VP Yemi Osinbajo, Yakubu Gowon, Pastor Adeboye attend presidential Christmas Carol at the State House (Photos)

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Head of State Yakubu Gowon and Pastor Enoch Adeboye, set aglow, the presidential Christmas Carol held at the State House Banquet Hall in Abuja.

Aside Adeboye, the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, many state governors attended the Carol. The Carol tagged “Christmas Praise Concert”, was also attended by Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha.

The first Bible reading taken from Luke 2:18 –18, was read by Mrs Victoria Gowon, wife of the former Head of State, Gowon, while the second reading taken from Isaiah 7:14–15, 9:6–7, was read by Gov. Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State.

Popular beauty blogger is facing murder charges after she hid two pregnancies then killed the babies after they were born

A make-up artist is facing murder charges after she allegedly covered up two pregnancies then killed the babies when they were born by throwing them away in the trash.

Alyssa Anne Dayvault, 30, was exposed after she was taken to hospital suffering vaginal bleeding. While at the hospital in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, she delivered a placenta and umbilical cord but no child. She later admitted to police that she had given birth to a boy at home.

A police warrant said: 

The defendant stated that the child was born alive and took multiple gasping breaths after having been born.

The defendant further stated that she failed to secure medical treatment and did not personally take action to attempt to preserve/save the infant’s life.

The defendant then disposed of the child’s body in a waste receptacle at her residence in NMB without seeking help or notifying authorities.

Paedophile begs for mercy after receiving 5 lashes but doctor gives go ahead for 95 more lashes

A paedophile was sentenced to receive 100 lashes of the cane for having sex with an underage girl.

The Indonesian man was one of two men given the punishment, one for having sex with his underage step-daughter, and the other for having sex with an underage neighbour.

During the public flogging which was carried out in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Wednesday, the man began begging for mercy after the 5th stroke of the cane. He raised his hand and begged the masked officer carrying out the lashing to stop, saying he could not take the pain, but after doctors declared him fit enough to continue, he received 95 more strikes.

Miss USA forced to apologize for comments she made about the English-speaking abilities of two fellow Miss Universe contestants

Miss USA has apologized after comments she made about two fellow Miss Universe contestants' English-language abilities, sparked backlash online.

In a live Instagram video, 24-year-old contestant Sarah Rose Summers said that Miss Vietnam H'Hen Nie is "so cute and she pretends to know so much English and then you ask her a question after having a whole conversation with her and she (nods and smiles)."

Summers, who was joined in the video by Miss Colombia, Valeria Morales and Miss Australia, Francesca Hung, was attending the Miss Universe pageant in Thailand, which is scheduled to begin on Sunday in Bangkok.

Atiku Abubakar At PDP Women Town Hall Meeting In Abuja (Photos) - Politics

Did you know that women only constitute about 6% of Buhari's cabinet?

This, and many other issues were brought to the fore as female engineers, architects, medical doctors, academics, traders, artisans, students, market women, and a host of other women gathered for the town hall meeting for women in Abuja, hosted by the PDP Presidential Campaign team.

Atiku whose entrance to the venue elicited wide celebrations could not hold back his emotions as he danced joyfully to the music with the women which sent the crowd into a frenzy.

During the interactive event which was the first by the campaign organization, Atiku said he decided interact with the women first because of  the key roles women play in families and nation building, citing  the role his mother and grandmother played in his upbringing.

Kayode Ogundamisi Called Out For Saying US Is Interfering In Nigeria's Election - Politics -

 Ogundamisi, an APC social media campaigner has been called out by Nigerians after he claimed that the US is interfering in Nigeria's election with out of school children report.

The US embassy who reacted to a UNICEF report about out of school children report, had tweeted;

.@UNICEF survey indicates that the population of out of school children in Nigeria has risen from 10.5 million to 13.2 million, the highest in the world.

However reacting to the above tweet, Kayode Ogundamisi, who claimed that the number is unacceptable, added that the US had previously claimed that there was Russian interference in the last election hence imprisonment of Trump's lawyer.

He wrote;

Unacceptable number for out of school children so also @realDonaldTrump Russian connection in American election interference but at least you guys are doing something about it as Trumps lawyers just got banged 3 years.

Here are reactions of Nigerians to the tweet below;

https://lailasnews.com/kayode-ogundamisi-called-out-for-insinuating-that-us-is-interfering-in-nigerias-election-with-out-of-school-children-report/

Saraki Jets To US To Attend Launch Of Trump's Africa Strategy - Politics -

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has travelled with a delegation of other lawmakers to the United States of America to attend President Donald Trump's 'Strategy for Africa' to be unveiled on Thursday, December 13, 2018.

In a statement signed by the Senate President's spokesperson, Yusuph Olaniyonu, the US president's new strategy for Africa gives room for more effective utilisation of existing U.S. resources on the continent.

"The Trump plan, according to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor P. Nagy, Jr, will focus on bringing more foreign direct investment into Africa and is in line with the Legislative Agenda of the 8th National Assembly which is aimed at reforming the Nigerian economy through strategic legislation that will help promote increased participation of private sector actors," the statement read.

Other members of the National Assembly that accompanied Saraki are the Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affair, Senator Ben Bruce; Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu; and Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Honourable Nnenna Ukeje.

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