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      A massive explosion and a serious shock wave shook the Lebanese capital city of Beirut on Tuesday. Emergency workers are responding to extensive damages and a high number of casualties. Videos of the huge blast, the cause of which is still unclear, quickly surfaced on social media. attributing the blast to confiscated high-explosive materials stored at the local port. Local media identified the material as sodium nitrate. According to a Lebanese source who spoke to journalist,at least 10 bodies have been taken to hospitals with hundreds of people wounded in a huge blast that ripped through Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. More details later and more photos below.

    Dialing in from a farm in Nebraska, where she is sequestered with her husband and seven-month-old baby boy, the supermodel opens up to close friend Kristen Bell about the “astronomical pain” of her natural childbirth, standing up for racial equality, and why she is not above putting on a full face beat for a Zoom meeting. KRISTEN BELL: Hello, my friend. I’m excited to be interviewing you. ASHLEY GRAHAM:  Thanks for doing this! You are Supermom—juggling everything in the whole world right now—so I appreciate this time you’re taking. KB: So are you! I’m thrilled to be doing this. You gave birth last January at home, which is a milestone in anyone’s life. Did you expect it to be like it was? AG:  Hell, no. First of all, I had no idea it was going to hurt that bad. Let me just go there for a second: Every mother talks about, “Oh yeah, it’s painful.” Whether they got an epidural or not, or a C-section, whatever happened, they’re like, “Yeah, it hurt.” And they say it kind of

    The 44th President of the United State Barrack Obama turns fifty nine today as his wife Michelle Obama celebrates him on social media.She shared the photo immediately after this write-up with the caption '' Happy birthday to my favorite guy. Here's to all the good days, blue skies, and new adventures to come. 😘   ''.One more photo below.

   Congratulations to Nollywood actress Ufuoma McDermott who was made a Mamador brand ambassador yesterday.She shared all these photos with the caption ''  I am blessed and grateful 🙏🙏🙏 I cannot even deny God’s grace. : Putting pen to paper with the leading brand  @mamadorng : Kudos to the baddest team Agency  @withoutaboxpr Head PR  @iamsuperted Management  @eokpomo Hair and make up  @yumaitouch Outfit  @the10kshop : #manador   #Mamadorbrandambassador   #tastymeal   #nutritiousmeals #UfuomaMcDermott   #TheBody   #ChildOfGrace   #OriginalNigerianJollof   #FineCaramel   #BrandInfluencer   #GoGetter  ''.More photos below.

  Sister Sister star and one of the TV host of 'The Real' Tia Mowry shows off her grey hair on social media today .She captioned the photo above '' This is Me. 42 🙏🏽   ''.More photos below.

      This is coming after the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA ) announced an increase of the product to a band of N140.80 to N143.80 per litre in July. Prior to the July 1 hike, the agency had approved price band of N121.50 to N123.50 per litre for the product on May 1. However a source who spoke to The Nation said marketers are seeking a further increase in the price of PMS due to the soaring price of crude oil in the international market. It was further learnt that Brent Crude which sold for $43.24 per barrel in July, is currently selling for $44.03 per barrel. The source said... “We are now in the meeting to fix a new petrol price for the month of August. “We are asking the PPPRA to approve N150 per litre because the prices of crude oil have increased and there is no subsidy on the product. “You will hear the announcement of the new price around four o’clock today (Tuesday ).”.

