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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar paid a courtesy visit to the president elect, Gen Buhari today. More photos below

Borno state govt says profiling of the 293 females rescued from Sambisa forest yesterday April 28th shows that they are from Damboa local government and not from Chibok as was highly speculated. Speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri today April 29th, the state Commissioner for Information, Dr. Mohammed Bulama, say the rescued females are from Bumsiri village in Damboa Local government area and were all kidnapped from the village by the sect members. "These girls and women rescued are still our daughters as much as the Chibok girls and we have to commend the military for liberating them, hoping that the rest will equally be liberated. Though everyone had thought they were the Chibok girls because of the hype surrounding the abduction of the girls, but we should not lose sight of the fact that they are as important as the Chibok girls and those that are still in captivity, which we hope would be liberated soon. But at the moment, we are looking up to th...

President-elect Gen. Buhari says he never gave the directive to anyone to bar AIT from covering his activities. In a statement released this evening and signed by the Director of Publicity for the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Garba Shehu, Gen Buhari said this is the era of change and that he along with his staff will ensure they do not make the same mistakes the outgoing government made. "The time for change has come and we must avoid making the same mistakes that the outgoing government made" the statement read in part. The statement also stated that Gen Buhari instructed his staff to"steer clear of all dealings with the media, and leave all media affairs to his official media team. "I would like everyone to henceforth stay within his/her defined area of responsibility,” Buhari said.

US First Lady Michelle Obama looked gorgeous in a blue dress by Japanese designer Tadashi Shoji at the White House State dinner held yesterday in honour of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. See more photos below  Photo credit: Getty/AP

The Federal Government has asked for the return of the corpses of 4 Nigerians executed in Indonesia following drug related offences yesterday April 28th. In a statement released by the Public Communications Division of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, FG condemned their execution and condoled with their families. The statement below...   “The Federal Government of Nigeria has received with deep disappointment, news of the execution of four Nigerians, Messrs Martin Anderson, Okwudili Oyatanze, Jaminu Abashin and Sylvester Obiekwe by the government of Indonesia for drug-related offences. These executions have taken place despite spirited pleas for clemency made at the highest level by President Goodluck Jonathan, and more recently Ambassador Aminu Wali, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on April 21, during the 10th Anniversary of the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership Summit, which took place in Jakarta, Indonesia,  The Federal Government wishes...

The leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is believed to have directed members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly to apply the brakes in their desire to get Governor Ayo Fayose impeached ahead of the May 29, handover date. A member of the APC national caucus close to Tinubu told our correspondent that the APC strongman and former governor of Lagos State specifically told some Ekiti APC legislators to allow Governor Fayose to complete his second tenure and should sheathe their swords. It was gathered that Tinubu’s new posture over the Ekiti political drama might not be unconnected with his present dislike for former Governor Kayode Fayemi, who he does not want to be a beneficiary of the impeachment process against Governor Fayose. In this respect, the former Lagos State Governor has refused to finance the court case on behalf of the 19 APC legislators who have not been paid their salaries and allowances since October 2014...

The President-elect, Gen. Buhari,  today Wednesday  April 29th in Abuja inaugurated a 19-member Transition Committee to liaise with its Federal Government counterpart to ensure a smooth transition. See the photos and names of the transition committee members below A statement issued in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Committee (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the terms of reference of the committee include to develop a clear framework for liaison with the out-going Administration for purposes of a smooth hand-over/take-over and to receive hand-over documents from Ministries, Departments and Agencies and itemise the most important or most urgent issues confronting the in-coming government It said the committee is also saddled with reviewing and making preliminary assessment of the balance sheet of government with particular emphasis on the status of assets and liabilities of government; cash flow position of the gover...

The man above was called Will West, the man below William West, and they were both sentenced to jail at Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas over 100 years ago. The man below is also Will West who arrived at the same prison in 1903. His arrival caused the records clerk at the prison considerable confusion, because he was convinced he’d processed him two years previously. The clerk, M.W. McClaughry, asked Will West if he’d ever been to the prison before. West said he hadn’t. McClaughry then set about taking his Bertillon measurements – named after the French policeman Alphonse Bertillon – which was the usual method of identifying people and involved recording the dimensions of key physical features. McClaughry, still convinced the man before him had already been to the prison, looked up his name in his filing system and found one William West – who looked identical to Will West in the photographs in every respect. They even sha...

