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                     Seyi Tinubu,one of the sons of APC chieftain,Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his fiancee Layal J. Holm are married.They had their court wedding today monday and an engagement party took place at the Oba of Lagos palace this afternoon.Present at the occasion were Governor of Lagos State,Akinwunmi Ambode,Alaafin of Oyo,Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III,former VP Atiku Abubakar,Ooni of Ife Oba Ogunwusi and his wife Wuraols,amongst others.Congrats to them.More photos.          

              According to Nigerian Police who wrote on social media that ''Please don't tow your Keke NAPEP this way.If you do,Nigeria Police Force officers on the road will intercept and charge you to court accordingly''.Funny enough i have seen something similar on the road before and while they were doing it the Keke fell out and the Keke rowed back to another car and hit it.I am happy the Nigerian Police is officially making it an offence.More photos below.                                                            

                     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission {EFCC} today monday arrested Mr Abubakar Sidiq Usman,a blogger,for offence bordering on cyber stalking.The suspect who is an online publisher was picked up at his Kubwa,Abuja home in the early hours of Monday August 8,2016 by operatives of the EFCC and is currently being questioned over the alleged offence which contravenes sections of the Cyber Crime Act.The suspect has already been offered administrative bail and would be released to his elected sureties.

                                                         According to CCTV,gunmen dressed as priests killed three Nigerian soldiers in Niger Delta.The attack happened in the Nembe area in Bayelsa state.According to a military source,the soldiers were hunting the men down when they struck.Niger Delta region has been rocked by attacks by militants who demand that a larger share of the oil revenue be directed to the region.Details later.

                           According to sources,a Namibian boxer is the second athlete to be arrested at the Rio Olympics Athlete Village accused of the sexual assault of a housemaid.The athlete,identified by the police as 22 years old Jonas Junias,was arrested on sunday night {Monday NZ Tme} and is being held in custody pending investigations,Spokesmen for Rio 2016 organising committee said today monday morning {Tuesday NZT}.Junius was the Namibian team's flag bearer at the Games opening ceremony on friday {Saturday}.He was to compete in the Men's light welterweight,64kg,division on friday.More photos below.                                                                                                                               

                                Egypt women volleyball team brought a twist to the volleyball fashion after showing up in thhe hot and sandy areana in long sleeves and leggings for their game with German.The contrast in culture sparked an online buzz.''Ihave worn the hijab for 10 years,it doesn't keep me away from the things i love to do,and beach volleyball is one of them''.Said Egypt volleyball player Doaa Elghobashy.After the 40 minutes match,Egyptian womem's beach volleyball team of Nada Meawad and Doaa Elghobashy were defeated 2-0 by Germany's team of Laura Ludwigand Kira Walkenhorst.Strict uniform standards were loosened in London 2012 Olympics which has led to the number of countries participating in the qualifying process increase to 169 from 143.For me ohh,it pays to be decent.More photos below.

                    Lagos State Government has announce that intending pilgrims for the Y2016 pilgrimage in the Kinddom of Saudi Arabia will be airlifted from Lagos as scheduled by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria {NAHCON} on August 16,17 and 18 respectively.The State's Amir Hajj and Commissioner for Home Affairs,Dr AbdulHakeem AbduLateef made the disclosure in Alausa during a stakeholders meeting with the staff of State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board,adding that intending pilgrims would be notified of their traveling dates by their coordinators through text messages.While reminding the pilgrims to stay away from all items prohibited and banned by the Saudi Arabian Government,AbdulLateef warned that the State Government will not tolerate any act of lawlessness and disobedience that may tarnish the image of Lagos State in particular and Nigeria in general.He charged them to be good representatives of the State as well as be patient with their assigned coordinators and pilgrim

                     Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday sunday said his administration has the capacity and will to fight all forms of crime and criminality,saying that it would not relent in its efforts until criminal elements have no hiding place in the State.The Governor who addressed journalists on the safe rescue of the Oniba of Iba,Oba Goriola Oseni,said in the last few weeks,there had been a coordinated onslaught by security agencies in the State against vandals and kidnappers,under the code name 'Operation Awatse',adding that the operation would continue until their activities are completely stamped out.The Governor,who spoke through the State's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,Mr Adeniji Kazeem,said that the kidnap of an Oba in Yorubaland was a sacrilege and a complete desecration of the culural values of the Yoruba race,which according to him,must not go unpunished.He said ''The arrest of these suspects is a clea warning to cri

                           Following covert surveillance and intelligence reports on the activities of some gun runners and armed bandits in Kopa,Dagma and Gagaw villages of Bosso Local Government Area,Niger State,troops of 31 Artillery rigade,1 Division Nigerian Army,in conjunction with Nigeria Air Force detachment on Internal Security Operation MESA went on quick cordon and search in the affected areas to recover suspected weapon cache and arrest the suspected persons and the armed bandits.Contrary to statements attributed to some questionable vested interests,the troops were on legitimate official duty aimed at safeguarding lives and property of citizen in the area.While approaching and deploying to carry out their lawful duty,the troops came under simultaneous and sporadic shootings in all the three locations.They however responded as necessary in linr with the rules of engagement.Sadly,an officer and 8 soldiers of the Nigerian Army and 2 Airmen of the Nigeria Air Force lost their

                Justice Ntong F.N Ntong of the Awka-Ibom State High Court,sitting in Ikot Ekpene,Akwa-Ibom State,has vacated an order of interim injunction restraining the EFCC from investigating the accounts of Akwa Ibom State Government.The court had on 13 July,2016 ruled in favour of an ex-parte motion filled before it by the Akwa Ibom State's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,Mr Uwemedimo Nwoko,seeking an order of interim injunction restraining the Federal Government or any of its agencies,including the EFCC,ICT and the Inspector General of Police from arresting,detaining or investigating any official of the state government,past or present,without any report of indictment by the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.