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     The Prince of Wales' 70th Birthday Patronage Celebration took place in the gardens of Buckingham Palace yesterday His Royal Highness and The Duchess of Cornwall were joined by 6,500 people from 386 of HRH's patronages and all 18 of His Royal Highness's military affiliations were represented. There were also 306 gue sts, drawn from the Police, Fire and Ambulance, Mountain Rescue, and RNLI. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also attended The Prince of Wales' 70th Birthday Patronage Celebration today, their first engagement as a married couple. The Duke of Sussex made a speech at the event, where he praised the work of The Prince of Wales over nearly 50 years.  . The event, held in The Prince's 70th year, celebrates the achievements of His Royal Highness' Patronages, Military affiliations and others involved in public service. The Duke also recognised the courage of the emergency services one year ago during the terrorist attack in Manchester. The Prince of

       Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja has ordered that the trial of Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would henceforth continue in his absence. The judge gave the order on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 while ruling on an application by Silvanus Tahir, counsel to  the EFCC, urging the court to continue with the trial in the absence of the embattled erstwhile spokesperson who collapsed in court on Monday while making his way to the dock.Tahir, in his application argued that Metuh had acted in defiance to the judge's order to remain where he was seated while the proceedings went on.He also argued that the defendant had in the past employed all manners of delay tactics to frustrate his trial.On the other hand, Metuh's counsel, Emeka Etiaba, SAN, wanted a long adjournment to enable his client to recover to continue his trial adding that "prosecution is only for the living".In his ruli

       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will tomorrow May 24 arraign Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, former PDP governorship candidate in the last governorship election in Edo State; Lucky Imasuen, former deputy governor of Edo State; Chief Dan Orbih, Edo State PDP chairman; Tony Azigbemi and Efe Erimuoghae Anthony before a Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State. The quintet were said to h ave conspired among themselves to committ an offence contrary to the Money Laundering (Prohibition ) Act.Though the arraignment was earlier schedule for May 16, the case was adjourned to May 24, 2018 for arraignment due to the absence of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Chief Dan Orbih in court.At the last court sitting, counsel to Dan Orbih, Chief Ferdinard O. Orbih, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, told the court that his client was outside the shores of Nigeria attending to his health needs.The same argument was canvassed by Ikhide Ehighelua, counsel to Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu who

    T he tiny eight-year-old reptile ranger who spends his days cuddling up to alligators and giant snakes is identified as    Daredevil youngster, Charlie Parker, who has helped his parents care for the animals at Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria, Australia, since the moment he was able to walk.  Charlie, who has his very own pint-sized ranger uniform, held his first snake when he was one and tackled his very first crocodile just two years later.  And now, in and around his time at school, Charlie interacts with the animals more than ever and has big dreams of becoming a professional zookeeper like his idol, Steve Irwin. More photos below.

            Almost everybody associate fire with the colour red,but 80% of the cooking fire is actually blue,mixed with golden yellow or just gold-yellow.On sunday was Pentecost Sunday for all Catholics and most people who knew I like conforming to dress code was wondering why I didn't wear a red outfit or a touch of red.Anyone who cared to ask me was convinced at the end that red is not only the colour that can be used in representing fire.I wore an Indian blue blouse with a lot of gold design in front of it to look like the colour of fire am used to.I wore a long gold skirt with a short slit in front of my right leg.I wore gold Indian necklace set,gold stud wedge heels and gold purse to match.I believe this article will make you see that red,gold and blue can also be used to represent fire not just red alone.More photos below.    

      It was an emotional laden moment filled with joy, excitement and sense of fulfillment when Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi   on Wednesday  granted scholarship and N5million cash reward to the overall best graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU), Ogunsanya Fuhad Adetoro. Adetoro, who is of the Faculty of Management Sciences, was announced as the best graduating student at the 22nd convocation ceremony held at the Auditorium Complex of the University in Ojo having scored CGPA 4.78. Responding to Adetoro’s request for scholarship to go for masters’ study outside the country, Governor Ambode said he would personally finance the student’s education in any university of his choice anywhere in the world. “In response to the best graduating student’s request, Lagos State Government does not generally give scholarship anymore but only bursary. So, I adopt him. “His story is too compelling and it reflects on my own story. So, any university he wants to go, I

       The Deputy Governor, Arch. Barnabas Bala Bantex flanked by other members of the Kaduna State Government Executive Council presented brand new Peuguot Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) to nine traditional chiefs. The deputy governor stated that the state government recognizes the inputs of the traditional chiefs and their relentless support towards ensuring peace and stability in their various com munity. The vehicles will help them better discharge their responsibilities. Below is the list of beneficiaries: 1. Lere Traditional Council 2. Gbagyi Traditional Council 3. Kauru Traditional Council 4. Kajuru Traditional Council 5. Koro Traditional Council 6. Jere Traditional Council 7. Ninzo Traditional Council 8.Numana Traditional Council  9.Kagarko Traditional Council More photos below.

               In a tweet today May 23rd,2018 by Abayomi Shogunle as seen in the photo below,it says '' Following complaints at  Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit - PCRRU, Nigeria Police Force , the Inspector-General of Police has directed an end to all forms of police stop and search in front of Apata Police Station  # Ibadan . The Commissioner of Police Oyo State Command has been duly informed. # CommunityPolicing ,   # IGPIdris   is listening to everyone in Nigeria   🇳🇬 ️. - ACP Abayomi Shogunle''.

      Following the achievement of its target of 5.5 million pupils being fed free daily under the programme in 2017, the Buhari administration’s National Home-grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) now feeds 8,260,984 pupils in 45,394 public primary schools across 24 states. The 24 states currently benefitting from the school feeding programme are Anambra, Enugu, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ebonyi, Zamfara, Delta, Abia, Benue, Plateau, Bauchi, Taraba, Kaduna, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River, Imo, Jigawa, Niger, Kano, Katsina, Gombe, Ondo and Borno. Similarly, over 80,000 direct jobs have since been created from the School Feeding Programme; with 87,261 cooks currently engaged in the 24 participating states. All 36 states of the Federation and the FCT will eventually benefit from the programme. The programme’s educational, economic and health benefits have been praised by many. Not only has the Buhari administration’s School Feeding Programme created jobs for thousands of Nigerians in the

      On the 21st of May 2018, A guy in balogun street oshodi,Lagos,killed and butchered his girl friend, cut off the lady's head, breast, and some of her intestine.   He was caught early morning of the 21st of May,at 4'48am when he was going to dispose the body,residents beat the hell out of him and stripped him naked.A guy on facebook made this story made to all.The man had been arrested and investigation is on going,but if you ask me this look like money ritual.Another source is claiming that the man who is a spare-parts dealer killed his girlfriend because she was unfaithful to him after two years of courtship.They are both from Ebonyi state and living in lovers,More photos below.