Photos from the burial of gallant police officer who was gunned down in fierce battle with armed robbers in Abuja

Sergeant Felix Igbasan, a gallant officer attached to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has been laid to rest.

Sgt. Igbasan died on Monday, November 13th after sustaining multiple bullet wounds during a fierce gun duel with an eight-man notorious armed robbery gang in Abuja.

He was buried on November 24th , in his hometown, Okitipupa, Ondo State. 

Late Igbasan, who was described as the bravest and most reliable officer in the team was before his transfer to Abuja, a member of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in Lagos.  May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

 More photos below...

Man U's Jose Mourinho to sign Chelsea's John Mikel Obi in January

The Sun UK newspapers has published a shocking report, saying Jose Mourinho intends to sign Chelsea and Super Eagles midfielder John Mikel Obi in January.

Mourinho feels Mikel, who has a few months left in his Chelsea contact, will help improve Man U's midfield and is prepared to sign him in January when he knows he'll come cheap. Read the full report, after the cut. 

Mikel, 29, has not played under new Stamford Bridge manager Antonio Conte and there are no plans to renew his contract which runs out this season.

Now the Man united boss is ready to take advantage with a cut-price New Year offer for the player the Red Devils thought they had signed ten years ago.

Nigerian woman and her Irish-born child likely to be deported from Ireland

A Nigerian woman, who hid from the authorities for almost five years after deportation orders had been issued, could face deportation along with her Irish-born child after the High Court on Monday, November 28th, lifted an injunction preventing the State from sending them out of the country.

Justice Richard Humphreys yesterday, placed a four-week stay on the injunction discharge order so the mother and child can pursue any consequential orders and put their affairs in order before the deportation.

Julia Roberts kisses Paul Pogba as she & family visits Man U's stadium (Photos)

Legendary Hollywood actress Julia Roberts paid a visit to Old Trafford with her family to watch Manchester United play West Ham. The world's most expensive player, Paul Pogba shared a photo on his Instagram page of him getting kissed on the cheek by the actress.

Other top Man U stars like Ander Herrera and Michael Carrick were also pictured with the superstar actress who looked elated to be at the home of Britain's most successful club. More photos after the cut.

"Don't run away from your sexuality, don't shy away from who you are" - Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has given young aspiring actors and filmmakers, tips on how to make celebrity marriage work.

The mother of four, fondly called Omosexy was one of the panelists at the Innovation Warehouse, a mentorship programme for aspiring filmmakers and actors during the just concluded Africa International Film Festival in Lagos.  

While fielding questions from the participants, one asked why there is a high rate of divorce in celebrity marriages. In response, Omotola said that for a marriage to work in the entertainment industry, partners must be of the same faith.

We recognize Islamic laws but girls should be 18 before they get married- FG

Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Al-Hassan has said the Federal government recognizes Islamic laws that supports child marriage but a girl has to be at least 18 years old before she can be given out in marriage. She said this at a meeting in Abuja to launch the campaign against Child marriage in Nigeria by 2020.

"We cannot change the position of the Islamic laws especially since it is recognized in the Nigerian constitution but for the purpose of this campaign that we are launching, we are saying that to us, we agree with Islam but the child should be married when she is matured. We are saying that the age of maturity should be at least 18 years" she said

Wife who accused her Abia state Guber candidate husband of domestic abuse, rescinds...goes to court to swear he never touched her

So yesterday, LIB received a letter from the lawyers of former national chairman of ALGON and gubernatorial candidate of Progressive People's Alliance (PPA) in Abia State, Chief Chikwe Udensi, asking us to retract a story we published two weeks ago, where his wife's niece Irene Amos Abott shared photos of the battered woman, Mrs Chidimma Udensi, claiming the woman was physically abused by her husband after she asked for a divorce (read here).

A day later, same niece shared a video of Mrs Udensi showing her bruised face and saying she gave her niece permission to release the video online as she was too tired to talk at the time... she's now changing her tune!

We don't know what's going on behind the scenes but the woman has gone to court now to swear an affidavit that she was never abused by her husband and she never asked anyone to publish the story. Unfortunately for her, there's video evidence of her saying she asked her niece to release the video...so we don't know what games the family is playing. But we are watching...

See her affidavit below...