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                                  The Commissioner for Environment,Dr. Babatunde Adejare,on behaalf of the Lagos State Government,has promoted the KAI operatives that sustained injuries during the enforcement exercise at IIe-Epo Market in Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of the state last week.Dr Adejare and his team,who visited the KAI Brigade Headquarters in Alausa,Ikeja on friday to check on the wounded operatives,announced the immediate elevation of three injured officers,namely Mr Okoh Chukwueku Innocent,Mr Akinnitire Abayomi Samuel and Mr Akinsany Bolaji Sewanu.The Commissioner also seized the opportunity to pledge the unflinching support of the state government to KAI operations in its effort to promote and sustain a clean,healthy and safe environment.He however urged the officials to show more commitment and rededicate themselves to effective service delivery,adding that the on-going re-branding efforts of the Agency must usher in a KAI Brigade imbued with dignity.

                                                       Ex-MBGN Queen Omowunmi Akinnifesi graced the cover of Allure-Vanguard that hit the stands yesterday sunday and she looks so elegant.She is a businesswoman and Environmental Ambassador for Lagos state.29 year old Omowunmi in 2005 won the Most Beautiful Girl Title and she is a graduate from the University of Lagos where she studied Geography and Regional planning.She also holds a Master's degree in Environmental Modelling,Monitoring and Management from King's College,London.From all the questions they asked her,i was most concerned about her new clothing line.The magazine asked her ''You recently launched the Omowunmi Clothing line,could you tell us a bit about it?,she replied ''The Omowunmi clothing is ready to wear brand for women with social lifestlye.About 70% of our garments can be worm from day to night.An Omowunmi woman is one who leaves her home on a busy day for the office or entrepreneurial duties an

                                According to the French President who said today monday that four French nationals were killed during an attack claimed by al-Qaeda's North African branch on aa resort town in souththern Ivory Coast.Ivorian authorities said  1 8 people died in attack on Sunday including three gunmen. Francois Hollande said in statement that ''Four French victims have now been reported''.and he vowed to intensify cooperation in West Africa to fight Islamist militants.One more photo below                               

                     In furtherance of strategies designed to prevent electoral violence and thus to ensure a smooth and orderly conduct of the Rivers State Supplementary elections slated for Saturday, 1 9th March,20 1 6,the Inspector General of Police,IGP Solomon E.Arase,has directed the AIG in charge of zone 6 Calabar,AiG Adisa Baba Bolanta to relocate to Port Harcourt today monday March  1 4 for pre-elections preparations with a view to emplace conducive environment for free,fair and credible election.The IGP,while disclosing that three Commissioners of Police have been deployed to supervise security arrangements  within the three Senatorial Districts Rivers East,Rivers West and Rivers South East,respectively,stated that 6000 conventional Policemen and  1 4 Units of  Police Mobile Force personnel {MOPOL},would be deployed to compliment the personnel of Rivers State Command during the election.In addition,the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Department of Operations,DI

                                     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC on thursday,March  1 0,20 1 6 arraigned Abumere Joseph Osagie,a Deputy Director,Regional Tax Office of the Federal Inland Revenues Services,FIRS and one Jamila Ojora on a 2 count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy and receipt of gratification before Justice O.O Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Maitama Abuja.Osagie and Ojora had on January 27,20 1 6 allegedly approached Senaor Datti,the Chancellor of Baze university,Abuja and gave him a tax assessment of N20,029, 496.00 through a letter of intent,which he paid.When Senator Datti requested for the assessment certificate,they refused to oblige him.Instead,they allegedly demanded for N5 million gratification.Consequently,marked N5million was delivered to the director through Ojora in a sting operation,an operation which led to her arrest.Consequently her confession led to the arrest of Osagie.The offence contravenes Section  1 7