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                            Prince Harry, center, poses for a photo with supporters of the Royal British Legion's London Poppy Day appeal with Joss Stone, right, before getting on board the poppy bus at Buckingham Palace, Oct. 30, 2014, in London.

                             According to Punch , he stated that stomach infrastructure goes beyond just giving people food and money – It is also about getting close to the “common man.” As a result, visiting bars every Friday enables him develop close bonds with his people. “I go to beer parlour on Fridays to stay with the common men there. Governance is not church; it is about diverse characters and you must relate with them as such. Christmas is coming, why do people go out of their ways to be shopping or doing other things if it is not just to make people merry? So, I’m grooming chicken, buying rice, yams, plantain, and the rest of them. I am sure if I give them to families during the festive period, they will be happy. So, stomach infrastructure is a way of life,” he said.

                       

                         Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, claimed yesterday that he discovered 70, 000 ghost pensioners during his tenure. He also denied the allegation of embezzling N123 billion pension funds. The former head of Civil Service said because of the pension reforms he initiated, the government was saving N1billion monthly  The natio n reports. Continue...

                     Coach Stephen Keshi has revealed that he was yet to make up his mind whether to return as the Super Eagles coach. Keshi’s reinstatement was sanctioned by President Goodluck Jonathan as part of the measures by government to resolve the crisis which has disrupted the effective running of Nigerian football. The coach who led Nigeria to victory at the last Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 was on October 15 relieved of the Eagles job by the NFF board owing to the shaky performance of the national team in the qualifying race to Morocco 2015. But after a meeting with Sports Minister, Tammy Danagogo, in his office yesterday morning, Keshi told reporters he still need to take a long reflection on the presidential directive before deciding to take a plunge with the national team. I am not sure I would say ‘no’ for now or ‘yes’ to the order. I still have to think about it because we all want peace. I want a settled mind before making the decision. I don’t have issues

                      PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday stormed the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, where he collected the expression of interest and nomination forms of the party to vie for the 2015 presidential election. President Jonathan, whose nomination form was funded by contributions from a wide gamut of stakeholders was led in a carnival-like procession that included the top hierarchy of the ruling party, governors and senior stakeholders to the national secretariat of the PDP yesterday afternoon. The PDP national chairman, Muazu speaking at the occasion said the party owed it a duty to encourage a performing president and governors desiring a second term. It would be recalled that the PDP NEC had at its 66th session on September 18, 2014 adopted President Jonathan as the party’s sole presidential candidate with a decision to ratify the adoption at a national convention to be held on December 6. 

                    President Barack Obama visited Maine on Thursday, he didn't come within 300 miles of the nurse protesting her state-mandated Ebola quarantine . But he has inserted himself in the middle of a growing debate between the federal government and states over their rules for health workers returning from the Ebola zone.  cnn  reports. Continue...