Lagos State Task Force officials allegedly harass, assault & detain some men and women (Photos/Videos)

In the early hours of September 3rd, some young Nigerians suffered from what can be described as a shocking abuse of power by officials of the Lagos state Task Force. Imagine going out to have fun after work on Friday at places without a curfew and then all of a sudden being manhandled, sexually harassed by men, thrown into a van and detained in a cell without knowing your offence? This was the fate of some women (including a heavily pregnant lady) and men in Lekki, Victoria Island and other places on Saturday, 3rd of September, 2016. LIB reached out to one of the victims (a woman), who cried bitterly as she recounted the horrific experience. Read after the cut...

The 9 most expensive cities to live in the world

Every year, the Economist Intelligence Unit releases two reports on which cities are the most expensive and the cheapest to live in.

The first of the reports, titled "Worldwide Cost of Living," looks at factors including food costs, fuel costs, and salaries.

And because of the strength of the US dollar and currency devaluations elsewhere, there have been a few major shifts in this year's rankings.

One of the editors of the survey, Jon Copestake, said: "In nearly 17 years of working on this survey I can't recall a year as volatile as 2015. Falling commodity prices have created deflationary pressures in some countries, but in others currency weakness caused by these falls has led to spiralling inflation."

Business Insider took a look at the nine most expensive cities in the world.

Man burns wife's mother and brother to death in Bayelsa State after she divorced him

A 37-year old man allegedly set the home of his in-laws on fire at Isampou in Ekeremor LGA in Bayelsa state, killing the mother-in-law, after his wife divorced him. The brother-in-law, who sustained first degree burns later died at the hospital.

 

According to Leadership Newspaper, the incident occurred on Thursday, at about 9pm. Angry mob from the community stormed the suspect's village in speed boats with the burnt corpses to carry out a reprisal attack by setting ablaze his family house ablaze in Bomadi, Delta State.

It was gathered that the suspect was having marital problems with his wife who later called off the marriage and returned to her parent's village. An Isampou indigene said:

"Yes I heard about the fire. We gathered that the wife left him some days ago insisting that she does not want to marry him anymore. The wife was living with her husband at Bomadi, Delta state before she left for her mother’s house at Isampou, Bayelsa"

Mum posts harrowing picture of 'lifeless' teen daughter in coma after vodka binge to warn other children

A mum has shared harrowing photos of her teenage daughter lying 'lifeless' in a coma in hospital after a vodka binge with her pals.

Melissa Aho posted the images of 15-year-old Ryleigh Ackles online in a bid to warn other children about the potentially fatal dangers of alcohol.

She said her daughter was left 'foaming at the mouth', repeatedly falling over and vomiting into her lungs after downing popular Cîroc vodka .

The teenager, who weighs less than 7 stone, nearly died after her blood alcohol content soared to a staggering .28 - a near-fatal level.

But fortunately, she survived after being rushed to hospital - after one of the girls she was with alerted her mum to her serious condition.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs on growing up: "I wanted to... shake up the world"

Sean "Diddy" Combs is not surprised by his success.

"When I was growing up I really felt that I would be somebody," Combs told us this week. "I felt like I wanted to come and shake up the world. I wasn't really surprised when I had reached a certain amount of success through hard work."

Combs, 46, tops Forbes' list of the wealthiest rappers with a staggering $750 million fortune. He's made that money in ways that go way past music. Combs' clothing line, Sean John, which he started in 1998, brings in a reported $525 million a year in revenue. He has a deal with Ciroc Vodka that pays him a hefty portion of its profits.

And those are only some of the businesses he has a hand in. Also part of his portfolio: Revolt Films and Revolt Media & TV, which launched in 2013; Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment; Combs Wine & Spirits; AQUAhydrate and a marketing and advertising firm, The Blue Flame Agency.

Infringement of my Fundamental Human Rights by the DG, Nigerian Law School & the Secretary, Council of Legal Education - Ibezim

Read his statement below...

I am Henrilynn Ibezim, a graduate of University of Buckingham (2012). After the successful completion of my Bachelor’s degree, I immediately moved back to Nigeria to contribute my fair share to the greater development of my country particularly in my field of study.

In order to practice in Nigeria, every Law graduate must attend the one-year mandatory legal education at the Nigerian Law school and be found fit for admission to the Nigerian Bar. I was admitted into the Nigerian Law School, Bwari, Abuja in 2012, and I was with the 2012/2013 batch with identification number ABJ/1664. 

All foreign trained students are also mandated to attend a three months  Bar part 1 programme prior to the Bar part 2 programme, so as to familiarize them with the Nigerian legal system after which an exam is conducted and only the successful candidates are thereafter allowed to proceed to the Bar part 2, being the one year legal education programme for all trained lawyers in Nigeria. I passed my Bar Part 1 exam, and proceeded to the Bar 2 program. Unfortunately, due to some family circumstances I did not pass my Bar 2 exam at the first seating, however I was successful on my second seating of the exams in August 2014.

Terminally-ill woman who touched thousands with brave TV shows about living with cancer dies eight months after achieving her biggest bucket list ambition - her 40th birthday party

A terminally-ill woman who defied doctors' expectations to mark her 40th birthday has died.

Rowena Kincaid, 40, died of breast cancer yesterday. 

Rowena, from Cardiff, presented two documentaries about what to do with the time she had left when she was told she had cancer. 

