Only Aisha Buhari can stop us from airing her controversial Interview' - BBC

As pressure continues to mount for BBC Hausa not to air the controversial interview Aisha Buhari granted it some days ago, the station has said only Mrs Buhari can stop them from airing the said interview.

Mrs Buhari had in the interview stated that many of the people who are working for her husband now were not there when he started the journey and that most of those who had put in efforts for him to emerge president have been abandoned.

DailyTrust reports that a source within the Abuja Bureau of the BBC revealed that a letter from the Presidency has been sent to it asking for the interview not to be aired.

The source also stated that the Speaker of the Hause of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, has also tried to informally persuade the BBC from airing the interview.

The source told Daily Trust that the network wouldn't backdown on its promise to air the interview as an independent media organisation. The source stressed that the only condition that can make the service not air the interview is for the interviewee, Aisha Buhari, to decide against it. Even in that case her voice recanting what she had said in the interview would be aired. Therefore, a part of the interview will be aired in the service's morning broadcast tomorrow. It will be aired in full on its programme, 'Gane Mini Hanya', on Saturday.

Nigeria vs Algeria WC qualifier: Watford star Guedioura says Odion Ighalo and Isaac Success are now his enemies

Nigeria's Isaac Success and Odion Ighalo's teamate at clubside Watford FC, Algeria international Adlene Guedioura has revealed he's looking forward to locking horns with his friends turned 'enemies' Success and Ighalo as Nigeria prepares for it's very important qualifier against Algeria in matchday 2 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier in November in Uyo.

"I said to them I won't talk to them until next month because they are my enemies now," the 30-year-old Guedioura told watfordfc.com.

"Of course it's a joke, but it will be a pleasure to play against them. It's special to meet teammates who you are used to training with every day and to play against them in one game, so it's quite good and strange at the same time. 

"It's going to be an important game for us. I'm sure we'll have a good welcome from the Nigeria people and from Ighalo and Isaac, but when we go into the pitch they're not going to be my teammates or my friends any more. It's going to be a tough game and I can't wait for

World's Longest-Reigning Monarch Dies

Thailand's venerated King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has died at the age of 88.

King Bhumibol passed away at Bangkok's Siriraj hospital today. The palace however did not give a reason for his death. He was 88 years old.

"His Majesty has passed away at Siriraj Hospital peacefully," the palace said.

The highly revered monarch spent most of the past decade hospitalised for a variety of ailments, including kidney and lung problems. Bhumibol had been Thailand's king since 1946 and had earned the deepest respect from the vast majority of Thais.

21 Kidnapped Chibok Girls Released – Presidency

Twenty-one of the more than 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped from a school in Chibok by Boko Haram fighters in 2014 have been released. This is according to Shehu Garba.

The release followed negotiations between Nigeria's government and Boko Haram brokered by Red Cross and Swiss government.

It is confirmed that 21 of the missing Chibok Girls have been released and are in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. Continue...

"It is confirmed that 21 of the missing Chibok girls have been released and are in the custody of the department of state services," presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said in a statement.

"The release of the girls ... is an outcome of negotiations between the administration and the Boko Haram brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government," Shehu said.

"The negotiations will continue."

Igbonla Kidnap: Lagos State Govt confirms release of pupils, teachers; vows to rid state of criminals

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday confirmed the release of the four pupils and teachers of the Lagos State Model College (Senior and Junior) Igbonla in Epe who were kidnapped by suspected ex-Ijaw militants on October 6, 2016, assuring that the Government would spare nothing until it rids the State of criminal elements.

The Government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, said the children have undergone medical check-up after which they were reunited with their families.

"The Lagos State Government today welcomed the release of the school pupils, Vice-Principal and Head teacher of Igbonla Model College, Epe, who were kidnapped by suspected Ijaw militants on Thursday October 6, 2016. The children are doing well; they have been taken through medical checkup and have been safely reunited with their families."

Jigawa House of Assembly passes into law bill making it compulsory for every intending couple to go for HIV/AIDS test

Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed into law making it compulsory for every intending couple to go for free HIV/AIDS test before their wedding.

The passage of the bill was sequel to the adoption of the report of the house committee on control of HIV/AIDS earlier mandated to examine and make recommendations to the house.

Speaker, Alhaji Idris Garba Jahun who presided the plenary session, said the bill was sponsored by member representing Birnin Kudu constituency Alhaji Surajo Mohammad on the first of march this year and the bill was referred to the relevant house committee after scaling through first and second reading.

Chairman House committee on the control of HIV/AIDS and the minority whip, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulaiman Gwiwa who presented the report of the committee on the floor of the House announced that, the bill intended to provide free and compulsory HIV test before marriage and to prohibit all forms of discrimination and stigmatization against persons living with the virus.

Photos: Kenyan woman claims she was assaulted by her Nigerian baby daddy

A Kenyan woman, Francene Chettle took to Instagram a few days ago to make shocking allegations against her Nigerian baby daddy. Francene, has been dating the Nigerian guy identified as Bola Gold, owner of Gold Empire Entertainment. The couple has been living together for more than three years now and they welcomed a baby in May this year.

 

Both have locked their Instagram accounts but according to the screenshot obtained by Mpasho, Francene claimed that Bola had beaten her up at a popular club, hacked her account and has been harassing her family.

However, when contacted Bola said they had an altercation and he asked if he could talk to her outside.

"It is not true. We went to B-Club together. I wanted to talk to her.  I asked if I could have a word with her privately, but when we went outside and she spotted a cop, she told him I raped her, and was arrested,"

 He was later released and went home to pack his belongings. 

"I told him (police) it wasn't true, he let me go. I went home, parked my things because I couldn't believe someone I had been living with for three years could do that to me. She should release proof that shows I assaulted her."