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         The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) will, on Wednesday, April 17, embark on the verification of documents submitted by candidates of political parties contesting for the vacant councillorship seat in Ward A (Obele/ Oniwala) in Surulere Local Government Area of the State. A statement issued today by LASIEC requested candidates of political parties contesting for the by-election to present  original copies of all documents earlier submitted to the Commission alongside their forms for screening, noting that the list of validated candidates will be posted on the Notice Board of the Commission on Thursday, April 18. It stated further that the register of eligible voters for the election is already on display at the Collation Centre of the Ward located in Obele Odan Primary School, Surulere, urging registered voters to visit the centre to verify their details as contained in the register. According to the statement, “The...

      Following credible information of kidnap incident involving nine (9) persons at Mr Godwin Ugu Integrated Agric Farm Owo, troops of 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure have in the early hours of today Tuesday the 16th of April 2019 (at about 1:00 am), conducted a raid operation on the kidnappers' hideout at Jugbere village in Owo Local Governnent Area of Ondo State. The operation resulted in the arrest of 5 kidnappers and rescue of 5 hostages and 4 other abductees escaped from the kidnappers' den on arrival of troops. The rescued hostages and the arrested suspects - who had minor injuries have been taken to the Brigade Medical Centre for medical examination/treatment. During the operation, the following items were recovered from the criminals: a. 1 x Dane gun b. 1x Axe c. 2 x Cutlasses d. 8 x Live cartridges e. 1 x Handset f. 3 x Ring charms The suspects will be handed over to the appropriate civil security agency at the conclusion of preliminary investigati...

      This young man from the South-eastern part of Nigeria is putting his money where his Heart is in a romantic way. Juliet Onyinyechukwu Ogueze was forced to shed some tears of joy when her man Engr Onyeka ThankGod proposed to her with a brand new car. This event took place in Onitsha, Anambra State. She said 'Yes' and she shared the pictures with the caption: "I never saw this coming! I found my other half, Our together is Forever! My special!" CONGRATULATIONS GUYS .More photos below.

     PRESS RELEASE: 16 APRIL 2016 In continuation of the 2018 promotion exercise by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has flagged off the segment for the Assistant Corps Commanders rank to Deputy Corps Commanders with a pledge that the process would be free and fair, assuring that level playing ground would be provided for all participants. Declaring the exercise open at the FRSC Academy Udi, Enugu state on Tuesday, the Corps Marshal stressed the need for participants to exhibit hard work, good conduct and discipline as a way of sustaining the positive public image acquired by the Corps over the years. Oyeyemi noted that with the past experience of the Corps in matters of promotion, he was confident that there would be continuous improvement in the system and everyone would be fairly treated to get what they deserved. The Corps Marshal enjoined officers to think outside the box in their commitment to pursuing excellence in...

       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, re-arrested Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia to enable it to prefer a fresh criminal charge against her. The Commission re-arrested Ofili-Ajumogobia in line with the decision of the Appeal Court, Lagos Division, in a case involving Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, where it said that a judge could not be prosecuted until he or she had either been dismissed or compu lsorily retired by the National Judicial Council, NJC. Consequent upon the fact that the Commission had presented Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia before the NJC for disciplinary action and that the NJC had taken a position, the Commission would now approach the court to prefer fresh charges her. The Commission had first arraigned Ofili-Ajumogobia and Godwin Obla, SAN, on a 30-count charge on Monday, November 28, 2016 on offences bordering on perversion of the course of justice, graft, unlawful enrichment, providing false inform...

      The Queen and The Prince of Wales {Prince Charles} has sent a message to The President of France today following the fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral. The two messages reads as follow: Her Majesty The Queen has sent the following message to The President of France.  "Prince Philip and I have been deeply saddened to see the images of the fire which has engulfed Notre-Dame Cathedral.  "I extend my sincere admiration to the emergency services who have risked their lives to try to save this important national monument.  "My thoughts and prayers are with those who worship at the Cathedral and all of France at this difficult time."  Elizabeth R.    DATE: 16 APRIL 2019.    Cher Monsieur le President, My wife and I were utterly heartbroken to learn of the terrible fire at Notre-Dame Catheral this evening and wanted to let you know immediately how much we are thinking of yourself and the French people at this most ...

      The 2019 MET Gala is set to hold next month the 6th of May and the theme for the fashion event is ''CAMP- NOTES ON FASHION''.I can tell you for free a-lot of guest for this event will wear boots and ladies will wear boots with gown .Then the men,a lot of them will wear hats to give it that camp look,some women too might wear crazy classic hats and capes too like Red-Ridinghood. I will not be surprise if someone wears newspaper print either inform of a gown or suit.Designers this year need to be very creative.From my findings the theme was inspired by Susan Sontag 1964 essay that defines camp as ''love of the un-natural: of artifice and exaggeration''.More photos below that might have been worn by celebrities that is meant for this theme.