Liberian president, Ellen Sirleaf, appoints her son as head of Liberian Central Bank

Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has appointed her son, Charles Sirleaf, as the interim executive governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL). Charles, who is a highly experienced banker, was until his appointment, the deputy governor of the bank, having worked for the bank since 2004. He takes over from Joseph Mills Jones, the immediate Governor of the Bank who resigned so he can prepare to run for president during Liberia's presidential election due to take place in 2017.

President Sirleaf suspended her son for a while in 2012, following his failure to properly declare his asset.

2016 List Of Grammy Award Winners

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards just ended and a handful of your favorite pop, rock, rap and country stars have already been named winners for their work this past year.
LL Cool J hosted this year's festivities, which was held at Los Angeles' Staples Center. See below for a full list of 2016 Grammy Awards winners:

Bride treks to her wedding venue due to Lagos marathon vehicle restriction

This photo of a bride walking to her wedding was shared on Twitter today. The bride had to walk to the venue of her wedding due to the restriction placed on vehicular movement in Lagos today because of the Lagos marathon.


Photo credit: Tolu Fawehinmi

Chelsea partners with Beats

Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce Beats by Dr. Dre (Beats) as our new and first ever Official Sound Partner. 

Beats by Dr. Dre (Beats) is a leading audio brand founded in 2006 by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine.

Through its family of world-class consumer headphones, earphones and speakers, Beats has introduced an entirely new generation to the possibilities of premium sound entertainment. They are the global market leader in the premium headphone market.

Kenyan Abraham Kiptum wins Lagos City Marathon

The much awaited Lagos City Marathon has ended with over 20,000 athletes, including 150 local and international world-class runners who participated. Kenyan Marathoner- Abraham Kipton has won the inaugural edition of the race.
Citizens from Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco, Uganda, India, Cameroon, Asia and other parts of the world are very much in the city of Lagos to contest for the ultimate $50, 000 prize money to be given to the first.

Meek Mill sentenced to 3 months house arrest...and 6 years of probation

Meek Mill was sentenced today for violating his probation and according to a report by TMZ, he escaped prison. The report below...

Meek Mill just got the best possible outcome at his sentencing for probation violation -- zero time behind bars. A Philadelphia judge gave Meek 6 to 12 months in county jail, BUT he will be allowed to serve the time on house arrest. He will do a minimum of 90 days, and won't be able to do his regular job -- rapping and performing, he can only do charitable work for the community.

Video: Nigerian female Army cadet beats up a man for calling her 'beautiful'

Sahara Reporters posted this shocking video of human rights abuses by some army cadets. A female cadet is seen molesting and torturing, with the help of her colleagues, a young man who called her 'beautiful'... Watch video below;

Helicopter reportedly crashes around Murtala Muhammed International airport, in Lagos

According to @Aviationgistng a helicopter have crashed around the Murtala Muhammed International airport, in Lagos..

Bill Cosby tries to block sex assault prosecution

Comedian Bill Cosby on Tuesday sought to derail Pennsylvania prosecutors’ effort to make him stand trial on sexual assault charges, contending that a deal reached over a decade ago gave him immunity from prosecution.

An entertainer who built a career on family-friendly comedy, Cosby now faces accusations from more than 50 women that he sexually assaulted them, often after plying them with drugs and alcohol, in a series of attacks dating to the 1960s.

Ariel Winter bares her breast reduction scars on Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet

Ariel Winter arrives at the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, in Los Angeles. Picture: Jordan Strauss/Invision/APSource:AP

Winter shared her view on the decision with her Twitter followers:

Graphic Photo: Hoodlums attack and stab LAWMA worker in the eye after he tipped off police

A worker with the Lagos State Waste Management Agency, Oluwaseun Thomas, is currently on admission at a private hospital on the Lagos Island, after hoodlums stabbed him in the eye for allegedly reporting their activities to the police.

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Wiz Khalifa talks about about Kanye's apology

Wiz Khalifa and Kanye West had some serious Twitter beef recently, but all of that has been resolved.
On Tuesday afternoon, Kanye tweeted

"Me and Wiz spoke yesterday," he shared on social media. "Great convo. All positive." WHAT ELSE, KANYE?! but didn't elaborate on how it went down.

Photos: 4year old girl & her dad burnt to death during Boko Haram attack in Maiduguri yesterday

A 4 year old girl and her father were among those that were burnt to death inside their homes during an attack on Dalori, a settlement situated on the outskirt of Maiduguri, Borno state yesterday January 30th. Over 100 people were reportedly killed during the attack which lasted over 3 hours. The sect members, dressed in military uniform, shot people dead and burnt homes. Continue to see graphic photos from the attack 

VIDEO: HumbleSmith ft. Davido – Osinachi (Remix)

HumbleSmith ft. Davido – Osinachi (Remix)

Osinachi (Remix) by Humblesmith featuring Davido, is enjoying massive radio play in Lagos at the moment and gets bigger by the day. Its crisp visuals, which you can watch below was directed by
Clarence Peters and you can tell that he did an amazing job. Interestingly, right before Davido’s first verse, a hilarious scene occurs that adds more humor to the “No be by force to go Dubai” line by Davido.

