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                     The Prince of Wale {Prince Charles} was seen presenting award to 25 year old Francesca from London launched Goals4Girls in January 2015.Goals4Girls helps young women build life-skills and confidence through sport,directing them towards setting and reaching their goals.The Pride of Britain Awards honours and celebrates the achievements of ordinary people,of all ages,who have acted bravely or extraordinarily in challenging situations.Each year,The Prince's Trust Young Achiever Award is presented to a young person who has turned their life around against the odds and is now helping others.More photos below.

               Alhaji Lai Mohammed,Minister of Information and Culture formally presents the CHANGE BEGINS WITH ME campaign to the Inspector General of Police.IGP Ibrahim Idris at the Force Headquarters in Abuja today.All Deputy Inspectors-General {DIGs}, Assistant Inspector-General {AIGs} and Commissioners of Police {CP} were also in attendance.This campaign flag off took place at the IGP conference with Officers from the rank of Commissioners's of Police and above on 1st November,2016 during which the newly promoted Officers to the rank AIG were decorated.The Hon.Minister of Information and Culture,Alh.Lai Mohammed created awareness on the topic ''Change begins with me.More photos below.

                         Our attention has been drawn to insinuations in some quarters that the Ogun State Governor,Senator Ibikunle Amosun,dismised some civil servants due to the ongoing strike action in the state.For the avoidance of doubt,we will like to state unequivocally that there is no iota of truth to this speculation.Contrary to such claims,what truly transpired is that the Ogun State Civil Service Commission,in furtherance of its statutory responsibility of maintaining discipline and adherence to public service rules and extant regulations,on Monday,took the decisition to sanction some civil servants.The affected civil servants were alleged to have been involved in certain acts of misconduct in the course of the 2016 World Teachers Day celebration on October 5,2016 way before the ongoing strike action commenced.In a statement issued on Monday and signed by the Ogun State Head of Service Commission explained that it received complaints from concerned members off the public ag

                                                Kylie Jenner took to her social media to post these pictures above and below with the caption ''Dirty,Filty,Nasty,you nasty yeah.Too dirty to clean my act up...If you ain't dirty..You ain't here to partyyyyy whoo''.Am sure this must be her Halloween costume and she is obviously heading to a Halloween party she attended on sunday.More photos below.

      Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE deployed at a checkpoint in Gubio,Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State at about 9.15am this morning,foiled a suicide attack on Gubio town by 8 Boko Haram terrorists.The suicide bombers who came in a Bedford pick up vehicle primed with Improvised Explosive Devices including suicide vests,attempted to force their way through the checkpoint but met stiff resistance from troops who insisted that the vehicle be thoroughly checked.The suicide bombers refused and blew up themselves by detonating one of the suicide vests killing all the 8 Boko Haram terrorists on board. Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman Acting Director Army Public Relations.

                        The United States Senate confirmed Career Service Officer,Ambassador W. Stuart Symington to serve as U.S Ambassador to Nigeria early October 2016,but President Barack Obama had on July 13,2016,appointed him as an Ambassador to Nigeria in which he replaced James Entwistle,who retired in July from the United States Foreign Service in July,after 35 and half years of service.So yesterday monday,Ambassador W. Staurt Symington's swearing in ceremony took place at the State Department in Washington D.C.One more photo below.