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     Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) continue to discharge their constitutional mandate with high sense of professionalism and responsiveness across the theatre of operations. In their unrelenting effort to clear major routes of Boko Haram criminals’ Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) for safe commuting by citizens in the North East, troops of 27 Task Force Brigade Garrison in conjunction with Explosive Ordnance Devices (EOD) Team discovered and safely detonated 3 large IEDs along Buni Gari-Kamuya Road, linking Borno and Yobe States. The IEDs were believed to have been planted by retreating Boko Haram criminals. In a similar operation, troops of 153 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with troops of 22 Brigade Garrison, Nigerian Army Special Forces and elements of Civilian Joint Task Force(CJTF) supported by Air Task Force (ATF) Operation LAFIYA DOLE encountered a pocket of Boko Haram criminals at Kerenoa, Marte LGA of Borno State. The visibly shocked insurgents fled their enclave o

     A great effort by England in reaching the Rugby World Cup Final and congratulations to South Africa on winning a hard fought game.  But before the game started yesterday , Ahead of attending the Rugby World Cup 2019 Final in Japan, The Duke of Sussex has today visited the new Para Arena training centre in Tokyo to view training sessions including wheelchair rugby, boccia and powerlifting.   # RWC2019   # RWCFinal His Royal Highness met athletes to hear about their Tokyo 2020 Paralympics qualification preparations. The Duke also met a group of local schoolchildren, including from the Yokohama area, where Paralympics GB will be based for pre-Games tr aining. The Duke was present the last time England and South Africa met in the Rugby World Cup Final in Paris in 2007. HRH became Patron of RFU All Schools in 2013 and was made Patron of the Rugby Football Union in 2017, a role Her Majesty The Queen had previously held.More photos below.

      Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed Mr. Kolawole Peregrino as the new General Manager, Lagos State Printing Corporation, replacing Mr. Sakirudeen Odusanya who was appointed in 2015. A letter signed by the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola stated that the appointment, which has a four-year tenure, took effect from 28th October 2019. Muri-Okunola noted that the appointment took cognisance of the appointee's track record and expressed confidence that his experience stands him in good stead to expand the frontiers of the Corporation. Born on the 16th of January, 1961, Mr. Peregrino was until his present appointment the Director of XLS Concept, a training consultancy outfit. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Insurance and hails from the Lafiaji Community, Brazilian Quarters on Lagos Island. Peregrino worked as a Civil Servant at the Supreme Court of Nigeria and also served at the American International Insurance Company (AIICO) in Lago

      President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, Board of Governors and members of staff on historic increase of its capital from $93 billion to $208 billion, placing the multilateral institution on a stronger pedestal to drive growth and development on the continent. President Buhari joins shareh olders of the Bank and African Heads of State and governments in celebrating the feat, which clearly demonstrates the quality of leadership at the helm of affairs, and the technical expertise that has been steadily pushing reforms for a smart and nimble institution focused on alleviating poverty. The President felicitates with the leadership of the Bank for numerous reforms undertaken to reposition the institution for current global realities and the peculiar needs of the African continent, commending the visionary policies that have started yielding results in providing electricity, financing and modernizing agricult

      The singer took to his Instagram page to announce the death of his former music partner, who he said died after a long battle with an undisclosed ailment. He wrote: 'Brother you tried your best to fight it ...jah knows better ....he’s bigger than everyone and no man can question him May your soul rest in perfect peace brother.'.One more photo below.