Americans say Olamide is homosexual because he rocked Sandals

Olamide took this pic with Wale when he attended Toolz' wedding yesterday in this outfit, Rapper Wale uploaded it on his Instagram page, his American fans called Olamide gay because he wore sandals... Trust Nigerians, they reacted quickly.. read below;

Maheeda shares hot Sunday photos (+18)

Maheeda just released some steamy photos to mark the end of January..

Jamie Foxx shows butt while sagging

The 48-year-old 'Blame it on the alcohol' singer was spotted leaving Mr Chow's restaurant in Beverly hills, and had a bit of trouble getting into an SUV and in the process, bared his butt. Blame it on the alcohol

Leonardo DiCaprio wins his first SAG award

After five Individual nominations, the actor finally got his hands on a SAG award. He picked up the gong for best male actor for his role in The Revenant. He had been up against Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs), Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), and Johnny Depp (Black Mass). During his acceptance speech, Leo said:

Saudi prince slams Donald Trump on Twitter

A Saudi prince has slammed Donald Trump after being dragged into the Republican presidential front-runner’s battle with Fox News, saying he “bailed out” the businessman twice in the past.

The war of words erupted on Twitter on Thursday after Trump posted a photoshopped image that showed Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal bin Abdulaziz with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly describing Al-Waleed as a “co-owner of Fox News”.

See Woman who carried pregnancy for four years

33-year-old Oluwabunmi and her 42-year-old husband, Bankole Ogidan both pictured above, welcomed their first child at a hospital in Ogun state on Wednesday January 27th from a pregnancy she reportedly carried for four years.

Narrating the unusual experience to The Nation, Bankole who has been married to Oluwabunmi since August 2011 said

14-year-old girl raped by four friends

Femi Olatunji, 17; Oyekanmi Rasheed, 18; Oladele Habib, 18 and John Alade, 16, are currently chilling at the police net in Lagos, for allegedly raping 14-year-old Habibat Adeolu (not real names).

Speaking to Saturday PUNCH , Habibat said the friends threatened to kill her if she told anybody about the incident.

Narrating her ordeal, the young girl who said she had known Femi as her tailor, said she went to him to have her dress mended when he and his friends pounced on her.She said;

Rapper Wale arrives Lagos, poses with armed policemen

The US based Nigerian rapper arrived Lagos this evening....

Dele Momodu shows off his phone collections on IG

Dele Momodu, some days back displayed his eight phones to his followers on Instagram.. Ovation boss said;

Zuckerberg now the 6th richest person in the world

The Facebook founder and CEO saw his net worth surge overnight Wednesday to around $47 billion on the strength of the social network's latest quarterly results, pushing Zuckerberg up to number six on the list of the world's richest people, according to data from Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.

Zuckerberg overtook Charles and David Koch, the billionaire brothers known for pouring money into Republican coffers, and now sits behind a couple of his tech cohorts in the rankings, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

See The Billionaire who lost $6bn in 1 day but is still the 5th richest in the world + see top 10 richest men

Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos (right) lost $6 billion in one day after his company's share price fell 11 percent but don't cry for him, he still has $49.2 billion even though he slipped from fourth place to fifth on Forbes's rich list.

Photos: Peter Okoye and Samuel Eto'o on the streets of London

Peter who is learning about football business after opening his management company is pictured with International football star, Samuel Eto'o on the streets of London. Another photo after the cut...

I Will Be Releasing Three Albums This Year – Banky W

EME boss, Banky W, has revealed that he will be releasing not one but three albums this year.
The singer/record label boss, made this known while talking about his label act, Shaydee’s album, via Snapchat.

Photos: Nigerian man, his pregnant wife & two sons die in house fire in America

Few weeks after a Nigerian grandfather Sampson Omogbo and his wife Carolyn, died in a house-fire alongside their 2 year old twin grand children at their home in USA , another Nigerian family, 26 year old Jeremiah Owojori, his pregnant wife Ashley, their 5 year old son and seven month old son all died in a tragic fire incident at their home at 201 Coleman Str. in West Monroe, Louisiana, USA. The sad incident took place on Sunday January 24th.

Kanye West replies Amber Rose's tweet about their sex life

Kanye West returned to Twitter this morning to respond to Amber Rose's tweet about their sex life when they dated. The rapper denied ever letting any ex play with his ass and called Amber 'mad'.

