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Monday, May 23, 2016

Why President Buhari Cancelled Trip To Lagos - Presidency Explains

The Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, has explained why President Buhari cancelled his trip to Lagos State. According to Garba, President Buhari is faced with scheduling difficulties.

"The truth is that the Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, will now represent the President in Lagos. The President is faced with scheduling difficulties and that is the reason for the postponement of the visit.

He needs more time for Lagos and for Edo which had earlier been stepped down. As a result of this, the visit has been scaled down and he is being represented by the VP, who is going to Lagos to commission a few projects, leaving the rest for Mr. President. The President will undertake these visits after the Ramadan"he said.

Garba said President Buhari will visit Lagos after Ramadan which is likely to begin on June 6th and end in early July. ‎President Buhari was scheduled to be in Lagos today to begin a two day state visit and commission some projects as well as also pay a visit to the Oba of Lagos. His visit would have been the first visit of a sitting President to Lagos in the last 15 years.

Wow! Checkout This Photo Of AY And His Wife 11 Years Ago VS Now

These two go way back... Ace comedian, AY Makun shared this side by side photo with his wife of many years, Mabel Makun. The top photo was taken precisely 11 years ago while the one below is recent, 2016. They've sure come a long way. See another throwback photo of the comedian below...

Singer Simi Reacts to Allege Affair With Falz

In an Interview with Hip TV, Simi finally addressed rumours that she's romantically linked to popular rapper and actor, Falz, who she has collaborated with numerous times. When asked by the interviewer, she said:

"Would I mind dating Falz? He is a human being. And when I say we haven't thought about it, because why would you be thinking of something that is not - like in the book? Falz is my friend and that's all that there is to it. You can interview me in another world and I can give you an answer in that world. But for this world, cut!".

Mother-of-three Narrates How Boko Haram Members Kidnapped & Tried To Use Her For A Suicide Attack In Kano

A major suicide attack on the city of Kano was Saturday night aborted after a primed female suicide bomber, regained consciousness and escaped from the captive of suspected Boko Haram members, who were driving her to her target.

The female escapee, Hajia Khadija Ibrahim, a mother of three, was kidnapped and drugged in Maiduguri and was driven to Kano, strapped with improvised explosive device, when their vehicle developed faults on transit.

Recounting her chilling experience at the Government House, Sunday, she disclosed that she was unwell and was on her way to the hospital in Maiduguri when she was kidnapped.

“I walked up to a juncture in Baga Road (in Maiduguri) and at the juncture, I flagged down the first tricycle (Keke Napap), which incidentally was already filled up,” she stated.

“I flagged down another Keke (tricycle) which was not going my way. But when I flagged it down, both the Keke (tricycle) and a vehicle stopped at the same time, even though I did not stop the vehicle” she continued.

“The occupants of the vehicle asked me where I was going and I replied that I was going to the hospital. They offered to drop me. I accepted and entered the vehicle. Immediately I entered and placed my head on the seat of the vehicle, I lost consciousness” she narrated.

“I did not get myself anymore and did not know where I was until I was regaining my consciousness, hearing faintly when one of them was asking if we had been injected while the other replied that he was yet to inject us, that he should wait a little until we enter into the city” she said.

“It was at about this point that our vehicle developed fault and our driver came out to poured water into the radiator. The driver later called out on the other person, saying the car could not move, for which he stepped out to help fix the fault” she stated.

“It was at this stage that I touched my body and discovered that my dress had been removed, that in its place I was wearing a new dress that was strapped with different wires,” she stated.

“They now changed my vehicle to another and the lady that was drugged with me in the first one was different from the lady that I now saw in the second vehicle. The first lady was an older person while the person that was drugged in the second vehicle was a small girl.

“It was in the course of embarking on the new vehicle the I bolted away. I was running and falling. I was running and falling. They made a hot chase of me and I could hear them shouting that I should stop, that I should stop, that wherever you go in this city, we would find you because we have our eyes everywhere in this town.

“But I refused to stop despite their entreaty. They were calling me, saying I was going to do aiki Allah’s work at Kanti Kwari. But I kept running”.

Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr. Maigari Dati Dikko said that the lady was rescued at Hotoro General Area by officers of the Nigeria Police, who were on duty at Hotoro, near Abubakar Rimi Television, in the state capital.

Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who received the escapee in his home at Government House, expressed regrets that insurgency was yet to be completely eliminated in the country while calling on citizens of the state to be extra – vigilant following the development.

Check Out The Full List Of The 2016 Billboard Music Awards Nominees & Winners

The 2016 Billboard Music Awards took place in Las Vegas, Nevada yesterday. The biggest winners at the ceremony was Adele and The Weekend. See the full list below...

Top Artist:

Adele - WINNER

Justin Bieber

Drake

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

Billboard Chart Achievement Award (Fan-Voted):

Rihanna - WINNER

Adele

Drake

The Weeknd

Little Big Town

Photos : Meet These Two Brothers Who Now Live as Women

Two brothers who had always loved dressing up in skirts and playing with dolls when they were kids have now transitioned into transgender females.

But for years the O’Herlihy brothers did not tell anyone, not even each other, how much uncomfortable they were living as men.

Finally, one day, they opened up to each other and discovered they were going through the same gender battle.

Jamie, 23, who kept her birth name, and Chloe, 20, who used to be called Daniel, said it was amazing to be able to reveal their secrets to each other and help each other.

Jamie who is a bartender in Dublin said:

‘It was a huge relief for me when Chloe told me because I felt like we were in it together. ‘We had always been in it together from the start but we just didn’t realise. ‘I don’t feel either of us has influenced the other, we were born this way. But I do think it’s amazing that we’re on this journey together. Chloe is my greatest supporter and doing it together has helped us both.’See more photos below...

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Seyi Law Admits Slapping An Eko Hotel Security Guard Three Times, Apologizes

Popular comedian Seyi Law has reacted to the report that he slapped a security guard named Peter Ethan, at the Eko Hotel and suites in Lagos State.

According to a report by Vanguard, Seyi Law ferociously slapped the security guard across the face three times, as he was trying to maneuver his way out of Eko hotel, just after the conclusion of Kiss Daniel’s album concert in the early hours of Monday last week.

Explaining his own side of the story, Seyi Law took to his Instagram page to also tender an apology. Read what he wrote below...