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                                                           According to France's socialist government today pledged to toughen up its anti face covering law after a veiled Muslim woman was ejected from a major Opera house Bastille .Her ejection from the opera house has divided opinion in the city's liberal arts community,in which cast members performing La Traviata openly objected to the presence of a woman in the audience wearing a niqab type veil.The Director of the Bastille Opera house said ''A singer spotted her in the frount row during the second act.Some performers said they didn't want to sing and she was later kicked out''.There has been a ban on muslims covering their face in public in France since the introduction of the law in 2011.The Muslim woman was from a Gulf state and she attended the performance with a friend.This is the first incident of someone being ejected from an artistic venue,because of her muslim veil.The security guard Mr Thiellay

                32 years old Kate Middleton,whose pregnancy was announced last month but the due date had not been released until now which was said to be April 2015.In a statement by the Kensington Palace press said that the Duchess of Cambridge Kate who is around fourteen weeks pregnant is due to give birth in April 2015.She has been suffering from extreme morning sickness but her condition was steadily improving.Kate will make her first public appearance tomorrow tuesday where she will join her husband Prince William to officially welcome Singapore's President Tony Tan as he begins a four day visit to the U.K.Kate recently took refuge with her parents while she was struggling terribly with her debilitating antenatal sickness.More photos below.                                                                                                                                                 

                     Pastor Enoch Adeboye,the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God,took to one of his social media site to defend Pastor Joseph Oritsejafor that ''Joseph Oritsejafor is a man of God,i trust and i can vouch for him.I believe on the issue of his aircraft being chartered and the purpose it was used for,he had no prior Knowledge.I'm sure God will continue to build his church and the gates of hell will nit prevail in Jesus name''.Dear readers,what do you think about Adeboye's open support for Oritsejafor,CAN President ?.Read the message below.                                                                                                                                              

                       According to sources,the Economoc and Financial crimes Commission,EFCC today monday re-arraigned a Lagos based Hotelier,Augunos Okoro,for allegedly defrauding a German businessman of $330,000.He is facing a 38 count charge bordering on conspiracy,obtaining money by false pretences,forgery and altering.Augunos Okoro,who is the proprietor of Lagos York Hotels,was previously arraigned on 30 May 2003,before Justice Kudirat Kekere Ekun and had pleaded not guilty to the charge.He was re-arraigned before Joseph Oyewole who granted Okoro bail before the trial was stalled as a result of his alleged ill health.The case was transferred to Justice Ipaye due to the fact that the previous Judge Joseph Oyewole was promoted to the court of appeal.It was established by the EFCC Lawyer {Prosecutor} Miss Taiwo Ogunleye,thar Mr Okoro conspired with Morris Ibekwe {now deceased} and Chief E.A Okoro to commit the offence between October and November 1992.She said the defendant obtained

                 Today monday the World Health Organisation declared Nigeria free of the deadly Ebola virus after six weeks with no new cases.W.H.O,Representative Rui Gama Vaz said in a conference today in Abuja that ''This is a spectacular success story .It shows that Eola can be contained but we must be clear that we have only won a battle,the war will only end when West Africa is also declared free of Ebola.When he made the announcement,officials present broke into applause.More pictures below.                                                                                                                                  THE HERO                                                                                                                                 THE DEVIL.