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                       Nollywood actress Uche Jombo took to her social media few minutes ago to post a picture of herself and another friend hanging out with Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw.She captioned the photo ''Great conversation,laugh and food with @K8henshaw and @yolanda Okereke,#abuja #in good company''.Then the picture below,she captioned it ''With the men of @uchejombostudios #WithinTheseWalls movie in process #setlife #yes i'm A Short Girl''.One more photos below.                            

                                       According to sources who just sent in these story said a policeman today friday gunned down a commercial driver.The incident which occurred at about 8am today was said to have been caused by the refusal of the bus driver to give the policeman their usual ribe.It was gathered that the unidentified policeman attached to Orile Police station,had wanted to shoot the tyre of the bus but unfortunately killed the driver.The bullet hit the driver on his chest killing him instantly.Another eyewitnesses claimed that ''When he wanted to shoot the driver's tyre but the bullet hit the man on his chest and his blood covered the entire road.This made the bus drivers angry and their colleagues from Oshodi were told.The whole place became crowded with protesting bus drivers,while the policemen that did it ran into the station.Later i saw policemen from other stations...

                            According to the Spanish sea rescue services,who said four African migrants drowned and up to 35 people were missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean in the early hours of yesterday thursday around 40 miles north of the Moroccan coast.Lifeguards pulled four bodies from the sea after they were spotted by a Colombian military helicopter helping in the search.Earlier,15 people including two women were rescued from the boat after it lost its bottom and sank.They were found clinging to the wreckage,sea rescued services said.One of those rescued said there had been 54 people in the boat..The Mediterranean between Morocco and Spain was a major route around 10 years ago for migrants from Africa trying to reach Europe,but numbers fell after Spain increased patrols.

                    Today friday,an Ikorodu Magistrate Court in Lagos stat,sentenced two drivers to 60 hours of community service for obstructing road traffic and reckless driving on Ikorodu highway.The Magistrate Mrs A.B Olagbegi,sentenced the drivers after they had pleaded guilty to a two count charge of traffic offence.The convicts,54 year old Musiliu Akanji and 32 year old Ibukun Oyewole who reside at Ikorodu Garage area of Ikorodu,allegedly drove their vehicles recklessly on the highway without regard for other road users.The convicts were immediately given cutlasses to cut the overgrown grasses within the court premises.Earlier,the defendants counsel,Mr Adebowale Aromolaran,had pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy,saying that his client had told the court the truth.Prosecutor Mary Ajiteru had told the court that the convicts drove their buses recklessly and parked dangerously on the highway.They both committed the of...

                 The Lagos State Agency for Residents Registration {LASRRA} has taken its sensitization programme to Festac Town as part off efforts to ensure adequate participation of more residents in the on going residents registration exercise in the state.The street to street public enlightenment campaign,which took place yesterday thursday,emphasized the importance of registration in creating an updatable database for effective and efficient management of resources for even development.Flyers and hand bills high lighting the essence of the exercise were distributed to youths,traders and passers by in the Festac Town Area of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area while residents questions were also responded to.Meanwhile,the General Manager ,LASRRA,Ms.Yinka Fashola has been given an award of Icon of Administrative Prudence for her outstanding strides towards nation building,Societal transformation,youth empowerment and emancipation,outstandi...