5 players to look out for at the AFCON 2017 (Photos)

With the 2017 Africa Cup of Nation set to kick off in Gabon from January 14 to February 5, 2017, LIB brings you the top 5 football stars to watch out for:

The Game, Soulja Boy & Safaree all want a piece of Nicki Minaj's pie after break up with Meek Mill (screenshots)

Nicki Minaj last week shocked fans when she took to Twitter to announce she was single after breaking up with rapper, Meek Mill.

And it seems now that rappers The Game (he had a public beef with Meek Mill), Soulja Boy and even her ex-boyfriend Safaree all want a piece of Nicki's pie and haven't been shy to show it as they have been hitting on her on social media.

DJ Cuppy pictured with her mom as she performs at a Presidential dinner in Ghana

Femi Otedola's daughter DJ Cuppy showed off her mom in snapchat at a Presidential dinner in Ghana where she was the DJ. More photos after the cut.

Tupac's racy love letter to be sold for $25k (Photo)

A 1995 love letter which was handwritten by Tupac Shakur from prison will be going up for sale for $25k.

The explicit letter which features lines like ‘Ever been oiled down & massaged to the sounds of slow sensual music’ and 'Ever been tied to a bedpost and licked like a lollipop?' was a response to a passionate letter a woman had sent to him.

According to TMZ, the CEO of Goldin Auctions, will be putting the letter on the auction block Monday, and expects it go for at least $25k

See the letter after below..

Photo: 85 year old mother of 6 commits suicide in Kano

An 85 year old mother of six identified as Salamatu Hassan, committed suicide close to her home in Jar-Kuka village in Gezawa Local Government area of Kano state, yesterday Sunday January 8th.

Salamatu who is said to be suffering from mental illness, was found dangling from a tree in the village. Her grandson, Muhammed Ibrahim, told newsmen that his grandmother had been missing for two days. He said his family found out she had committed suicide this morning.

"Mothers, go ahead and breastfeed in church, without fear" - Pope Francis

Pope Francis encouraged women attending a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday to feel free to breastfeed their children in the church.

"The ceremony is a little long, someone's crying because he's hungry. That's the way it is," the pontiff said. "You mothers, go ahead and breastfeed, without fear. Just like the Virgin Mary nursed Jesus," he told worshippers attending an annual ceremony commemorating the baptism of Jesus. 

APGA acting National chairman, Nwabueze Okafor, dies at 47

Nwabueze Okafor, the acting national chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, has died. He reportedly died on Sunday morning Jan. 8th following a brief illness.

His death was confirmed by his political associate, the Assistant National Financial Secretary of APGA, Okecheckwu Nkolagu, who said that Okafor died at about 8 a.m. on Sunday in Niger foundation hospital Enugu after a brief illness.