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                 Ogun State Governor,Senator Ibikunle Amosun,today friday,joined other dignitaries including Former Head of interim National Government,Chief rnest Shonekan; former Chief of General Staff,General Oladipo Diya and former Governor of Ogun State,Otunba Gbenga Daniel,at the funeral service held in honour of late Otunba Ayora {Dr} Bola Kuforiji-Olubi at the All Saints Anglican Church,Yaba,Lagos.More photos below.

                        Chioma Obiadi Stephanie emerged the 40th Miss Nigeria at the Miss Nigeria pageant held at tthe Eko Hotel Convention & Suites,Victoria Island in Lagos.She is an undergraduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe U?niversity who studies Geology,she represented Anambra State at the competition.Following her win,she takes over from the outgoing queen ,Lessi Peter.Misss Chioma,who recently represented Nigeria this year at the Miss Earth beauty pageant in the Philippines,beat 36 other contestants to clinch the winning prize.Aside from the title,she also won an all-expense paid trip to France.Over  One thousand.beauty queen hopefuls entered for the Miss Nigeria pageant however only 37 made the final cut.The auditions were held in Abuuja,Port Harcourt,Enugu and Lagos State.More photos below.  

                The Nigeria Police Force has put in place a robust and elaborate security arrangement and Crime Prevention Strategies to ensure crime free Christmas celebration nationwide.       Accordingly,Conventional Policemen and the personnel of the specialized units of the Force comprising the Police Mobile Force,Counter Terrorism Unit,Special Protection Unit,Federal Highway Patrol,Explosive Ordinance Department,the armament unit,Sniffer dogs secion,the Marine Police and Police Air wing have been deployed to provide effective security and protection of life and property nationwide during Christmas.       Visible Police presence is already emplaced on the  Highways and Major roads across the country,deployment of the Police patrol teams and surveillance squads will cover places of worship,other public places,venue of recreation and celebration througout the period of the festivities.Motorists,Commuters and other Road users are enjoined to cooperate with Police detachments and pe

                   According to a facebook user identified as Richard Edoja Okagha posted on his timeline that this lady in the picture below and above has vowed to make sure she infects as many men as possible before she dies.He captioned all the pictures above and below that ''The lady whose name has been given as Naddy Obeng,in a whatsapp chat with one of her friends,allege that she has infected eight men already and would not die alone as she embarks on a nationwide tour of spreading the disease to randy men because one of them infect her the same way''.I will like W.H.O to declare this woman wanted and to if she is arrested to conduct a compulsory HIV to verify if this news by this facebook user is true or false.More photos below.

               The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday arraigned one Joshua Dan-Daura before Honourable Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on a one count charge of Obtaining by False Pretense.The accused person,a Deputy Suprintendent in the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps allegedly obtained the sum of N450,000 {Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira Only} from the complainant under the pretext of securing a job for the complainant at the {NSCDC}.The charge read that ''you Joshua Dan-Daura sometimes in March,in Twenty thirteen at Kano within the Judicial Division of the Kano High Court with intent to defraud obtain the sum of N450.000 {Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only} from one Yahaya Ibrahim Musa by falsely representing that you would help him secure a job with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps,a representation you knew to be false and you thereby committed an offense contrary to section Three hundred and twenty of

                         In line with the state government's commitment to the welfare of retired civil servants/ pensioners from the State Public Service,Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has disclosed that a total sum of Two billion six hundred and ninety eight has been earmarked for next year budget for the construction of Ederly Care Centers across the five administrative division of Lagos.He said,the Elderly Care Centers,which will be constructed at Ikorodu,Badagry,Epe,Alimosho and Lagos Island,was a demonstration of hi administration's commitment to the welfare of the senior citizens in appreciation of their contributions to the development of the State and the Nation while in active service.Governor Ambode stated this at this years Lagos State Senior Citizens/Pensioners Day celebration,organised by the State Ministry of Establishment,Training and Pensions at the Vantage Point Event Center,Acme Road,Agidingbi,Ikeja,saying the desture was to reassure them that their relevance in t