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                Senator Ben Murray-Bruce took to his social media on the 5th of August 2017 that  '' In 2017, our projected population growth rate is 2.6% while our projected GDP growth rate is 0.8%. We MUST stop producing more babies than jobs if we want incidences of anti social activities like terrorism, kidnapping, threats of secession and such like to reduce''.What do you think?

                          Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has expressed surprise at the news report quoting Chief Ayo Adebanjo as saying he described those agitating for restructuring as political jobbers. At no time did the Acting President say that those asking for restructuring were political jobbers looking for appointments. The video, audio tapes and full text of his speech at the National Security summit organised last week by the Department of State Services, DSS are publicly available. While several newspapers and media outlets reported Prof. Osinbajo’s said speech last Wednesday, not one of the publications made such a blatantly inaccurate claim that he said those asking for restructuring were political jobbers. Besides, the debate on restructuring is an important one and the calls for restructuring cover a wide range of legitimate and constitutionally valid issues. Indeed all Nigerians have both a right and a duty to advance their arguments on the subject.

               Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, state governors, ministers, party leaders and dignitaries joined Governor of the State of Osun, Ogheni Rauf Aregbesola, at the 8th day Fidau for his late mother, Alhaja Saratu Asabi Aregbesola, matriarch of the Aregbesolas' at Ilesa, Osun State on Tuesday.More photos below.

                             · Police dispersed unruly protesters and prevents breakdown of law and order and disturbance of public peace in the FCT. The FCT Police command in the early hours of today 8th August, 2017 intervened and prevented breakdown of law and order, and disturbance of public peace in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja by dispersing some miscreants, hoodlums and other criminal elements that have infiltrated the protest being carried out by a group of concerned Nigerians under the auspices of Our-Mumu-Don-do Movement at Unity Fountain, Maitama, Abuja. 2. It will be recalled that “Our-Mumu-Don-do Movement” carried out their protest on Monday 7th August, 2017 at the same venue and were accorded necessary Police presence to safe guard public safety and public peace, and protect their rights to freedom of expression, rights to peaceful Assembly and Association, and right to freedom of movement as provided for in sections 39, 40, and 41 of the 1999 constitu

              After a bloody attack at a Catholic Church in southern Nigeria left 11 dead and several more wounded, Pope Francis conveyed his sympathy to the victims and their families, assuring the community of his prayer. In an Aug. 7 telegram addressed to Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke of Nnewi, Pope Francis said he was “deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury following the violent attack in  Saint Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu.” The Pope extended his “heartfelt condolences to you and to all the faithful of the Diocese of Nnewi, in particular the families of the deceased and all those affected by this tragedy,” and offered blessings of “consolation and strength” upon the entire diocese. The telegram, signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, came after gunmen stormed St Philip's Catholic Church in the city of Ozubulu early Sunday morning, killing at least 11 people and wounding 18 more. No one has yet claimed responsibility

                 Yesterday  evening at the Governor's lodge Amawbia as the United Anambra Youth Assembly ( U-AYA) , Ebelechukwu Obiano Ladies Movement ( EOLM) , Willie Obiano Support Group (WOSG) , Team Obiano , community farmers ,etc today presented a cheque of Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N12,500,000) to Gov. Obiano which is for his nomination form to run for the upcoming gubernatorial election in the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance.More photos below.

                            The EFCC, Gombe office has in the last seven months (January -July 2017) recovered the sum of N110, 820, 023. 53. Gombe zonal Head, Aminu Ado Aliyu disclosed this on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 during a press conference in Gombe. According to him, the zone also recorded seven convictions during the period under review. Still under the period, he said while 191 suspects were invited and undergoing investigation, 54 cases have been concluded and the cases at various stages of prosecution in various courts in the zone.More photos below.

                  Junior Chukwuebuka who was murdered by cultists on the 19th July has been buried. He was buried in a regalia of what appears to be that of a "fraternity" ...Hmm!!.More photos below.

                                         Photos have emerged of Sister Uchenna Obuna who was one of the victims killed by gunman at St Philip's Catholic Church,Ozubulu.Her friends took to Facebook to mourn her. May her Soul and others who lost their lives rest in perfect peace. Amen.More photos below.

                      According to Kingsley who lives in Onitsha that shared the story,a terrible accident happened last night in Onitsha which cost the unidentified driver of the vehicle his life. From the photos he shared, the car appears to be a Toyota and is registered with a Lagos number "GGE 652 BZ" He wrote..... 'This accident just occurred very close to lake filling station opposite Omagba phase 2 gate. Just now now. I witnessed it.Too sad. Check the plate number to know if its ur person'.More photos below.

                   · Money recovered and handed back to woman, impostor charged to court. The Police in Kano State command have arrested one Yakasai Mohammed ‘m’ who is in the habit of impersonating both the police and court officials in order to defraud innocent family members of arrested suspects.The illegal activities of the said Yakasai was brought to an end after a complaint was made to the Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) on 27th July, 2017 via a phone call from a female resident of Kano city (name withheld) following the Wednesday 26th July, 2017 helicopter leaflet drop of PCRRU flyers in English, Hausa and Kanuri over Kano city. THE CASE AGAINST YAKASAI. On 27/07/17 at about 6:34pm a female resident of Kano, Kano state called the PCRRU phone line and complained that on the 17th of July, 2017 a team of police on patrol raided a place call Kwana Hudu area in Kano and arrested her son (name withheld) for an alleged robbery case. That her son was taken to Special A

                 Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Lt General Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (Rtd) has re-stated the imperative of intelligence sharing by security agencies in Nigeria through inter-agency collaboration. The Minister who stated this during an interactive session with participants of the Nigerian Army W ar College course, at a lecture on the need for better synergy among security agencies harped on the need for the military to work closely with other security agencies in order to ensure the realization of federal government’s three points agenda which is centered on the provision of adequate security for its citizenry, to enhance economic growth. He noted further that the global affiliation of criminal organizations such as terrorist groups in the 21st century should be seen as a wake-up call for security agencies to depart from the tradition of the past and embrace the ideals of effective and efficient security service delivery that is centered on inter-agency collaborations,

                                      On sunday i wore a elegant dress designed by me and I designed it few years ago for a red carpet event.Everybody thought i imported the gown back then,but it was designed by me ''Pink Republic''.After three years i decided to rock this gown again on sunday but i styled it differently.The last time i wore it,i wore a very large diamond like large necklace and a small earing to match but this time around i wore a very bold gold Indian earing  and that is all,carried a black purse with gold stud design the black heels with black stone design.I hope you like it?.More photos below.