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                                                      The National portrait Gallery of which the Duchess is a Patron,has collaborated with British Vogue on a series of photographic portraits,shot by photographer Josh Olins in the Norfolk countryside.Two of the photographic portraits of The Duchess will be available for public view in Vogue 100:A Century of style from Sunday May 1.The full portfolio shoot will feature in the June centenary issue of British Vogue,available on news stands and to download on Thursday 5 May.A spokesperson for the Duchess said ''Since 1916,Vogue has been a leading champion of British portraiture.The Duchess was delighted to play a part in celebrating the centenary of an institution that has given a platform to some of the most renowned photographers in this country's history.She is incredibly grateful to the team at Vogue and at the NPG for asking her to take part''.Two of the images from the British Vogue shoot were installed this evenin

                    24 year old Rebecca Asamoah beat 40 contestants from across Africa at the pageant at Johannesburg's Gold Reef City Casino,yesterday saturday.At some point the contestants competed in barefoot,wearing traditional costumes and cooked African meals.South African film producer Neo Mashishi,founder of the pageant said ''The way everything was done was African,we didn't emulate anything from Miss Universe,or Miss World''.The Pageant organizers hope to partner with Africa Union so that the winner can play a role in uplifting Africa,this time,the winner won a full scholarship to study at the Monash university in Johannesburg.Congrats.More photos below.                      

                            The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to share new photographs of Princess Charlotte.The Duchess took these photographs of her daughter in April at their home in Norfolk.The Duke and Duchess are very happy to be able to share these important family moments,ahead of their daughter's first birthday.We hope everyone enjoys these lovely photos as much as we do-The Royal Family.Princess Charlotte will be one year old tomorrow 2 May,2016.More photos below.                                                                               

                  Today sunday,Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state,who was addressing a rally organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress {NLC} and Trade Union Congress {TUC},to mark this year's Workers Day anniversary at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin,announced an increment from the present N18,000 minimum wage to N25,000.The Governor said ''With effect from today,the new minimum wage for government workers shall now be N25,000,and the new minimum wage will cut across board''.The workers who before the annoucement,expressed dissatisfaction over the poor welfare and seeming government's insensitivity to the welfare of its workers jumped for joy and happily marched in appreciation of the new minimum wage as announced by the Governor.One more photo below.                                                                                                                                                   

                Among the dignitaries who graced the concert include former Governor of Lagos State,Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,his wife,Senator Oluremi Tinubu,his wife,Senator Oluremi Tinubu,Oba of Lagos,Rilwan Akiolu I,Chief Olusegun Osoba,Senator Gbenga Ashafa,Senator Ganiyu Solomon,Chief Femi Adeniyi Williams,Rtd Justice of Supreme Court,George Oguntade,among others.Artistes who lit the stage with scintillating jazz performances included former governor of Cross River State,Donald Duke,award winning Afrobeat musician,Lagbaja,veteran jazz diva,Yinka Davies.Jimi Solanke,Dare Art Alade,two time Grammy award winner,Lekan Babalola,Grammy award winner,Kirk Whalum and other local and foreign jazz artistes.Governor Ambode expressed optimism that next year's concert which will herald the Lagos @ 50 celebrations,coming up May 27,2017,would have successfully placed the State as a destination of choice and one deserving of the Jazz Capital City appellation.More photos below.                

                                                        On friday 30th April 2016,the ever hard working troops of 3 Battalion,22 Brigade of Operation LAFIYA DOLE,have again succeeded in bursting a secret Boko Haram terrorists Improvised Explosive making Device factory in Ngala town,north eastern Nigeria.It will recalled that despite their defeat,the terrorist continued to attack innocent citizens,military and soft targets through vehicular and human borne Improvised Explosive Devices {IED}.Despite ongoing clearance of the remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists,they persistently hid the IED manufacturing factories location.However,that would be no more,thanks to the efficient intelligence and resilience of our troops.It was based on this that we got credible and timely information that made troops to swoop on one of such factories in Ngala town and destroyed it and killed some of the Boko Haram terrorists.In addition,they recovered 20 gas cylinders of various sizes prepared and ready for