Eko Hotel and I boycotted it because I felt that any event by the government at this point in time should be about reassuring the people that the government feels their pains deeply with promises of working tirelessly to bring an end to the underlying causes of such situations in this country, not getting together to eat small chops and samosa while most Nigerians are languishing. It was very embarrassing waking up the next morning to see our shameless celebrities posing with their invites on social media which invariably means they are telling their fans and the masses who brought them to fame that they are enjoying the good life and everyone else can go to hell. One entertainer jokingly asked why the President is having these dinners with (the same set of) celebs all the time. I wanted to attribute it to youth empowerment but on a second thought, If Mr. President has a genuine interest in youth empowerment, hosting a few entertainers doesn't cut across as empowering the youth. I think Mr. President has been wrongly advised that entertainers can be used to influence the Nigerian youths and electorate. These entertainers can't influence votes within their families. Another thing is, if Mr. President must have an interactive session with entertainers, he should consider a larger representation of entertainers from all parts of the country, not just those who ply their trade in the south. It will seem to most people that Mr. President is only interested in entertainers from the south. It is called the Nigerian entertainment industry not the South South and South East entertainment industry. Has Mr. President taken over responsibilities of the Lagos State governor because he currently seems to enjoy greater visibility in the state than the governor and these visits come with a heavy cost to the state in terms of lost man hours caused by traffic along the routes to the event venue. Streets are usually cordoned off by security personnel and a strange difficulty to use mobile phones in such areas, possibly because of the deployment of radio signal jamming devices by the operatives on guard in those areas. Residents of Lagos shouldn't go through this because their President is in town. I'll love to tell Mr. President that service, not celebrities, delivers votes. |
| Black man wrongfully jailed for 39 years to receive $1m after being cleared of murder Posted: 21 Mar 2015 02:03 AM PDT  A black man who was freed last year after spending 39 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit but was falsely convicted for will receive around $1m as compensation from the state of Ohio. He was one of three men sent to death row in 1975 after being convicted of aggravated murder in the slaying of a businessman outside a corner store in Cleveland. Prosecutors at the time of the case relied on the testimony of a 13 year-old boy to convict Mr Jackson, now 58, and two brothers, Wiley Bridgeman and Ronnie Bridgeman, who were his best friends. Years later, the boy, Eddie Vernon, who earlier claimed to witness the crime recanted his testimony and told authorities he had never actually witnessed the crime.According to Sky News, when told of his compensation fee Ricky Jackson said Wiley Bridgeman and Ronnie Bridgeman have not received any compensation yet. |
| Photos: Cossy Orjiakor parties with 2shotz as he celebrates birthday Posted: 21 Mar 2015 01:49 AM PDT |
| New Music: Kingsize Allstars - Babariga Posted: 21 Mar 2015 01:52 AM PDT  |
| See the look of relief! Chris Brown finally off probation (photos) Posted: 21 Mar 2015 01:45 AM PDT  Before he went to court       |
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