Presidency mounts pressure on BBC Hausa Service not to broadcast Aisha Buhari's revealing interview

The BBC Hausa Service is under intense pressure from President Buhari and members of his cabinet not to air the recent interview granted by his wife, Aisha Buhari, which is due for broadcast on Saturday, according to Sahara Reporters.

Buhari is said to have reached out to his wife, who is currently in London, to stop granting further interviews to the media.

In excerpts that have been widely reported in the media, Mrs. Buhari is quoted as saying that the President had ditched those who really worked for his victory in the 2015 election and is instead focusing on those that didn't participate.

The First Lady also said the President did not know a majority of his ministers before appointing them to office and expressed her concern that certain individuals are creating division within the party. 

"What I am afraid for them is the rebellion of 15 million people," says Mrs. Buhari at the end of the excerpt available to the public.

Former boxing champion Adrien Broner takes to instagram to say he's about to commit suicide

Former boxing champion Adrien Broner has posted some worrying posts on Instagram, suggesting he will kill himself by 3pm today American time. It is not exactly clear from the posts what is going through Broner’s mind or what put him in his desperate state. His fans are frantic and have been begging him on the comments section of his page not to to do anything stupid but to think twice and seek medical and psychological help

Emir of Katsina accused of marrying off kidnapped 14-year-old girl

Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Usman has been accused of marrying off 14 year old Habiba Isiyaku to her kidnapper, Jamilu Lawal. According to The Nation, Habiba‎'s father, Isiyaku Tanko, accused the Katsina monarch at a press conferences organized by an NGO, Stefanos foundation, to raise awareness on the matter. 

Habiba's father alleged that his daughter was kidnapped from school, Government Senior Secondary School, Kudun Kankara, Kastina State by Jamilu and has been forcefully converted to Islam and married off by the Emir without her parents consent to Lawal.  According to Tanko, Jamilu had not only admitted to abducting his daughter but also revealed that she is presently being kept at the Palace of the Emir of Katsina. He alleged that the Emir had informed him that his daughter had been converted to Islam and he had received the sum of N50, 000 as dowry from Jamilu.

Russian govt denies interfering with the U.S election after Hillary Clinton's emails are hacked revealing damaging information

Russia has denied interfering with the U.S presidential elections after Hillary Clinton campaign /Democratic party emails were hacked.

Wikileaks' Julian Assange released series of hacked emails potentially damaging to the Clinton campaign which made the Clinton campaign and the White House immediately release statements blaming Russia for the hacks with the White House promising to give a 'proportional' response instead of denying the contents of the mails.

The hacked mails reveal that the Clinton Campaign shared information with the U.S Department of Justice as regards her 36,000 mails deleted from her private server, the mails also show her supporting open trade deals but criticize open trade deals in public during rallies.

The mails also reveal that Hillary Clinton chose her running mate Tim Kaine over a year ago and not as recently as she made the public to believe. 

Wikileaks Julian Assange has reportedly promised to release more mails in the coming days but Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has denied Russia's involvement in America's political sphere.

In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour in Moscow, Lavrov said it was "flattering" that American officials think Russia is meddling in the election, but the accusations were baseless.

Senate to streamline Nigeria’s multiple taxation system- Saraki

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday stated that the 8th Senate will work to streamline Nigeria’s multiple taxation system to improve the ease of doing business in the country. Speaking at a dialogue at the 22nd Edition of the Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, the Senate President, while answering questions from the audience, stated that Nigeria’s corporate taxation system needed to be reformed and revamped to get the country out of the economic recession. 

 

“With 37 million small and medium scale enterprises providing about 95 percent of our jobs, as we promote ‘Made in Nigeria’, we must also use our legislative powers to amend the taxation laws,” he said, “To get out of this recession, we must provide a business-friendly environment.”

Speaking on the ‘Made in Nigeria’ theme of the summit, the Senate President lauded the organisers for keying into the Senate’s plan to empower home-grown businesses and ensure that Nigerian brands are strong enough to be patronized by our people and exported abroad.

Graphic photos: Body of newborn baby found dumped in railway station toilet

A cleaner was doing her regular clean-up this morning, October 12th, at a women's toilet at Saphil railway station in Thailand when she discovered the tiny body of a newborn baby dumped inside the toilet bowl. The dead baby boy is believed to have been left yesterday night. Authorities are currently investigating to find its mother.

Caitlyn Jenner must use men’s bathroom in North Carolina, State Governor says

The world's most popular transgender Caitlyn Jenner will have no choice but to use the men's bathroom if she comes to North Carolina according to the state's governor, Pat McCrory.

McCrory, on Tuesday defended the state’s anti-LGBT law, and blamed “liberals” for “a major change in culture” that has forced Republicans to respond with the legislation forming an anti-LGBT law. 

North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law passed in March, removes anti-discrimination protection for LGBTQ people and mandates that people use the public bathrooms that correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth.

“In the private sector in North Carolina, she can go wherever the private sector wants her to,” Governor McCrory said in Tuesday’s debate between McCrory and his Democratic opponent, state Attorney General Roy Cooper.

“If she’s going to a shower facility at [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill] after running around the track, she’s going to use the men’s shower.”

“If you’re a man, you’re going to go to the man’s locker room, restroom or shower. If you’re a woman, you’re going to go to their appropriate shower,” McCrory said. “No change whatsoever.” 

But his opponent Cooper said the law must change.

It writes discrimination into our law and it has been a disaster for our economy,” Cooper said. 

“Governor McCrory continues to go across the state telling people that this is not hurting our economy. He attacks businesses who are opposed to it and says that everything is going fine. Governor, what planet are you on?”