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                 The Chairman,Senate Committee on Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption,Senator Chukwuka Utazi has assured staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,of enhanced welfare and better working conditions.He gave this assurance yesterday friday while conducting on the spot assessments of the facilities and working environment of the South-South Zonal office of the EFCC in Port Harcourt,Rivers State.According to him,the works of the staff of the EFCC ''are high-risk jobs that must be supported with incentives,facilities and the best of welfare conditions''.He particularly emphasized the re-introduction of the Commission and a ''fully-functional housing scheme to ensure that the housing needs of staff'' are met.On the issue of training,Utazi,who was accompanied on the assessment tour by three other Senators,staff of his Committee and Journalists,disclosed that though the Senate sympathized with the government on his embargo on for

                 Veteran Actor Bob Manuel lost his father  Pa Geoffrey Nwafor Udokwu {Ononenyu} on tuesday November 22,2016.His aged father passed away in his home country in Nkwelle Ogidi in Anambra state.Burial arrangement will be announced by the deceased family.According to sources,Bob Manuel Udokwu is now a complete orphan as he lost his mother on July 20,2014 and she died at the age of 78 years.The veteran actor and Special Adviser on Creative Media to Governor Obiano lost his daf to age related illness.May his soul rest in peace Amen.More photos below.

                       Fidel Castrol who brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere in 1959 and then defied the United States for nearly half a century as Cuba's maximum leader,bedeviling 11 American presidents and briefly pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war,died yesterday friday the 25th of November 2016 at the age of 90.His death was announced by Cuban state television.Cuba has now declared a 9 days of national mourning for Fidel Castrol.May his soul rest in peace Amen.More photos below.

                                                                         The cute little girl who acted as Antara in the New Zee world series Antara,she is identified as Zaynah Vastani.She maybe five then when she played the role but she was ready for the challenging role as an autistic child in Aap Ki Antara.The show traces the girl's life,and how her disability tests her family.Zaynah,who has an identical twin Ziyah,got the part because their mother Havov didn't want her to feel left out.You see,her sister has a film in her kitty.Their mother further said ''Ziyah plays Darsheel Safary's sister in Bum Bum Bole.I didn't want Zaynah to feel left out,so I was waiting for something interesting for her.When she got this offer,we grabbed it because it was for Zee TV.Also,we loved the character.Antara only has to react to situations.There are hardly any dialogues for her,so it's not difficult.It helps tha Zaynah has appeared in several ads like Britania,Godrej,San

                                                                          She took to her social media page to post this picture above with the caption ''15 nominations in the Ghana movie awards.We are grateful to the creator and everybody supporting #SALA.@jackieappiah @kalsoume @fredamugi @emansinaregh @ianwordi.Written and Directed by @kobirana for Farikals Productions.#premiere: Friday 2nd December #FarmersDay at Silverbird Cinemas''.One more photos below.

                       Lagos State Government has commenced training for the newly recruited 100 personnel into the Lagos State Fire Service to boost effective service delivery and extend operational coverage.The Director of Fire Service,Mr Rasak Fadipe ,who paid the newly recruited officers an uscheduled visit at the Lagos State Fire Service Training School,Ikeja where they are undergoing six months intensive training,advised the recruits to bring to useful advantage their diverse experiences and knowledge to the betterment of the service.Fadipe stated that the newly employed have joined a disciplined service which is sensitive to emerging challenges of the society and therefore urged them to be proactive and respond to essential and social service calls with dedication and expertise.According to him,the training will prepare and expose them to the ethics and norms of the profession and urged them to take advantage of the programme to develop themselves in order to render quality serv