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                           Supermodel  Miranda Kerr,accepted the proposal from the 26 year old Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel,who she has been dating for a year now.Miranda later shared an image of her stunning ring on social media few hours ago,confirming that Evan had indeed asked her to be his wife,with the beaming message ''I said yes!!!'' attached with a lot of love.Congratulations to them.More photos below.                                                                                                                                                                

                  It was reported today wednesday that a vaccine against HIV will be trailed in South Africa later this year 2016 after it met the criteria needed to prove it could help fight the epidemic in Africa.A small trial,known as HVTN100,initially took place in South Africa in 2015 to test the safety and strength of Immunity the vaccine could provide,ahead of any large-scale testing in affected populations.Two hundred and fifty two healthy volunteers were enrolled to receive either the vaccine,known as ALVAC-HIV/gp120,or a placebo to compare the extent of immune response generated.The results were presented Tuesday at the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban,South Africa.''Thos was precautionary to see if the vaccine looks promising'',CNN reports Linda Gail Bekker,deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre in Cape Town,South Africa,and president-elect of the International AIDS Society,who is leading the vaccine trials,as saying.The vaccine stems from

                        The EFCC,Gombe zonal office today July 20th 2016,quizzed the former deputy speaker,Bauchi State H/ouse of Assembly,Hon. Sace A. Dumba,the former caretaker chairman of Dass local government ,Mohammed Suleiman Rabo and former chairman of People's Democratic Party in Dass local government area of the state for sharing about five hundred million naira {N500 million} to twenty local government areas of the State for the re-election of the former president Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 general election.The bribe money was reportedly lavished on PDP stakeholders in all the local government areas of the state by the commissioner for finance,Garba Dahiru,during the administration of Isa Yuguda,the former governor of the State.They admitted to the operatives of EFCC during interrogation that they signed and collected the said amount from Garba as to deliver PDP in all the local government areas of the State.They also told the EFCC that the sharing formular was based on th

                   Mercedes-Benz has revealed its self-driving 'future bus' which it says will be the local public transport of the future.The bus runs without the need for a driver.It uses Daimler's City Pilot technology which includes 10 cameras and long and short-range radar systems which help the bus to find its position on the road,and interact with its surroundings.The City Pilot technology integrates the bus with the city's traffic light systems network and has an automatic braking system.The bus will be divided into three zones-a 'service zone' at the front,an 'express zone' in the middle for passengers travelling short distances,and a 'lounge zone' at the back for those staying on for a longer stay.The bus has been tested on a 12 mile {20km} route through Amsterdam in the Netherlands,where it performed without any problems-although there was a driver in the place in case of emergency.More photos below.                                    

                The Inspctor-General of Police,Ag.IGP Ibrahim Idris,NPM,mni has appointed CSP Jimoh Olohundare Moshood as the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer,he takes over from CSP Sogbeba West who has since been posted to Rivers State Command.CSP Jimoh O. Moshood hails from Ilorin South of Kwara State,a proud holder of B.Sc in Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University,Zaria,Kaduna State.He was once a Police Public Relations Officer Federal Capital Territory Abuja Command,the position which earned him Commissioner of Police commendation letters for diligent and excellent performance.He attended several courses within and outside the Country few of which are Crime Prevention of Korea Police,At Police Training Institut,Seoul South Korea,Training Course on Anti-Hojacking Techniques and Tactics for Developing Countries at Special Police Academy,Beijing,China.He is also a member of Africa Business School Abuja and Associate Fellow of Institute of Corporate Administration of Niger

               The Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs,Muslim Folami has stated that the relocation of the Alade market is irreversible,while commending the traders who had relocated to the new site.The Commissioner ,who disclosed this recently at a meeting with some stakeholders of the market at the Secretariat,Alausa,Ikeja,urged the traders who had moved to maintain peace as the State government is ready to support them at the new location.He said the structure of the old Alade market did not befit a mega city like Lagos,adding that it was part of the reasons the government decided to move the traders to a new site to give room for modern development of the market.The Commissioner explained that the new location was well built with modern facilities to enhance the mega city status of Lagos,adding that ''We don't need an old fashioned market in a mega city''.The Permanent Secretary,Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs,S

                       Activities of land grabbers and speculators in Lagos State will son be under permanent check as members of the State House of Assembly has,at its plenary on tuesdsy,passed a bill which seeks to criminalize what has come to be known as' land grabbing' into Law.The bill,which was passed after the third reading,prohibits forceful entry and illegal occupation of landed properties;violent and fraudulent conduct in relation to landed properties in Lagos State and for connected purposes and has duly been sent to the Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode for his assent.YThe Speaker LAHA,Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa in his submission stated that the passage of the bill into law will give sanction to any individual who is culpable of the offence.In a related development,a bill for a law to create and exhibit sporting activities has scaled through the second reading.Hon. Adedamola Kasumu representing Ikeja Constituency II,while reading the bill on the floor of the House,said the