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      Nyekachi Douglas who represented Nigeria at the just concluded Miss World and was really happy for Miss Jamaica,shared all these photos on social media today with the caption ''  Miss World, has been a dream of mine that I thought would never happen. I am blessed to have represented Nigeria and met over 100 amazing women pushing for change in their own ways. I am also thrilled to have experienced the crowning of another black Miss World   @tonniannsingh   who brings hope to the World with her words of wisdom and warmth. I am elated to be our Miss World Africa 2019, a title Nigeria hasn’t won since 2004! I am ready to continue my reign as MBGN and work alongside our Miss World and the continental Queens this year. I am very excited to continue my work with the Makoko community and hopefully reach other future stars ⭐️ I would like to thank   @silverbirdmbgn   and   @missworld   @juliamorley   for this opportunity and platform....

     [00:18, 18/12/2019] Makapella AIT: Anambra Music Festival of the Arts and Culture (AMF) 3rd edition comes up @ community Secondary School Aguluzigbo,Anambra Central,Anaocha local Government area of Anambra State. It showcases different genre of Music starting from. Afro hip hop Traditional High Life Christian Music Iron Gong music Masquarede singers. dancers E.t.c The date for this event is 2nd January Time 12pm - 6pm Gate fee Free Courtesy of Makapellian Foundation World wide promotions And Makapela Entertainment Call for Enquiries +2348034349559 email makapellians@gmail.com .One more photo below.

      The EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, arraigned one Gbenga Kolade before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a five-count charge bordering on forgery, use of false document and stealing to the tune of N1,540,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira).

      Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has fixed January 14, 2020 for ruling on the bail application filed by an alleged fraudster, Jean Codo, in a case of stealing to the tune of €29million. Codo was arraigned alongside his company, Transport and Port Management Systems Limited, TPMS, by the EFCC, on a seven-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of €29million on Friday, December 13, 2019.

      The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has commended the Air Task Force (ATF) Operation LAFIYA DOLE for the successes recorded during the just concluded Operation RATTLE SNAKE. The Operation, which was launched on 10 December 2019 against terrorists’ elements in the Northeast of the Country, targeted selected locations within the Northeast in order to further degrade the remnants of the terrorists as well as deny them safe havens and freedom of action. The CAS was represented yesterday, 17 December 2019, at the dinner to mark the end of the Operation by the Director of Operations, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force (HQ NAF), Air Vice Marshal Idi Lubo. The CAS stated that the 7-day intensive operation had been necessary to build on the gains of previous air interdiction operations by the ATF. According to him, “From what I have seen, we have achieved the objectives outlined before the commencement of the operation”, he said. While appreciatin...

      In order to sustain the dislodgement of squatters and illegal structures on Outer Marina and Onikan, the State Government has deployed not less than 60 operatives of the three enforcement agencies of the State to various points along Onikan and Outer Marina. The latest move was made possible through the creation of a synergy between the operatives of Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI), Lagos Neighbourhood Watch as well as Lagos State Parks and Gardens to sustain aesthetics in all the cleared areas. Giving an update on the ongoing operations, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello stated that the buy-in of the Office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2 at Onikan had been secured to sustain the effects of the enforcement exercise. Bello said a large detachment of the operatives of KAI, Neighbourhood Watch and LASPARK will be deployed on a daily basis to man and patrol the listed areas and prevent...

     Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat has urged the beneficiaries of the State's Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement And Livelihood Support (APPEALS) project to put their training and subsequent support from the project into productive agricultural use. Hamzat advised the beneficiaries to ''access the grant element of the project by developing viable investment plans that will not just make (them) agro-prenuers but also employers of labour.” The deputy Governor stated this at the graduation ceremony of the batch 1 of the 1,620 beneficiaries of the women and youth empowerment scheme (WYEP) of the project at the Lagos Agricuture Institute in Araga, Epe. Hamzat, who was represented by Mr. Adedoyin Adesanya, Chairman, Epe Local Government, said the APPEALS project was aimed at supporting farmers’ productivity, noting that the beneficiaries should avail themselves of several opportunities the collaboration between the Federal and State governments as...

      Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has restated the government’s commitment to the provision of clean, safe and steady availability of blood for transfusion in all health facilities as one of the measures against haemorrhage, which is the leading cause of maternal and child mortality. Abayomi reaffirmed at the 2019 Annual Stakeholders’ Summit of the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) that the resolve of the present administration to ensure access to screened, certified, clean and quality blood for citizens, especially pregnant women, whenever required remains unshaken. Speaking on the theme: “Strategy for Reducing Maternal Mortality: Increasing the Blood Supply”, the Commissioner declared that preventable deaths in women and children, resulting from normal life procreation process caused by haemorrhage, are unacceptable. “In a place like Lagos where we have two teaching hospitals, 27 general hospitals and over 300 primary healt...

     President Buhari Swears-In New Permanent Secretaries and presides over Federal Executive Council (FEC) in State House on 18th Dec 2019.More details later and more photos below.

     Pursuant to the commitment towards the realisation of its corporate mandate and the imperatives of making the highways safer during the yuletide, the Federal Road Safety Corps has mobilised a total of 39,450 of its personnel including special Marshal's, 806 patrol vehicles, 120 Ambulances, 204 motor bikes, and 27 tow trucks along designated routes as part of measures to ensure sanity on the nation’s highways, during this year’s Christmas and end of the year celebrations. The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem revealed that the special patrol which is scheduled to hold from 15 December 2019 to 19 January 2020 entails 24 hours enforcement along major highways, robust public enlightenment campaigns across the nation, prompt rescue/recovery services, stakeholder collaboration, Road Safety Observatory, uninterrupted motorized patrol, day time route lining, traffic control, operation of Mobile Courts, activation of high alert on internal and external medical fa...

    According to sources ''The late lawmaker reportedly slumped and was taken to a private hospital in Abuja where he was confirmed dead. The death of the senator is the second to be recorded in the ninth assembly since its inauguration in June. Jafaru Iliyasu Auna, a house of representatives member, died earlier in the month. Uwajumogu appeared healthy and even contributed to debates on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. “I was with him yesterday in his office. I was with him till 4pm yesterday. It is sad,”  Until his death, Uwajumogu was the senate committee chairman on employment, labour and productivity''.    

      The Ilorin Zonal Office of the EFCC has recovered additional N70, 000,000 (Seventy Million Naira) for Kwara State Government in its ongoing efforts to recover the looted funds allegedly stolen by corrupt individuals. It would be recalled that the Commission had on the 11th of October, 2019, handed over the sum of N112, 000,000 (One Hundred and Twelve Million Naira) being recoveries from corrupt individuals, to the Kw ara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq in Ilorin. Speaking as a Guest today, 18th of December, 2019 at the Nigerian Television Authority, Ilorin on a Programme: "Morning Safari", the Zonal Head of the EFCC, Mr Isyaku Sharu said the Seventy Million Naira was recovered in the ongoing investigations into the spending of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS).One more photo below.

    Mercy Johnson and her husband Odi Okojie are both expecting baby number 4.She shared these three photos on her Instagram today with the caption ''  We’re having a baby ❤️❤️ I’ve always wanted 4 kids.... always. However, after 3 kids, I thought I had retired from the baby making business. So a while back, we found out we had a baby on the way. I can’t explain the joy and peace expecting our new baby has brought, or the cravings for food that have followed. I get so emotional easily, in fact right now I’ve started crying from joy again. I’m sharing this with you my family for life, hanging on since day 1, growing with my family and I and always showing all the love. I love you all right back. Baby Okojie 2020 getting ready❤️ God bless you all!!   ''.More photos below.