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The story is a bit weird and a little confusing. According to reports from other Nigerian students in Cyrus, Ebinabo Mendeinyo (pictured left) was allegedly stabbed to death by other Nigerians in Cyrus on Dec. 26th at his student apartment. The initial story was that he jumped from the 6th floor of his apartment building out of fear when the boys came to confront him, but the Cyprus police have ruled that out after they found stab wounds on his body.

Flavour's manager, Benjamin & his Beautiful fiancée, Ifeyinwa Onyuike tied the knot traditionally yesterday in Nnimo, Anambra State. Congrats to them! See more photos after the cut...

38-year-old Cristina Ojeda-Thies suffered a shark attack while swimming off the popular resort of Gran Canaria. She tweeted a photo showing the scars on her hand where the shark had sunk its teeth, 'Today I've had a face to face meeting with a shark. Things that happen when you swim in the Canaries in December.' she tweeted

Well...if he's been good! :-)

They refuse to sell into Jerry-cans but are fine selling into buckets? This was seen at MRS station after Berger.

A man believed to be an elderly farmer was just inches away from death after the River Calder in West Yorkshire burst its banks and flooded the streets. Rescuers got to him and tried to take him to higher ground but he refused the leave the red Land Rover he was driving in.

A relative of President Buhari's spokesperson, Femi Adesina, Professor Foluke Ogunleye died in a fatal motor crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday December 26th. Ogunleye who is believed to be the elder sister of Femi Adesina, was on her way to Lagos on boxing day, 26th of December, when the accident occurred. Until her death, she was a lecturer with Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU and was at a point, the Head, Department of Dramatic Art.

This is a photo from a wedding in Kenya a few days ago. It was shared by a Kenyan on twitter.

Actress and producer Chika Ike's movie Miss Teacher is one of the most recommended movies on Iroko tv. The movie is written and produced by Chika Ike and directed by Serah Donald Onyeachor . Viewers can't get enough of this movie as positive reviews keeps flooding in after being viewed by them. After the cut are some of the reviews...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo arrived Bukina Faso yesterday night for the inauguration of a new and democratically elected president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré who was elected into office last month. More photos after the cut...

Senator Shehu Sani has reacted to his suspension from Tudun Wada ward of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State over allegations of committing anti-party activities and criticizing Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai's government. Continue to see more of his reaction

Hajjiya Sa'adatu Aliyu mustapha (pictured with the young man and some women before her death) the mother of Lamido of Adamawa, Dr Barkindo Aliyu Mustapha has died at the age of 102. Hajjiya Sa'adatu was laid to rest today according to Islamic rites in Yola, Adamawa State.

President Buhari's wife Aisha arrived Maiduguri, Borno State today for a visit...

Russell Simmons who met his ex wife Kimora Lee when she was 17 had this to say about the mother of his 2 children, her other children and the men in her life. 58 year old Russell and 40 year old Kimora met in 1992 when she was a model and were married from 1998 to 2009.

50 cent and his youngest son in an adorable new photo shared on his Instagram page...

Yesterday, I shared photos from a fatal accident that occurred on the Benin-Okada expressway, where a passenger bus went up in flames. (read here ). A woman and her child survived the fatal crash and were rushed to the hospital but unfortunately the woman has died. 

Sylvia Edem was a model and 2002 Miss Nigeria. She's pictured with her husband, Chris Emechete at the Ovation Carol on Sunday night in Lagos. Another photo after the cut..

Former presidential aide Reno Omokri writes open letter to the minister of Information. Read below

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has sacked and replaced the five-man panel of judges handling the Delta State governorship election petition at the Court of Appeal, in Benin city following cases of alleged corruption, compromise, and abuse of office leveled against the judges.

The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) will from today supply an additional 1.5 million liters of fuel to the domestic market. This additional litres of Fuel means about 50 trucks will be released into the northern part of the country. Production at the refinery was disrupted in September due to pipeline vandalization.

2shotz posted this pic online and captioned it, "Good people, happy place"!

Lagos state governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday commissioned the Ipaja-Ayobo, Ikotun-Ejigbo Roads and also inspected ongoing construction of Brown Street in Lagos. Continue to see more pics..

Royal Lounge, the most distinguished, exclusive lounge in Atlanta, will officially open its doors on Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2015. Santa Claus is bringing Akon and friends to town to kick off this high-class celebration of life.

Crystal Matrau-Belt gave birth to son Jeremiah on Saturday, December 13, following an emergency C-section at Bronson Medical Hospital in Kalamazoo. She called her fiancé, Emil Skokan III, 34, and told him to head to the hospital. Her mother Peggy Nichols, 53, was traveling to Matrau-Belt's house at the time, so she and Skokan decided to ride to the hospital together.  

