Leave Buhari alone, Tinubu slams critics

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a leader of the All Progressives Congress  has warned those speculating on President Muhammadu Buhari’s health to stop it.

The former Lagos State governor  said Buhari who Nigerians overwhelmingly voted for on March 28, 2015, because they believed in his capacity to fix the country, is on a mission to right many of the nation’s wrongs.


He therefore warned that speculations about his health were  unnecessary distractions to the President and were meant to  pit a section of the country against another.

In statement entitled: “Stop the hoopla over Buhari’s health, allow the president to do his job as he deems fit”, the respected political leader, said much had changed since Buhari took over the reins of governance two years ago.

“Nigeria is a place of numerous challenges and the home of vast human potentials. Our greatest challenge has always been how to best direct our vast potentials so that we overcome the challenges that plague us.
“This cardinal challenge is why the APC was formed and why the party presented then General Muhammadu Buhari as its standard bearer. The people rightly chose him as their president, believing he was the best person to make Nigeria into a better nation.
“His electoral victory was historic. More importantly, like most Nigerians, I believed his presidency represented a historic mission to right many of our nation’s wrongs. I still believe so.
“The previous administration treated Boko Haram softly, appearing to view the terrorists as part of their political equation rather than a lethal threat to national security. President Buhari has gone after Boko Haram without condition and without fear. He has pushed them back, saving lives and giving northern Nigeria a chance to breathe again the air of peace and normalcy.
“My recent visit to Borno State to inaugurate projects opened my eyes to the progress President Buhari has made in the anti-terror war. An enabling environment has been created for Governor Kashim Shettima who has taken advantage of the peaceful space to initiate laudable projects, such as the provision of housing for and rehabilitation of Boko Haram victims.
“The previous administration treated corruption as its co-tenant in office. President Buhari has fought it with tenacity, equal to that with which he has confronted Boko Haram.”

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FRESH MUSIC: Dezign – Oyiye

AlterPlate Music presents the brand new single from Dezign. Following the release of ‘Comsa’ by hitmaker Del B and Harrysong, AlterPlate presents the TwinBeatz – produced ‘Oyiye‘ by her high flying dancehall act, Dezign.

‘Oyiye’ is a syrupy and easy to sing along number that would keep you rocking hard on the dance floor all day long.

Connect with Dezign via @Twitter.com/iamDezign!

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Husband explains why he slept with late wife's body in bedroom for 6 days

 A husband has spoken of how he kept his wife's dead body in their bedroom for six days.

Russell Davison says he wanted to be in control of what happened next when wife Wendy died of cervical cancer at 50.

So he kept her in their Derby bedroom for nearly a week  even sleeping in the same room – before taking her body to the crematorium.


Now Russell wants to convince the public that staying close to a loved one's dead body is nothing to be afraid of.
According to the Derby Telegraph ,about three years ago, Wendy was given six months to live.

It was then that the couple decided they needed to start living in 'The Now' and make the very most of every moment we had left together.

They bought a caravan and went travelling all round Europe.Wendy stopped eating on April 10. She stopped drinking on April 15 and was sedated from then on.

She did have moments of communication near the end - enough to tell Mr Davison she loved him and that she was no longer in pain.

"That meant the world to me at that moment," he said.
"Wendy died very peacefully, fully sedated, in no pain in mine and Dylan's arms with our ever faithful dog Elvis smuggled up right next to her too

"After a while we gently and lovingly washed Wendy's body, dressed her and placed her in her cocoon – a word we prefer to use instead of coffin – and it was very special.
"She looked absolutely beautiful, just like she always did in life: no effort, no makeup, just radiant beauty.
"It was at that point my heart started to break. I cannot believe how much I sobbed - it seemed to last for ten hours. I could not eat or even talk very much.
"I was amazed at how much came out, we had all been crying a lot over the last few weeks but this was next level.
"Death seems to be such a taboo subject in our society, no one seems to want to talk about it. Wendy and I were not like that, we talked about it a lot."

For a long time, Mr Davison said he had been determined to have Wendy at home when she died.

"I did not want her in the mortuary or handed over to a funeral director," he said.
"I wanted us to take care of her ourselves at our family home, and have her in our bedroom so I could sleep in the same room.
"I was sure this would be a comfort to us all but again I am truly amazed about has happened; having Wendy's body at home and being able to sit with her all day, have her friends and family come to sit with her, chat with her, chat about her and light candles and incense on her alter proved to be such a beautiful and comforting experience for me, the boys and all that are taking part.

 At least one of us sat with Wendy until Thursday morning. This was important to us as our belief is that the spirit can sometimes take a while to transcend and having the body in familiar surroundings with familiar people helps reassure the spirit about what is happening and what needs to happen.
"The impact of having Wendy's body lying in rest in our bedroom with family and friends coming to pay their respects and sit and vigil with her was really quite astonishing.
"The comfort me and boys and their partners have had from being with family and friends at Wendy's dead body's side has been huge.
"I would describe the process as like an emotional decompression chamber, allowing us to start to come to terms with our loss while Wendy is still with us.

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Captain suspended for sleeping in business class leaving trainee pilot to fly plane

A senior pilot has been suspended after he was pictured sleeping on board a plane he should have been flying.

Captain Amir Akhtar Hashmi is accused of putting passengers' lives at risk by leaving a trainee at the controls of a packed jet to nap in a business class seat.

Hashmi allegedly slept for two-and-a-half-hours on board the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Islamabad to London on April 26.

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What you must know about France’s newly elected president, Emmanuel Macron, including his wife who’s 25 years older

He was a member of the Socialist Party before forming En Marche!, a move which led to him being reprimanded by outgoing president Francois Hollande at the time.

Macron eventually resigned from government in August 2016 and declared his presidential ambition in November 2016.

His wife, Brigitte

She was his teacher when he was 15

She’s 64 years old and has three children but that’s not all. She was his teacher in school.

One of his step-children was his classmate in school

Macron had no political party until last year

You read that right. He was in the same class with his wife’s daughter back in the day.

When he first knew he loved her

Love for all ages

The story goes that he admitted being in love with her when he was just 17; she was in her early 40s then.

According to her, Macron asked the mother-of-three if together they could re-write sections of the play The Art of Comedy by Eduardo De Filippo, to expand it to include 15 new roles.

To that end, they started seeing each other every Friday, but not romantically.

How she fell in love with him despite being much older

Brigitte and Emmanuel

Brigitte admitted, ‘Little by little, I was won over by his intelligence. I still haven’t measured all its depths.’

The couple kiss at a campaign rally

When they finally got married

Holding hands

In October 2007, the 54-year-old Brigitte and the 29-year-old Macron married in the upmarket town of Le Touquet, where they have a home.

This was 21 months after she divorced the banker André Louis Auzière.

A number of questions come to mind. First, as Nigerians, have we reached that phase in our lives when we can marry irrespective of a vast age difference? Can men openly marry much older women in these parts?

Also, this is potentially going to be France’s youngest ever president, when will Nigeria have a president that young?

And finally, knowing all this, would you still like to be Emmanuel Macron?

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