This is in response to Amber's tweet two days ago where she asked if Kanye was mad that she was no longer around to play with his asshole, during his twitter beef with Amber's other ex, Wiz Khalifa.

See the letter armed robbers sent to a street in Abuja

The letter above was purportedly sent by armed robbers to people staying at a street in Karu in Abuja. It was actually posted at the street corner. A LIB reader who lives in the area sent it in. These real owners of property sef...see list! Lol. Read the full letter after the cut...

Rita Ora beams as she goes topless for magazine cover after shoot with Terry Richardson

Rita Ora for Lui Magazine

Miley Cyrus might have given up on the nudity for five minutes but Rita Ora has proved she still keen to strip off and shock in the name of art.

The 25-year-old singer posed topless for controversial snapper Terry Richardson for he cover of French publication Lui magazine and she's certainly not shy as she beams in the pic flashing her pearly whites as well as her boobs.

Man Falls 30ft to His Death while Climbing Building after He Forgot His Keys Inside

It is believed the 52-year-old Ecuadorian man, who has not been named, forgot his keys and they were locked inside his home in Alicante, Spain. He was trying to use a rope to lower himself down from the roof and get in through an open window but tragically lost his balance and plummeted from the third floor.

A neighbour happened to be filming his perilous attempt when he captured the whole devastating event unfold on his mobile phone.

Kanye vs. Wiz | The Wendy Williams Show

Wendy Williams jumped into Wiz Kahlifa and Amber Rose's corner in their battle against Kanye West on Thursday. The controversial 51-year-old host initially seemed to be criticizing the rapper for his comments about Amber's stripper past and her son with Wiz but quickly turned it into attack on the Yeezus star and his wife Kim Kardashian.

Justin Bieber shares sexy photo in bed

Justin Bieber shared this photo of himself 'sleeping' in his Calvin Klein boxers and nothing else. He captioned it 'Sweet dreams'.

Dammy Krane Injured In Fight With Wizkid and Entourage at Club Quilo

Just days ago, Dammy Krane tweeted some very strong allegations against Wizkid on twitter but it seems things deteriorated even further when the pair came face to face at Club Quilox at the early hours of this morning.
Several stars were gathered at the club as Super Eagles striker Obafemi Martins threw and exclusive ‘All Black Party’.

A bloodied shirt on Dammy Krane’s shoulder with a cut on his chin sustained during the altercation as seen in the pictures below. An eyewitness of the account reported that Dammy Krane almost used a bottle on Wizkid during the melee(See tweets below).

VIDEO: Tiwa Savage – “Standing Ovation” ft. Olamide

After the disappointing under performance of “African Waist” featuring Don Jazzy; Mavin Records’ first lady Tiwa Savage unlocks the music video for the second single off her sophomore album “R.E.D”, which is the Olamide assisted “Standing Ovation”.

Celine Dion's husband, Rene Angelil, dies at 73

Husband to International songstress, Celine Dion, Rene Angelil has died at the age of 73. Rene died in the early hours of today January 14th. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998. His health got so bad last year that Celine took a leave of absence from her Las Vegas show at Caesars Palace.

Sources close to Celine say Rene's death was completely unexpected because recently he'd felt much better. He and Celine have children together...a 14-year-old and 5-year-old twins. He also has 3 other children from a previous marriage. May his soul rest in peace, amen.

Photos: Goodluck Jonathan is a grandfather again!

Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan's adopted daughter Inebharapu Paul welcomed her first child with husband Simeon Onyemaechi on Jan. 11th at Memorial Hospital West, In Pembroke pines Miami, Florida. The couple got married in December 2014. See more photos after the cut...

Oscars 2016 Nominations: Complete List of Nominees

Is this the year Leonardo DiCaprio will finally win his Oscar? Many feel so. See the full list of Oscar 2016 nominees after the cut...

Cossy Orjiakor take sexy photos displaying her huge boobs

As shared by the actress on instagram. Another photo after the cut...

Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard actor, dies aged 69

British actor Alan Rickman, well known for his role in the movie series, Harry Potter, died today January 16th after secretly battling cancer for years. He was 69 years old. His family said he died at home surrounded by family and friends. May his soul rest in peace, amen. More photos after the cut..

The return of bird flu to Nigeria

Read the press statement from Anambra state government below...

The Anambra State Government alerts members of the public about the resurgence of Avian Influenza popularly called Bird Flu in some states across the country. This disease which is usually associated with birds can also be transmitted from bird to man. Bird Flu can be transmitted through direct contact with infected birds or poultry materials.

Lionel Messi wins World Footballer of the Year 2015

The Argentine beat rivals Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal) to clinch a record 5th Ballon D'or award. The award was voted by all National team coaches and approved Journalists. Well deserved. Congrats to him!