     The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has unveiled the reviewed Nigeria Broadcasting Code which contains the Antitrust provision aimed at boosting local content and encouraging the growth of the local industry, among other provisions. In his remarks at the unveiling ceremony organized by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in Lagos on Tuesday, the Minister said the Antitrust provision will boost local content and local industry due to laws prohibiting exclusive use of rights by broadcasters who intend to create monopolies and hold the entire market to themselves. He said the Antitrust provision would also encourage open access to premium content. ''I must explain that this provision is not new to Nigeria Broadcasting. Exclusivity was disallowed at a certain time in the history of our broadcasting. I recall Multichoice sub-licensing EPL matches to other local operators in Nigeria. I recall HITV engaging several local operators on sub-li

      The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 re-arraigned former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohamed Bello Adoke and Aliyu Abubakar before Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on a 14-count amended charge of money laundering to the tune of over Six Million United States Dollars ($6,000,000). Count one of t he new charges against Adoke read: “That you Mohammed Bello Adoke, sometime in September 2013, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, made a cash payment of the sum of $2,267,400.00 (Two Million, Two Hundred and Sixty-Seven Thousand, Four Hundred United States Dollars) to one Rislaundeen Muhammed, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to the combined effects of Section 16(1) (d) and of Section 1(a) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011(as amended) and punishable under Section 16(2)(b) of the same Act.” A new charge against Abubakar

         The Chairman, Lagos State Civil Service Commission, Mrs. Olubunmi Fabamwo, has congratulated the newly elected executive members of the Association of Civil Servants of Nigeria, Lagos Branch on their successful election. Mrs. Fabamwo stated this while welcoming the newly elected officers during a courtesy visit to the Commission, calling on the new members to focus on adding more value t o the association by working in harmony with all members of the Union. She emphasised that unionism is about building effective partnership, collaboration, communication and critical engagement with all, stressing that doing so is vital to achieving necessary success, productivity and good performance. The Chairman of the Commission also commended the efforts of the Association in engaging the Lagos workforce on the State Health Insurance Scheme and the reactivation of the National Housing Fund (NHF), while encouraging them to ensure continuous dialogue and enlightenment of the stakeho

     President Muhammadu Buhari felicitates with Prof. Innocent Ujah on his election as President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), congratulating all the Executive Members for the zeal and diligence brought into the organisation within a short period. President Buhari believes the elected officers of the NMA have admirable profiles that will take the organisation to greater heights, particularly  Prof. Ujah, who has worked extensively with national and international institutions, and progressively contributed to the shaping of national policies on health in the country in different capacities. The President affirms that the NMA plays a strategic role in the growth of the country through counselling of leaders on health and development issues, and staying on the frontline during emergencies and pandemics to keep everyone safe like the ongoing fight against COVID-19. President Buhari commends the former President of the NMA, Dr Francis Faduyile and Executive Members for

The Executive Governor of Zamfara State His Excellency Dr. Bello Matawalle (MON) has purchased over 200 computers for distribution to all the State Financial Directors to enable them to participate in the National IPPISS Program. In his believe that education is a continuous process in the life of every human, and with the whole world going global in communication, teaching, learning, production, information management, industrialization and so on, the governor in his believe that the demands for these new ways of life will continue to dominate our social, official and domestic life affecting the way leaders, corporate executives, industry practitioners and government take decisions, is therefore re-positing the state to meet this global demand and process of communication and administration. “There is a need to equip and acquire the necessary tools for today’s challenges,” said the governor in Gusau. “It is our desire to make our people compete favorably and meet this global chal

     Senator Ben Murray-Bruce went to his social media page yesterday after it was rumoured that Shoprite will exit Nigeria yesterday,he wrote.''  ‪Once again, the planned departure of Shoprite from Nigeria emphasises why as Nigerians, we must buy and consume Nigerian products if we must grow our economy and strengthen the Naira.   # BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira ‬   ''.One more photo  below.

   Actress Chinyere Wilfred lost her mother.She made the shocking announcement on social media when she post the photo above with the caption '' R. I. P MAMA    ''.Then in her second post she shared the photo below with the caption ''  Thankyou for your condolence messages and prayers, they have made me strong. May we not loose our loved ones, I pray 🙏 Thank you 🙏 God bless you all🙏🙏  ''.One more photo below.

