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                                                                             An Enugu-based mortuary attendant has shared photos of himself taken while he attending to dead bodies.Val Don-Zima,as he is called on his facebook shared the photos with the caption: ''Caring {sic} out some experiment''.Internet users have reacted in different ways to the photos.Some are against him sharing such photos while others feel there's nothing wrong and have even praised him for earning a decent living and being real about what he does.To me ohh,he would not have snapped this photo and this might cost him his job.More photos below.

               Yesterday Monday Night the 2017 Met Gala was held, it is the annual fund-raising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute and the theme for this year is for celebrities to dress ''Avant-Garde''.The white dress Kim Kardashian worn to the Gala yesterday was designed by Vivienne Westwood and I must confess i see nothing special in her white gown other than the dress is white.Her younger sister Kylie Jenner is looking more like it.Kylie was really looking like a star,not just reality star but a Hollwood star.Kim Kardashian captioned the photos ''Stepping up into the MET like ....I have the best glam team.Thank you#makeupbymario #michaelslivahair''.Rihanna was looking Avant-Mess not Garde.More photos below.

                Registered voters in Lagos State who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards now have another opportunity to do so as the cards will b made available for collection by their owners on five Satrudays starting from April 22,2017,at each of the 245 Registration Area Centres {RACs} of the State.This arrangement is sequel to a partnership between the Lagos office of the Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC} and the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission {LASIEC}According to a report from INEC,about 1.4 million Permanent Voter Cards are still awaiting collection by registered voters in Lagos State.This huge number of PVCs that are yet to be collected by their owners prompted the partnership between INEC and LASIEC so that such a huge number of eligible registered voters might not be disenfranchised in the forthcoming elections into the 57 Local Governments/Local Council Development Areas of the State.The distribution of the PVCs on five saturdays which

                    The Lagos State Government has released the sum of N1.6 billion as benefit payment to 311 retirees from the Mainstream Civil Service,local Governments,State Universal Basic Education Board {SUBEB},Teachers Establishments and Pemsions Office {TEPO} and other Parastatals of Government for the month of April.The State Commissioner for Establishments,Training and Pensions,Dr Benson Oke Akintola,who disclosed this while speaking at the 38th Retirement Benefit Bond Presentation Ceremony recently at NECA House Auditorium,Ikeja said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has consistently demonstrated his commitment to the Post-Service welfare of its workers through the Lagos State Pension Commission {LASPEC}.He said the determination of ensuring retirees comfort was the reason for the consistent monthly contribution into the Retirement Savings Account of Public servants by the present administration,adding that it is accorded the same priority as that of payment of salaries.According to

                   Chairman,Dangote Group,Alhaji Aliko Dangote,Speaker,Lagos State House of Assembly,Hon. Mudashiru Obasa etc,all attended Mrs Sade Okoya 40th birthday in Lagos on Sunday.It was obviously a studded event and the ever beautiful Sade is looking so elegant.More photos below.

                                                   Yesterday Monday The Eldest man in Awka {Otochali Awka} Ozo Nwibe Nwosu,who is 116 years old,was pictured below taking the oath of office yesterday as the new Otochali Awka kingdom as the tradition and custom demands.Though many argued it is not a political position so it should not be mis-used.I want to use this opportunity to say a big CONGRATULATION as  Awka Lady.More photos below.

                                           You need to wear bold jewelries if you want to wear native outfits.No matter how you sew your native especially ladies/women you need bold jewelries if not your outfit might look ordinary.Remember back in those days our mothers reserve the best jewelries and native red/white beads to attend occasions so we should not forget our African fashion roots.On sunday I wore a very simple African print dress designed by me.I wore Indian gold jewelries,multi-colour black hand bag,black wedge to give me a lift so that the six pieces {fish style}  on my gown will show.When it comes to African dressing less is not more.More photos below.

               The Trade Union Congress {TUC} and the Nigerian Labour Union Congress {NLC} have called for a special salary for the employees residing in the Federal Capital Territory following the high cost of living in Abuja.The Union Leaders made the call yesterday Monday at the 2017 May Celebration in Abuja,with the Theme: ''Labour Relations in Economic Recession: An Appraisal''.Mr Amodu Olayinka,TUC FCT Chairman,said the Federal Government and the FCT Administration need to urgently create and adopt a special salary structure for workers residing in the capital territory.He said special salary would motivate and increase the morale of workers in Abuja as civil servants are the engine room off any government.Olayinka explained that the prevailing economic recession and high cost of living in the FCT made it imperative for government to create a special salary structure for employees residing in Abuja.According to him,the new injection of luxury buses for transportat