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                                    According to sources,former Abia State Governor,Orji Uzor Kalu today sunday said President Buhari'ss health has improved considerable when he visited him in London last week.This is just as he disclosed that the President would be return to Nigeria before June 11th and urged Nigerians to desist from spreading messages to hate and division about the health of the President who he said is fast recuperating.Speaking in an interview at the Murtala Muhammed Airport,Ikeja,Lagos,Kalu said it is inhuman for some Nigerians to spread messages of falsehood about the health of Buhari,rather Nigerians should pray for him to enable him recover fast and return to his duty post.Kalu said he visited London to have first hand knowledge on the state of health of Buhari.He said: ''I went to Washington to visit some business partners and from there stopped at London to see Mr Preside...

               The Duke of Cambridge Prince William chatted to first responders and members of the community who were some of the first on the scene at Manchester Arena,including Greater Manchester Police Officers,St John's Ambulance,Northern Rail workers and local taxi drivers.The Duke signed the Book of Condolence at Manchester Catheral,and paid tribute to the city's strength and togetherness'.More photos below.

                           The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Legal Matter,Dr Bilkisu Saidu has dismissed recent comments credited to a faceless Social Media contributor using the name Ismaila Farouk Zamfara State about appointments made by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo,SAN,into some Federal agencies and the ones done in the office of the Vice President.Dr Saidu,regarded as one of the foremost aides to the Acting President,spoke on ''Shirin Safe'',an interview programme on BBC Hausa Radio on sunday.She was a law teacher from the Usmanu Dan Fodiyo University Sokoto before she was named an SSA in the Office of the Vice President last year.She described the nepotism charges as simply laughable,untrue,unfair and should not be taken seriously.According to hercontrary to Mr Farouk's conclusions,most senior positions on the Vice President's office are held by Muslims including by individuals who are from ...

               Governor Ibikunle Amosun at the 15th Undergraduate and 6th Post Graduate convocation of Babcock University,Illisan-Remo,Ogun State.The event started around 10 am today sunday at the University Stadium.More photos below.

           The Inspector General of Police,Mr Ibrahim Idris has reassured Nigerians that the era of kidnapping will soon be over as police has equipped themselves with sophisticated intelligent unit outfits to track down criminal.Idris gave the assurance on friday while inaugurating the Imo Police Intelligent Unit which will coordinate tracking of criminals in the state.Idris,who was on a familiarization visit to Imo,also inspected some police projects donated by Gov. Rochas Okorocha.The IG said police had advanced to a sophisticated level in fighting crime,adding that it would be difficult for any criminal activity to be carried out in Imo and other state without the suspectz not being intercepted.Idris said tracking down of the Imo born notorious kidnapper Mr. Henry Chibueze was example of how police will flush out all criminals in the system.The IG admonished officers to always respect human dignity,adding ''police cannot make any head way without the pe...

            According to one of my reporters Chinenye Genevieve,who sent in this story that a 45-year old beer parlour operator,Kudirat Sodiq,on friday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that her husband always bites her whenever they quarrel.She said that Wahabi,her husband of 23 years,was also threatening her life.She said ''My husband left scars on my body as he always bites me whenever we fight.My husband will not leave me until he sees blood coming out from the wound,I have scars all over my body as proof of his abuse'.The petitioner said that apart from the bites,her husband was also threatening her life.''wahabi is always threatening to kill me by suffocating me to death with a pillow.Because of his threat,I ran away from the house I built and relocated just to save my life.Last month,he came to my shop,saying that he will kill me,he smashed a beer bottle on the ground and wanted to stab me on my neck.I used my hand to dodge it and the bottle cu...