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                    If you love music and you have been looking for an opportunity to sing,this is your chance to sing and win big at the Karaoke Lords with Captain and the Gang,on the 30th of August 2015 at the Rodizzio Lounge,20 Isaac John street,Ikeja GRA.No gate fee and the time is 6pm.The event is being powered but Airtel Nigeria.Don't be left out because lots of exciting prices will be given out including a free studio session.

                                                  Nigerian President,Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Security Adviser to convene an investigative committee on the procurement of hardware and munitions in the Armed Forces from 2007 till now.The investigative committee's mandate is to identify irregularities and make recommendations for streaming the procurement process in the Armed Forces.Accordingly,the National Security Adviser has constituted the Investigative Committee as follows:AVM J.ON.Ode{rtd}-President,R/Adm J.A Aikhomu {rtd}-Member,R/Adm E.Ogbor {rtd}-Member,Brig Gen L.Adekagun {rtd}-Member,Brig Gen M.Aminun-Kano {rtd}-Member,Brig Gen N.Rimtip {rtd}-Member,Cdre T.D Ikoli-Member,Air Cdre U.Mohammed {rtd}-Member,Air Cdre I.Shafi'i-Member,Col A.A.Ariyobi-Member,Gp Capt C.A Oriaku {rtd}-Member,Mr .I. Magu {EFCC}-Member and Brig Gen Y.I Shalangwa-Secretary.The establishment of the investigative committee is keeping with President Buhari's determination to sta

                  According to sources,a website identified as Asley Madison,was hacked,and the hackers exposed a lot of extra marital affairs going on in the website.The website whose slogan is life is short,have an affair,is marketed to people looking for extra marital relationships.Now two members of the cheating website have taken their own lives and the hackers published their details.Apart from the two men,37 million other members details were also published online.Apart from the two men who took their own lives,a Texas police captain whose email address appears on the client list is thought to have taken his own life too.The Captain is identified as Captain Michael Gorhm,who had served for 25 years with the SAn Antonio Police Department,killed himself last week,but the story was confirmed today.The Toronto base Avid Life Media,the parent company of Ashley Madison,says the company is co-operating with police investigation.Acting Staff Superintendent Bryce Evans said ''Tod

                           The late Reeva Steenkamp's parent accused Oscar Pistorius of shutting their daughter dead deliberately.It was the first time Steenkamp's parents have spoken out against the court's verdict.28 years Oscar Pistorius was found guilty last year September of culpable homicide,the equivalent of manslaughter,after Judge Thokozile Masipa said state Prosecutors had failed to prove that Oscar Pistorius had shown intent to kill.The state argued throughout the six month trail that Pistorius had deliberately killed Steenkamp when he fired four rounds through a locked toilet door where she was hiding after a row.Pistorious says he believed an intruder was inside the toilet cubicle.Prosecutors filed an appeal last week,asking for the verdict to be changed to murder.They argued Pistorius must have known when he fired that the person behind the door could be killed,even if he did not know it was Steenkamp.The appeal hearing is due to start in November.Reeva's

                       Today monday morning,the Chief Matron of the Lagos state House of Assembly,Mrs Caroline Oriola,was found dead in her office at the Assembly premises.Mrs Caroline had gone to the office on saturday but did not return home.Her dead body was discovered today monday morning by a cleaner,who had gone to clean the clinic before the resumption of work.It was learnt from some staff that she had gone to her office on that saturday to pick some drugs.The late matron drove her car to the Assembly complex,parked at the lawmakers car park,before proceeding to her office.She was also said to have put on the air conditioner in her office and backed the door.Her colleagues and other staff of the Assembly have expressed shock at the incident with many describing her as a very good woman who never took the health of others lightly.Other sources said they were told that she was in the clinic to pick up some drugs only for her dead body to be found on the floor by a cleaner.Her husb