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                      According to CCTV,a Namibian schoolboy in the country's Ohagwena Region has come up with a simless mobile phone that does not require airtime to make calls.The Grade 12 learner,Simon Petrus,a pupil at Abraham Iyambo Senior Secondary School created the phone using spares from a phone and television set.Complete with a light bulb,fan and charger socket,the handset functions off power supplied through a radiator and is able to make calls to anywhere through the use of radio frequencies.The inention,which is made up of a radio system,is attached to a box and also allows the user to view one TV channel on it.Petrus is reported to have won a gold medal at national level last year for his invention of a two-in-one machine that works as both a seed drier and cooler.His invention of two years has been highly sponsored by his unemployed parents,the schoolboy admitted and he hopes the invention would be successful and be able to be carried further.The development marks t

                                                   Kim Kardashian who took to her social media few hours ago to show off her new cover she did with Harper's Bazaar in which she shared the spotlight with her husband Kanye West.She captioned the photo above ''LOVE our September issue of Harper's Bazzar styled by-Carine Roitfeld,by KARL LAGERFELD #Bazaaricons''.Then the picture second below in which she was lying on the bed with her husband,she captioned the photo ''I love this shoot! It was so us.Flew to Paris for a day & got to shoot with the legend Karl Lagerfeld,styled by mu icon Carine Roitfeld & creative direction from Stephen Gan!''.Then the last picture She did for Balmain in which hands is on her face,she captioned it ''Balmain,Steven Klein''.More photos below.                                                              

                 A ten year old boy and 11 year Nigerian girl,were pictured above crying after their mother died in Libya on their way to Europe.The two Nigerian children were among 150 sub-saharan refugees and migrants who were rescued from their overcrowded boat off the coast of Libya while tying to cross the Mediterranean ocean into Italy by a Spanish NGO's boat.A leading migration group says more than 3,000 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year,nearly a 60-percent increase from this time in 2015.More photos below.                                                                                     ,

                             Cocaine worth $3,551,770 was found hidden in a sugar container at the Kenya port of Mombasa.An anonymous source told some pressmen that ''There are four containers which have been seized.One of them has been confirmed to contain cocaine.The operation is still on to verify the other containers.The containers are still being detained at the port with investigations underway.

                The EFCC yesterday thursday,July 28,2016,arraigned the former Coordinator of Afikpo South Local Government Development Center of Ebonyi state,Hon. Ugwuocha Okorafor,his Treasurer,Christian Chukwu Owo and the Administrative Officer,Mrs Anne Eke Agwu,before Justice E.A Ngene of the State High Court,Afikpo,Ebonyi State,on a 15 {Fifteen} count charge of conspiracy and stealing of public funds totalling over N25,000,000.00 {Twenty Five Million Naira Only}.Okoroafor and his alleged co-conspiratorts were said to have at various times between 2013 and 2015 raised vouchers for payments ranging from contract awards,salaries and independence day celebrations in the names of staff of the development centre who denied ever authorized such vouchers nor received such funds.Investigation into the matter which was reported by Center for Prevention of Corruption and Human Right Initiatives and some staff of the development centre revealed that the accused persons padded their salaries an

                   The United States Government today 29th July,2016,donated six units of Laptop computers to the EFCC during a courtesy visit to the Commission's Headquarters in Abuja.The Director,Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs,USA,Roselyn Wiase,who led the six man delegation urged the Commission to continue in its vigorous fight against Corruption.''We are not unmindful of your contribution to the fight against economic and financial crimes in Nigeria.The United States Government therefore donates this Laptops to your organization to support your mission'',she said.More photos below.                                                                                                          

                     The Lagos State Government has declared that the July 2016 Environmental Sanitation Environmental Sanitation Exercise will hold tomorrow saturday 30th July and be dedicated to cleaning of drains and canals across the state,to allow for free flow of water as the rainy season nears its peak.The Commissioner for the Environment,D Babatunde Adejare,in a press statement,stated that the Sanitation Exercise will be observed State-wide between the usual hours of 7:00am-10:00am during which,as usual,there will be restriction of human and vehicular movement across the State.Dr Adejare implored Lagosians to come out en-mass to clean and clear canals in their neighbourhood so as to continually prevent flooding in the State and warned that the period of environmental sanitation should not be used for any social engagement or sporting activity.According to him ''As we are all aware,Lagos is a coastal City that has high water table levels and is prone to flash-floods when

                 It was reputed today that Nigerian troops returning from Bama on humanitarian escort duty,were ambushed enroute Maiduguri by suspected remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in Meleri village,a few kilometres from Kawuri.The gallant troops however,successfully cleared the ambush and exploited up to Afunori.Unfortunately,2 soldiers and 3 civilians were wounded in the ambush,among whom were staff of the United Nations agencies and other international humanitarian organizations.The wounded have been evacuated to University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital,Maiduguri and they are in stable condition.The Nigerian Army wishes to sympathize with wounded colleagues,the united nations and other Non-governmental organizations whose personel were also injured in this sad incident.We wish to reiterate our determination and commitment of ensuring safety and security in the North East and safeguarding the lives of all persons.-Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman,Acting Director Army Public