Read the State House press release below... President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Alhaji Sanusi, a lawyer, from Kano State takes over from Mallam Habib Abdullahi (pictured above) who has been relieved of his appointment as Managing Director of the NPA. The appointment of the new NPA Managing Director takes effect from tomorrow, Thursday, April 30 2015. President Jonathan thanks the outgoing Managing Director for his services and wishes well in his future endeavours. Reuben Abati Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) April 29, 2015

There are  serious  reports that Beyonce has hired a bodyguard for Jay Z whose real job is to spy on him and report back to her...lol.  From  The Mirror According to Grazia, Beyonce has hired a private detective to keep their eyes on her hubby. Despite putting on a united front for recent outings together, sources tell the mag there is trouble in paradise. "There are whispers Beyonce has hired a bodyguard to watch over Jay Z and report back to her," a source told Grazia."He's there to take care of Jay, but part of his unofficial remit is to fill Beyonce in when she's not there.

The presidential transition committee has accused Gen. Buhari's transition committee of acting like a parallel government, trying to stampede the Jonathan administration out of office. Addressing state House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting today April 29th, the Minister of National Planning, Abubakar Suleiman who is also a member of the Jonathan Transition Committee, accused General Buhari's transition committee members of making impossible demands from the government. Although he did not name those demands, he however warned that the president’s magnanimity should not be construed as cowardice.

45 year old Adamu Abdullahi (pictured above) says he will be trekking form Maiduguri in Borno state to Abuja from tomorrow April 30th, so he can meet with Gen Buhari to congratulate him on his victory at the presidential elections, according to KSM News. Married with 4 children, Adamu says he will be leaving Maiduguri by 6am tomorrow and will depart from Jimtilo park. He asked all Borno state indigenes to forward their petitions to him so he can forward them to Gen. Buhari.

Vice President-elect Professor Yemi Osinbajo took to twitter to state that Gen. Buhari's government will encourage free press when they assume power.

The rapper was spotted out in LA yesterday with her underwear showing ... think it's deliberate?

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has denied apologising to the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Chief Bode George. George had said during an interview with the Sunday PUNCH that Tinubu was responsible for his imprisonment but had apologised to him at the burial of the Deputy President General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola-Alao, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, last year. However, Tinubu in a statement by his media adviser, Mr. Sunday Dare, said he never apologised to George since he had nothing to do with George’s incarceration. He said although they both met at Arisekola-Alao’s burial, their conversation had nothing to do with an apology. He said, “Mr. George claims the alleged apology was made at the burial of Chief Alao-Arisekola. On that date, personalities such as Oba Otudeko and Governor Ajimobi approached me because I did not greet Mr. George...

This young man was murdered by armed  robbers  on his way to Abuja on Monday April 27th, just three days to his traditional wedding and five days to his white wedding which was supposed to be  2nd of May. So sad! His friends sent in the sad news! May his soul rest in peace, amen.

President-elect and his deputy seen having breakfast with a sachet of N40 milo on their table...

The 34 year old model celebrated her 20 year modelling career with a Vogue Brasil spread. In newly released photos, she showed off her extreme flexibility.. Incredible!

Amber Rose has publicly said her heart belongs to Wiz Khalifa. He in the other hand,hasnt been much vocal about his feelings. Looks like he was trying to pen them down in a song. In a new song 'Rico Love's "Somebody Else...Wiz raps  Thought I had it All the magic, I couldn’t imagine That it would all end tragic Automatically I’m the bad one I was only doing us Gave everything, a kid and house And a wedding ring And now you talk about you could do better things How did we get this way? How do you entertain that bullsh-t? Why you even care what Instagram got to say? Now when you see me, we don’t act the same Smiling on TV tryna hide the pain An empty seat where you used to be with me on the plane That empty hole in my heart Will I ever love again? You had your way and you know it Ain’t thinking forward, you still in the past Ain’t gon’ lie, I spent some time thinking if we could’ve lasted Screaming ‘F-ck the world,’...

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recovered a baby boy, David Johnny, who was stolen by a doctor with the connivance of his mother, Esther Johnny, and sold to a woman in Abuja.  It was learnt that the mother initially denied knowledge of the crime as the police intensified efforts to unravel the whereabouts of the baby. He stated that when the police apprehended the doctor, he tried to frustrate police investigation into the matter.  He added that the police had to tell the doctor that they would charge him to court for child kidnapping if he failed to produce the missing child.The CP said,.. “The police in Akwa Ibom State have rescued a baby boy, David Johnny, who was stolen when he was three-day-old and handed over to a doctor in Port Harcourt. The baby was subsequently taken to Abuja. When we found the doctor, he refused to cooperate as he tried to frustrate the efforts of the police in investigating the case of the stolen boy.  “My o...