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                   According to the information reaching my desk,is that President Muhammadu Buhari today monday sacked the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Ibrahim Lamorde. No reason has been stated for his sack and an official statement is yet to be issued.Na wahoo,Nigeria take style dey hot ohhh.More updates later.One more photo below.                                                                                                  

               32 year old Gabourey Sidibe came under fire by her fans after she appeared in a love scene during Wednesday's episode of Empire.But after the episode aired,Gabourey found herself to be the subject of cruel taunts online,and one social media user even created a memee that used a screen shot of the love scene next to the words ''Damn,some of you people can't even get a text back''.On thursday Gabourey Sidibe responded to her critics by writing ''I,a plus sized,dark skinned woman,had a love scene on primetime television.I had the most fun ever filming that scene even though i was nervous .But i felt sexy and beautiful and i felt like i was doing a good job''.More photos below.               

                   A Nigerian man, Wellington Jighere a graduate from the University of Benin, won for the first time in history World Scrabble Championship.He beat an  Englishman Lewis Mackay and Wellington won four straight rounds in the best of seven final round at the Word English language Scrabble Players,Association Championship in Perth,Australia on saturday . President Buhari was on the phone early on sunday evening to Perth,Australia  and the president congratulated Jighere Wellington.Congrats to him because is only a Nigerian man that can beat an English man in English.More photos below.             

                  Today monday,two female suicide bombers suspected to be Boko Haram members,blew themselves up near a mosque in Cameroon.It was not immediately clear if the explosions caused other fatalities  but a military source confirmed the explosion took place far North province in Cameroon.More information will be updated later.

                 The General Manager,Motor Vehicclee Administration Agency {MVAA},Mr Lateef Lawal,who disclosed this today monday at the Agency's Headquarters in Ikeja and he noted that ''It has come to the notice of the State Government that some vehicle owners in the state aree driving with fake drivers licence''.He therefore advised drivers and vehicle owners to ensure they obtain their genuine license from the MVAA,adding that anyone who applied and has completed the processing of their driver's licence should visit the station where it was processed for immediate collection of their permanent driver's licence. For me,i don't think majority of danfo drivers,keke,motorcyclist have drivers  license because if they do,i wonder who certified them because they are the worst drivers in the world.One more photo below.                                                                                                                   

                Today monday Elder Godsday Orubebe was arraigned by the Code of Conduct Tribunak {CCT} on a four count charge of false declaration of assets and acceptance of about N70 Million bribe.Orubebe who was a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,entered the courtroom few minutes to  11:am and he was ordered to enter the dock by the Chairman of the tribunal Justice Danladi Umar.The court said Orubebe while serving as a minister on or about June 29,2011 did make a false declaration in his declaration form.Then around September 19,2012 asked  for and accepted the sum of fifty million naira from one Pastor {Dr} Jonathan,as bribe for the contract  awarded in favour of his company,Chemtronics Nigeria Limited.Then aroundd  twenty thirteen still as a minister,he asked for and accepted the sum of twenty million naira from one Pastor {Dr} Jonathan Alota as additional bribe for the contract awarded in favour of his company Chemtronics Nigeria Limited ffor the aquisition Centre at Edo st