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                   Morroccan artist,Fayssal Laghmam,photoshopped images of America's Hollywood celebrities as common people in Morroco.The 21 year old graphic designer aim is to revive traditional Moroccan culture and challenge society's contempt for the underprivileged through art.''I spent two days working on each photo,and the final product was far more appealing than I expected at the beginning of the process''.said the artist to the Moroccan news.''I did not expect that the picture would go viral on social media,because it is difficult to satisfy all people.However,I received much positive feedback that motivates me to produce something better in the future''.The celebrities include Angelina Jolie,Leonardo Dicaprio,Dwayne Johnson {The Rock},Will Smith and Vin Diesel.More photos below.                                                                                                                                                                

                                                           Gwen Stefani,who took to her social media page one hour to ago to flaunt her September cover/issue of Cosmopolitan.She captioned the picture above ''Exicited to reveal my Cosmopolitan cover shot by James Whites!.Get your copy on stands next week.''.From Cosmopolitan website:On writing a song with Blake,which she never did with Gavin,she responded ''We are both having trust issues,as you would if you were us.It was like,I have so many problems.How can I now be getting into another potentially huge problem? What am i doing? Blake wrote the song and sent it to me.He was like,'Help Me finish it'.I wrote a verse and sent to him,but he was gone because he doesn't live in L.A.He didn't have WIFI,so he wan't answering me back! Ad soon as he came back to town,he brought his guitar over.We were like,'we wrote a song together!.This is crazy!'''.The Magazine will hit the stands ne

                                                                     Congolese migrant mother is forced to deliver her baby girl on an Italian patrol boat after being rescued from the Mediterranean sea.Baby Joy Aurora was born on July 30 on an Italian Navy Ship Bettica.Her parents both from Congo were rescued together with 870 other asylum seeking migrants.Hmm nawahoo.More photos below.                                                                                                                      

                      Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court,Abuja has ruled that the temporary order of attachment granted in relation to some identified assets of the Ekiti State Governor,Ayo Fayose,is not in violation of Section 308 of the constitution.The judge said the intention of the immunity clause granted to some public office holderd is not to shield them from investigation by security agencies for the purpose of obtaining evidence for future uses.His words: ''It is my considered opinion that the order of court,made on july 20,2016 in respect of some property of the applicant,and within the limited scope and duration within which it was obtained,was duly procured and does not offend the provision of the Constitution referred to,''.Dimgba said. The judge gave the ruling on August 2,2016,on an application by Fayose,whose lawyer Mike Ozekhome {SAN},had sought to vacate the order of interim attachment granted by the court on July 20 to the Economic and

                                                          On tuesday 2nd August 2016,at about 8:30am,troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE with assistance of vigilantes on routine checks,identified and arrested a high profile suspected Boko Haram terrorist,Mohammed Mohammed Zauro at Sabon Gari,Damboa Local Government Area,Borno State.Preliminary investigation shows that the suspected terrorist kingpin was arrested as he was trying to flee to Birnin Kebbi,Kebbi State,from Sambisa forest.The troops recovered a Gionee brand of mobile telephone handset and aa fake SAIE/JIBWIS identification card to perfect his escape and sum of N7,900.00k.Similarly,troops also intercepted another suspected Boko Haram terrorist,Lawal Aboi,along Damboa-Bale road.According to him,he was on his way to voluntarily surrender to the troops in Damboa because he was tired of fighting for no just cause.Both suspects are being further interrogated.-Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman Acting Director Army Public Relations.More pho

                  Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday wednesday vowed that the State Government would deploy its entire arsenal to ensure that militants and vandals threatening the peace are flushed out of the State once and for all.The Governor who spoke when he received the Acting Inspector General of Police,Mr Idris Kpotun Ibrahim,who was on a courtesy visit to the Lagos House,Ikeja,said that the recent military onslaught in the areas where such criminal elements have been hibernating was yielding positive result,assuring that all efforts would be made to sustain the success recorded so far.It would be recalled that in the last one week,joint onslaught by the Nigeria Army,the Police and other security agencies was carried out some communities within the boundary of Lagos and Ogun State against militants and oil thieves who had been causing civil disturbance in recent times.Governor Amode said ''I want to also use this medium to commend the Nigeria Police and o

                         Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the FHC,Abuja,granted Agbele bail in the sum of N500 million which will be forfeited to the Federal Government in the event that he absconds.He is to provide two sureties,a civil servant of the rank of a Director,a business man or professional in the sum of N250 million each.The accused is to deposit his travelling documents with the Registrar and must not travel without court's permission.He is to be remanded in prison custody pending fulfilment of his bail conditions.Trial commences October 26 & 27,2016.More photos below.