The BBC Wales picture editor was just 33 and had recently returned from travelling in New Zealand when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer.

In 2013, having previously undergone surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she was diagnosed with secondary cancer and said she felt she was living on 'borrowed time'.

She decided to make two documentaries, called Before I Kick The Bucket, about living with the disease.

The Arsenal Legends beat Milan Glorie 4-2 at the Emirates (Kanu rolled back the years at the Emirates with 3 goals )

Arsenal Legends beat AC Milan Glorie 4-2 at the Emirates

A Nwanko Kanu hat-trick inspired the Arsenal Legends to a 4-2 victory over Milan Glorie at the Emirates.

The Gunners faithful were treated to some of the finest talents from the past in the charity game for the Arsenal Foundation.

As well as three from the Nigerian, Robert Pires combined with former wide man Freddie Ljungberg to also register.

Christian Vieri was at the double for the Rossoneri, but it was the Gunners' day.

Let's take a look at the Arsenal Legends' past and where they are now.

Action Images via Reuters

Mother gets her daughter a birthday cake of her head stuck in the toilet after a drunk night out

Abbi Price from Coventry celebrated her milestone 18th birthday last week and thanks to her family, it's one she'll never forget. Her mum decided to replicate a hilarious image of her throwing up after a big night out. She got a beautiful three-tier cake but at its top was the unflattering memorial.

Abbi said: 'I loved the cake and I expected the photo to be printed on the cake so when I saw they actually made a whole figure out if it I was really impressed.

AFTER COURT NO-SHOW In Massey Beating Case

LIL TWISTARRESTED 

Lil Twist -- Justin Bieber's ex-pal -- got locked up after failing to show his face for a hearing in his assault case ... TMZ has learned.  

Twist's lawyer showed up in a downtown L.A. courthouse Thursday morning, but that wasn't good enough for the judge who immediately issued a bench warrant. Twist got wind of the warrant and headed to court in the afternoon. 

When he arrived he was taken into custody, and booked for failure to appear. 

TMZ broke the story ... Twist was charged with multiple felonies for allegedly breaking into Kyle Massey's house, beating up his brother, Chris, and stealing a Rolex.

CHRIS BROWN THE PROSECUTOR IS OUT TO GET ME

Chris Brown was arrested this week because the woman who prosecuted him in the Rihanna case still has a score to settle ... so claims Chris and his team.

Deputy D.A. Mary Murray was a key player in the decision to have Brown arrested for felony assault with a deadly weapon ... this according to law enforcement sources. Murray has a long and contentious history with Chris. She not only prosecuted Brown in the Rihanna case, she was involved in the various probation violation hearings in which she asked for jail time, and often lost.

Librarian leaves $4m to school he worked at for 50 years

A University of New Hampshire librarian and alumnus Robert Morin who spent almost 50 years of his life working at the Durham campus’s Dimond Library, who died last year at the age of 77 left $4 million to the school.
Morin, who was known to “live simply,”amassed his wealth through the stock market but kept his job as a janitor until his death. Even fewer knew he then gifted his fortune to his alma mater.

UNH announced in a statement Tuesday that the unexpected benefactor Robert Morin left $4 million to the school.

“Bob’s demonstrated commitment to UNH through his philanthropy is tremendously inspiring,” President Mark Huddleston said in a statement. 

Mum convinces husband to pay for £6,000 boob job then becomes glamour model and dumps him

Glamour model Victoria Duckworth

A mum sensationally dumped the dad of her two children after he'd reluctantly forked out £6,000 on a boob job for her.

Beautician and glamour model Victoria Duckworth, 25, finally convinced her boyfriend of six years Mark Dalziel, 25 to pay the hefty fee for surgery.

Victoria from Warrington got her wish and went from a 32A to 32E during the three-hour operation at Manchester Transform.

Mark said he had had always preferred Victoria as a natural beauty, but agreed to part with the money to keep her happy.

American student who was declared dead in 2004 'was kidnapped in China, made Kim Jong Un's personal tutor, and now lives in North Korea with a wife and two children'

A US student who supposedly died in China in 2004 has reportedly turned up alive in North Korea after being kidnapped to serve as Kim Jong Un's personal tutor.

David Sneddon of Brigham Young University disappeared in Yunnan Province aged 24, in what Chinese police said was probably a hiking accident.

But the reality, according to Choi Sung-yong, head of South Korea's Abductees' Family Union, is that he was kidnapped to be an English tutor to the then-heir to North Korea Yahoo News Japan reported Wednesday.

Vanished: David Sneddon (pictured) disappeared in 2004 while in Yunnan Province, China. Chinese police said he likely died by accident while hiking, but his body was never found

Breaking: FACEBOOK SpaceX rocket exploded at its Cape Canaveral launch pad

A SpaceX rocket exploded at its Cape Canaveral launch pad Thursday morning, destroying the rocket and the satellite it was due to launch on Saturday.

SpaceX said there were no injuries as a result of the explosion, which it described as an "anomaly." SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the explosion happened while the rocket was being fueled, but that the cause of the blast is still unknown.

The rocket was carrying a satellite to be used by Facebook (FB, Tech30) to bring internet access to Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

Facebook is in a partnership with French satellite firm Eutelsat Communications. The satellite, called Amos 6, was owned by Israeli company Spacecom.