    Daddy Showkey is a veteran Nigerian galala singer. His genre of music is called ghetto dance or simply ghetto. He was popular in Ajegunle in the late 1990s. He was born as John Asiemo but is known as Daddy Showkey all over the Ghetto.Daddy Showkey was born on the 4th  August 1970 (age 50 years}. His one of the most friendly celebrities in Nigeria,you can walk up to him to for a selfie and he got no problem with it.Other celebrities have taken out their time to tag him and wish him well. Even his Ajegunle fans who are running his fan page shared a press release,read it below. OLOROGUN JOHN ODAFE ASIEMO a.k.a DADDY SHOWKEY 50TH BIRTHDAY: On behalf of the members board of trustees, executives/members of AJEGUNLE GREATS ELITES a.k.a AJ GREATS owners of this platform, and the great people of AJ CITY round the world we celebrate OLOROGUN JOHN ODAFE ASIEMO a.k.a DADDY SHOWKEY because today marks his BIRTHDAY, this great AJ CITY first ambassador who had taken the AJEGUN

      A 24-year-old woman has been arrested by the Lagos state police for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death over alleged cheating... The woman named Nkechi, aka Omalicha, allegedly attacked Auwal Suleiman, 26, yesterday, August 1st, 2020, at their residence in Sagbokoji Island, Apapa, Lagos State. The couple started dating in 2018 and began living together in 2019. On August 1, 2020, they got into a heated argument over alleged cheating and during the argument, the suspect took a knife and stabbed her boyfriend to death.More photos below.

     A father-of-three allegedly committed suicide in an uncompleted building in Umudiaka, Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State. Mr Emmanuel Eze is said to have taken his life on Sunday night, August 2, hours after a domestic fracas with his immediate family over a yet-to-be-identified matter. The deceased, from Eha-Alumona, also in the same local government but who resides with his family at Umudiaka, allegedly tried to strangle his sister during the fracas the occured on Sunday morning. According to Vanguard, residents said the late Eze would have strangled his younger sister if not for the intervention of neighbours who rushed to his house when his wife, identified as Mary, raised an alarm while he attacked his younger sister. “He strangled his younger sister to the point that blood was coming out from her ears and nostrils. He equally kept a pestle by the side. However, given the intervention of the neighbourhood who rushed to the scene, the girl was rescued. She

     South Africa retail supermarket, Shoprite, has debunk reports that it is winding down it’s investments in Nigeria, and leaving the country. High street retailer, Shoprite, has debunked reports that it is discontinuing its Nigerian operations. Ini Archibong, the Country Director for Chastex Consult, said in a telephone conversation with a national daily on Monday that “Shoprite is not leavin g Nigeria”. He further said, “We have only just opened to Nigerian investors which we have also been talking to just before now. We are not leaving. Who leaves over a thirty billion dollars investment and close shop? It doesn’t sound right. “We only gave this opportunity to investors to come in and help drive our expansion plan in Nigeria. So we are not leaving. “I have tried to say this to many people as I can. There should be no panic at all and all of that. There is no truth in that report.” There have been reports across the media of the retailer starting a formal process to consider the

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the final forfeiture of N827, 679,098.32 (Eight Hundred and Twenty-Seven Million, Six Hundred and Seventy-Nine Thousand, Ninety-Eight Naira, Thirty-Two Kobo) from Flank Power Resources Limited and GMFD Ventures Limited, both of whom are firms linked to contractors with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Matthew Edevbie is the Chief Exec utive Officer of Flank Power Resources Limited. The forfeiture followed the order of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, sequel to an affidavit deposed to by an EFCC investigator, in which the Commission prayed the court for the forfeiture of the sum to the federal government of Nigeria, being proceeds of unlawful activity, traced to some contractors’ accounts with Zenith Bank. A breakdown of the recovery shows that N616, 679, 098.32 (Six Hundred and Sixteen Million, Six Hundred and Seventy-Nine Thousand, Ninety-Eight Naira, Thirty-Two Kob