Kim K's little princess Nori, looks really adorable in this photo. That necklace she's wearing is beautiful. Kim K shared the photo and captioned it: "My little ballerina".

Beyonce is certainly feeling the Christmas mood as she dressed up like a Christmas tree for her office party.

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A businessman and founder of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, finally left detention on Wednesday after spending three days in Kuje prison in Abuja, where a Federal High Court in Abuja remanded him pending when he would meet the N400m bail conditions ‎granted him with respect to N2.1bn fraud charges preferred against him 

President Buhari will on Tuesday December 22nd present the 2016 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. Senate President Bukola Saraki read a letter from the presidency to this effect today December 16th.

United States President, Barack Obama has appointed a Nigerian national Adewale Adeyemo, to succeed Caroline Atkinson as his deputy national security adviser for international economic affair, The Wall Street Journal reports.

 Lamar Odom and Caitlyn Jenner top Google’s 2015 “Year in Search” report released on Wednesday, which lists the people, places and events that trended the most over the past year.He topped the lists for Top Trending General Searches and Top Trending People (Not Including Deaths) globally and in NYC.

There was a major fire at SPAR - Lekki around 11.30/11.45 am today. The cause of the fire is not yet known. The fire has since been contained.

Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB staged a protest in Lagos today. They were demanding for the unconditional release of their leader Nnamdi Kanu. 

The actress who delved into politics by contesting for Cross River state House of Assembly, has been appointed Special Adviser Liason to Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River state .. Congrats to her ..

Six people including five female suicide bombers aged between 9 and 13, lost their lives during an attack in Maiduguri, Borno state earlier today. According to reports, the five girls who had bombs strapped on them were travelling in a group when they approached civilian vigilantes helping the Nigerian military fight Boko Haram.

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode today ordered the arrest of some traffic offenders in the Ijora area of the state. He was driving in his convoy when he came in contact with some of the offenders. More photos after the cut...

Every December since 2013, I have been giving away N1million to you my amazing readers and this year will not be an exception. I would like to say a big Thank You to everyone who opened LIB in 2015! I keep saying you guys changed my life and I can't thank you enough. The individuals and companies who come here to pay huge sums of money to advertise don't do it because they like me, they do it because they know you all are here. They see the millions of clicks a day and the ranking on Alexa and they pay to use my platform to reach you guys. I owe you guys so much, for the love, support and having my back through the good, the bad and the ugly. Especially the ugly...lol.

Demola, son of the Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Babatunde Fashola, was called to the Nigerian Bar today December 15th. His parents and the Oba of Lagos Oba Rilwan Akiolu graced the occasion. See more photos after the cut...

Former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki, former Minister for State of Finance Bashir Yuguda, Former Sokoto state governor Attahiru Baffarawa, his son Saggiru and others were arraigned in court today for hearing of their bail application which was adjourned till Friday. Continue to see more photos...  

A passenger on a Zhengzhou-to-Haikou flight captured these photos of an air hostess feeding a paralyzed passenger. The photos posted online has since gone viral with many people hailing her kind gesture. After seeing 71-year-old Niu struggling to eat, air hostess Fan Xuesong went above and beyond her duty, to help him eat.

Reality star Masika Kaylsha has been around and now she's claiming she's pregnant for rapper Fetty Wap who is not convinced he's the baby daddy. More tweets after the cut...

Our 20s fly by before we know it, and we want to make sure we did the decade justice. Did we worry about the right things? Are we where we should be now? The best way to prepare for those questions and answer them to the best of our abilities, is to make sure spend time on what really matters and what may help us in the future. We took a look at a Quora thread that had great advice for people in their 20s who may be wondering what some of the important things to invest time in may be, and here is what we found.

The managements of Peoples Media Limited, publishers of Peoples Daily; Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited, publishers of New Telegraph, Saturday Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, and Independent Newspapers Limited, publishers of Daily Independent newspapers, have all come out to publicly deny Nduka Obaigbena's claims that he gave them N10 million each from embattled former National Security Adviser NSA Sambo Dasuki as compensation for the military confiscation of their dailies in June last year. TThe Chief Operating Officer of the Peoples Daily newspaper, Ali Ali, in a statement released yesterday refuted claims of receiving any money for compensation from the last government.“One of the revelations on the current inquisition of the tenure of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) is that this newspaper, among several other national dailies, received the sum of N10million from the office of the former NSA through Nduka Obaigbe...

The Delta state Police command have arrested 15 year old Silas Anidi, the only son of the General Overseer of God Pecu­liar Evangelical Ministry, Sapele, Delta State, for beheading 11-year-old Aghogho Igbi and was about to do same to the deceased’s sister, Favour, when neighbours intervened and got him arrested.