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  So sad to announce that American musician John Legend and his supermodel wife Chrissy Teigen lost their new born baby boy Jack.Chrissy Teigen, shared photos on social media with the caption '' We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we’ve never felt before. We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions. It just wasn’t enough. . . We never decide on our babies’ names until the last possible moment after they’re born, just before we leave the hospital.  But we, for some reason, had started to call this little guy in my belly Jack.  So he will always be Jack to us.  Jack worked so hard to be a part of our little family, and he will be, forever. To our Jack - I’m so sorry that the first few moments of your life were met with so many complications, that we couldn’t give you the home you needed to survive.  We will always love y...

  NEW SAINT EMERGES! The tomb of #CarloAcutis was opened this morning in Assisi after the Holy Mass officiated by the Bishop of the Diocese. The body of Carlo Acutis was found intact and incorruptible after 10 years of burial and has been put on public display for the glory of God! For the first time in history you will see a saint dressed in jeans, sneakers and hoody. Holiness is not a distant thing but very much within everyone's reach because the Lord is for everyone. Carlo Acutis was an Italian Roman Catholic teenager. He was best known for documenting Eucharistic miracles around the world and cataloging them all onto a website that he himself created in the months before his death from leukemia. Born: May 3, 1991 - Died: 12 October, 2006 Pope Francis declared him to be Venerable on 5 July 2018; the same pope approved a miracle attributed to him which enables Acutis to be beatified. Acutis will be beatified at the Papal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi on Saturday, October ...

  In keeping up with the tradition of having men with proven character into the State Executive council, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has forwarded the names of two nominees to the State House of Assembly for confirmation as Commissioners. In a letter to Hon Olakunle Oluomo, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, on Friday, Gov Abiodun urged the House to screen Arigbabu for Education, Science and Technology portfolio while he named Odusile as the Commissioner-designate-for Information and Strategy. A statement by Kunle Somorin also announced the appointment of two new General Managers: Fola Onifade for the State Signage and Advertising Agency and Sesan Asenuga for Parks and Garages Development Board. Tolu Bankole was named Senior Special Assistant to the Governor and Ifekayode Akinbode will serve as a Consultant (Media). Odusile, the Information and Strategy Commissioner designate, is a former President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ). Until recently, h...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, October 2, 2020, arrested 10 men for their alleged involvement in internet frauds. The suspects, namely: Isaac Ogundayo; David Ayodele; Etiowe Kelvin; Seun Afolabi; Saheed Olalekan; Oluwatobi Damilola; Sukanmi Odofin; Ademola Okunola; Joseph Damilare and Abass Sodiq were arrested in their hideout at Ajinde Road 4, off Akala-Expressway, Ibadan in the early hours of the day by men of the Commission from the Ibadan Zonal Office. Their arrest followed credible intelligence and many weeks of surveillance on the location. Several fraudulent documents and other instruments of fraud were recovered from them at the point of the arrest. They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.

  The Lagos State Police Command has announced that the Common Entrance Examination into Police Secondary Schools across the country will hold on Saturday, 3rd October, 2020, starting at 7a.m. A statement issued today by SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, said that the examination will hold in Lagos State at the Police Children Schools located in Obalende 1&2, Ikeja, Idimu, Satellite, Okota and Epe. The release implored prospective candidates in Lagos State to cross-check the listed Children Schools for their examination centres, urging them to be punctual and observe all COVID-19 protocols as highlighted by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). While warning the candidates against any form of examination malpractices and untoward behaviour at the examination centres, the statement informed that CP Hakeem Odumosu has directed all Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers to provide adequate security for candidates and exam...

     Police in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region have arrested 503 people on accusations they planned to cause violence during an annual thanksgiving festival this weekend and seized guns and hand grenades, the state-run news agency reported. State-affiliated Fana Broadcasting also reported on Friday that police and intelligence services had foiled what they said were plans to incite violence in Addis Ababa and other parts of Ethiopia ahead of the Irreecha festival of the Oromo, the country’s largest ethnic group. The latest arrests happened a week after Ethiopia’s attorney general said about 2,000 people had been charged over deadly violence after the killing of popular Oromo musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa in June. Ethiopia News Agency, quoting Oromiya region police commissioner Ararsa Merdasa, said on Thursday officers seized guns and hand grenades during the arrests, ahead of a celebration in the capital Addis Ababa on Saturday and in Bishoftu in the Oromiya region of Ethiopia ...

  Is so sad that barely one month before the United State of America Presidential Election, sitting President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump, tested positive for Corona-virus today.The drama all began when one of their staff 'Hope Hicks' tested positive to Corona-Virus Yesterday,in which Donald Trump wrote on twitter that ''  Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!''.Then after him and his wife tested positive he sent out another tweet that states ''  Tonight,  @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!''.I wish them quick recovery.One more photo below.      ''.