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The Colombian wife of Nollywood actor,  Ik Ogbonna  celebrates her birthday today. The actor took to his instagram page to wish his wife, daughter, soulmate,  Sonia Morales a well wishing birthday message. AD:   How To Get Visa To Anywhere In The World EASILY.  CLICK HERE He shared the above photo and wrote; Everyday i wake up and i feel ur hands on my head praying for me , i fall asleep in ur arms and u fall asleep in my arms . . U believe in me a billion times more than i believe in myself , you are my best friend , my wife , my daughter and most of all my soulmate . I love you so much .. most times i feel i can never do enough or give enough to show u how much i love you but then again i know All u want is one hug a time knowing i am right beside u. U made d best version of me out of the raw me. I love you today and always . HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY WORLD @sonialareinaa  #mamaace #africanQueen #Worldqueen #MyTrueHero

For 7-year-old Mukesh Kerayi, the horoscopes held doom and gloom. It suggested his first wife will die young, and as if maternal burdens weren't enough for his young shoulders to bear, he grew a tooth in the upper part of his mouth, a most ominous omen in his hometown of Jharkhand, India. It was with this in mind that his family arranged a marriage to the fated first wife, a dog, that way, there'll be no teary eyes when the bitch passes on. It is said that every dog has its day and for this dog, it was no puppy affair. For the big day, the family dressed the dog in a bridal outfit and the village turned out for the celebrations just like a normal wedding. They danced and cheered as though it was Mukesh's real life wedding, it was claimed. His grandfather, Ashok Kumar Leyangi, 43, said: 'We believe the marriage will ward off any bad omen attached to the boy. This is traditional practice in our tribal community and we still believe in these old customs. ...

LIB exclusively gathered that the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities are protesting over moves by the Federal Govt to exit salaries of university staff primary schools from the payroll of the nation’s tertiary institutions. The Federal Government, through the National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), said recently that it would no longer allocate monies from the Federation Account to the various universities for salaries of their staff schools’ teachers.  This has triggered an ongoing protest as they complained about sack letters which the federal government issued to the primary school teachers. They have also given an ultimatum to the Government to reverse these sack letters by the end of the month or bear with an Indefinite Strike by all teachers.  Photos are from the University of Lagos, where they can be seen protesting around the Senate Building.

Hey over there..can you see me? I'm right here! Lol. UFC fighter, Matt Mitrione, 37, got quite an eyeful as he fell to Travis Browne. Mitrione was left with a horribly swollen eye after the match with Browne. Browne insists the eye incident was wholly accidental and without malicious intent. More pics after the cut...

The accident between a tanker and a car occurred at Akwata road, Coal camp in Enugu around 3pm today. A LIB source said two school children died on the spot. Sad! See more photos after the cut...

Daughters of oil magnate Femi Otedola, looking lovely in photos shared by Temi. Another after the cut...  

According to Anita Uwagbale-Iseghoni, she wore this bright pink swimsuit 12 years when she contested for the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) which she won. After three kids, it still fits. "This swimsuit still fits after 12yrs. I wore this swimsuit in 2004 for Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria Pageant. My hard work is paying off." she captioned the photo.

Omotola Jalade can be said to be Nigeria’s queen of Nollywood with over 300 movie appearances and 20 years in the movie industry and entertainment. The mother of four has a lot of cash to show for it and this affords her the opportunity to have the life many only dream about. Here’s how Omotola is living the dream: Omotola reportedly has a net worth of $3 million – ₦600 million. Her jobs affords her the opportunity to cruise in exotic cars. She also loves cool whips. Her wardrobe collection alone features various designer outfits. She enjoys exclusive vacations with her family around the world. And the money keeps rolling in for her with endorsements from top brands like Knorr, PG, Scanfrosts and more... cc: lalasticlala, ishilove, missyb3, ijebabe

The Nwofor’s family compound in Ndikwuenu community in Orumba North area of Anambra state, was usually a beehive of activities during Christmastide, with relatives and friends visiting from within and outside the country to revel in a peaceful and relaxed ambience. But it changed to an atmosphere of gloom and melancholy last year. While other families were basking in the euphoria of the season, same could not be said of the Nwafors, whose members were enveloped by grief and depression, with their countenances devoid of the usual enthusiasm and perky expressions. •Mercy Obiora (American citizen) The reason of the family’s present state of despondency is not unconnected with the disappearance of one of its sons, Uzoh Obiora Nwafor. Obiora, as gathered, was revered in the community , owing to his unmatched simplicity. Aside being a security agent, his intimidating height and light skinned completion which usually stood him out among his peers, made him the cynosure of attracti...

ABUJA – Following a call by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the National Assembly to initiate an impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC has told the PDP that Nigeria was not a banana republic. The party also dismissed another call by the PDP to sack Ministers and the governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. In a statement by the national secretary of APC, Mai Mala Buni, APC reminded the PDP that Nigeria was a country governed by a set of laws. The statement read thus: “The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to Thursday’s comical statement credited to the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus calling for the removal of President Muhammadu Buhari, resignation of two ministers and the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria by the National Assembly. “The APC wishes to remind the PDP that Nigeria is not a Banana Republic, but a coun...

A billboard for the technology company Yahoo is seen August 5, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images) By Clyde Hughes Friday, 15 Jan 2016 11:00 AM                   Join in!   0 Comments Yahoo revealed Thursday that it is making its Yahoo Lab machine learning dataset available for academic research through the lab's  Webscope program,  Tech Crunch reported  Thursday. The dataset is about 13.5 terabytes and holds the interactions of roughly 20 million users from February 2015 through May 2015, including those happening on Yahoo's homepage along with Yahoo News, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, and Yahoo Real Estate, according to Tech Crunch. "Data is the lifeblood of research in machine learning," Suju Rajan,  Yahoo's director of personalization science at Yahoo Labs, said in a statement . "However, access to truly large-scale datasets is a privilege that has ...

13:07, 15 JAN 2016 UPDATED  15:23, 15 JAN 2016 BY   CLAIRE RUTTER Celebrity Big Brother star Jeremy McConnell was famous for being Mr Ireland - but apparently it wasn't the case         142 SHARES     2 COMMENTS Jeremy McConnell Celebrity Big Brother’s Jeremy McConnell has just been exposed as a liar. He was never Mr Ireland. Even though Jeremy has been called Mr Ireland in his CBB VT, it was never actually a thing. In a cringeworthy spin in Jeremy’s CBB tale, the model’s title has been exposed as fake by the organisers of the contest. Oh the shame. In a statement to RSVP magazine, they said: "Jeremy never held the title of Mr Ireland or represented Ireland at any event. Did Jeremy McConnell tell porkies to get in CBB? They added: "He was a finalist in late 2012 which saw Mr Limerick Leo Delaney win the title and represent Ireland at Mr World 2013. Leo placed a very impressive 1st runner...