UP AT DAWN FOR FRONT-ROW SEAT TO HISTORY AT FRANCIS’S FUNERAL. (PHOTO).

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 Up at dawn for front-row seat to history at Francis’s funeral Many had woken up at dawn while others slept in their cars before Catholic faithful poured into St Peter’s Square from all corners of the globe on Saturday, fuelled by a desire to honour Pope Francis. As the first rays of the day rose over the sprawling Baroque plaza, mourners rushed towards empty chairs once they had passed through metal detectors, anxious for a front-row seat to history. Among them was Jean-Baptiste Leclezio, a 22-year-old from Lyon, who slept on the ground overnight at the seat of the Catholic Church to be among the first to enter for the funeral of Francis, who died on Monday age 88. “We took floor mats and sleeping bags and we slept there with 400 people, a lot of young people, scouts,” he told AFP. “There were people singing all night but we managed to sleep,” he said. Australian Eloise Bird, 38, said she was tired but happy to have made it into the square after having queued up since 5:15 am with...

PRESIDENT BUHARI MEETS WITH SELECTED NIGERIANS IN THE DIASPORA LIVING IN POLAND TODAY.{PHOTOS},#PRESS RELEASE.

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      Diaspora pix: President Buhari with Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama, Governor of Niger Abubakar Sani Bello, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi and Governor of Enugu Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as he meets with select Nigerians in the Diaspora living in Poland on 2nd Dec. 2018
Diaspora pix: President Buhari with other dignitaries in a group photo with Diasporans as he meets with select Nigerians in the Diaspora living in Poland on 2nd Dec. 2018
Diaspora pix: President Buhari with a diasporan Mr Ayoola Adekunle as he meets with select Nigerians in the Diaspora living in Poland on 2nd Dec. 2018.More photos below.
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