Sunday, 2 April 2017

Landslides in Colombia kill 154 people

Aid officials confirm that Landslides have killed at least 154 people in south-west Colombia and left many more injured. 

Hours of heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks, flooding homes with mud in Putumayo province. The Red Cross said that at least 220 were missing, and another 202 were injured.
President Juan Manuel Santos, who travelled to the area, said troops had been deployed as part of a national emergency response. He declared a state of emergency in the region. 

Photo: Emir of Kano vows to get local barber arrested for damaging the private part of a 15 year old bride during circumcision


Emir of Kano has vowed to ensure that the Commissioner of Police in Kano state gets one Mallam Shu’aibu Wanzam, a local barber arrested for damaging the private part of 15 year old bride named Kaltume Ibrahim Mai-Kaji pictured above, during circumcision.

According to the post on the Emir's IG page, Kaltume Ibrahim Mai-Kaji and Aminu Ali, her husband, had spent several years dating before they eventually got married in 2013 in Kano State, when she clocked 15 years. 

Lovely photo of BBNaija housemate, Efe's mum, sisters and brothers

 They have the same beautiful smile!

All that glitters is not gold: See 'glam' photos of Joy Eluwa, one of the alleged killers of Jumia delivery man

Chukwuma Eleje, a delivery agent with Jumia online marketing store was murdered and thrown into a septic tank in the Ada-George area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Saturday, March 25th.

The suspected killers, Joy Eluwa (pictured striking various poses in her social media photos), Sodienye Mbatumukeke and Excel Naabe have since been arrested by operatives of the Rivers State Police Command.

Alert! Public Advisory on Meningitis outbreak in Nigeria: Reduce kissing, hand shaking, avoid overcrowding, self-medication

Nigeria's Ministry of Health has issued a public advisory following the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) that has spread across the country and mostly affecting States in the upper parts of the country which fall within the African Meningitis Belt.

Other Countries that are facing similar outbreaks at the moment include our West-African Neighbours like Niger, Chad, Cameroun, Togo, and Burkina Faso. The larger African Meningitis Belt consists of 26 Countries that stretch from Senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau in the west coast to eastern countries of Eritrea and Ethiopia. 

Photo of the 21-year-old Nigerian student who was brutally attacked by Indian mob in shocking video


Last week LIB shared a disturbing video that emerged amid rash of racist attacks on Africans in Greater Noida, Delhi, in which a man was kicked, punched and beaten with steel by a large group at a shopping mall.

Th young man identified as a 21-year-old Nigerian student Endurance Amalawa and his brother Precious, were wandering through a Ansal Plaza when the phone rang with warnings from a friend, “Hurry home, mobs of Indians are attacking Africans across the area."

Blue or Purple: Beyonce's gown is causing confusion online


Last night, Beyonce stepped out in this lovely gown for a family dinner with Jay Z and their daughter. The internet is however going crazy about the colour of the gown. Some see blue others see purple. What color do you see?

Anti-IPOB Protesters Take Case To American Embassy (Photos)

Members of Stand Up for Peace Movement have gone on a protest in Abuja on Thursday, in reaction to America’s stand that IPOB is not a t...