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 Gentlemen of the press, good afternoon. We have called this press conference at a very short notice  to brief you on the latest development in the saga of the abducted Chibok Girls.We can confirm that 21 of the girls were released, safely, to us by 5.30 this Thursday morning and they were flown to Kaduna from the location of their release. This is the most glaring manifestation to date of the unwavering commitment of Mr. President to secure the safe release of the girls and reunite them with their families.It is also a result of d round-the-clock efforts by d Admin to put a closure to d sad issue of d kidnap of d girls. We expect d released girls to land in Abuja shortly. Ahead of their arrival, we have assembled a team of medical doctors, psychologists, social workers, trauma experts, etc to properly examine the girls, especially because they have been in captivity for so long. They will also be adequately debriefed.We have d list of d 21 girls but we are now contacting ...

Some of the released Chibok girls  The Presidency on Thursday confirmed that 21 of the over 200 girls abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014 have been released. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement made available to journalists. Shehu said the released girls were currently in the custody of the Department of State Services. He said the Director-General of the DSS, Lawal Daura, briefed President Muhammadu Buhari of the development shortly before the President left for Germany. The presidential aide added that Daura wanted the girls, who were very tired, to rest before he would hand them over to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. He attributed the release of the 21 girls to negotiations between the government and the Boko Haram sect brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government. He said, “The release of the girls, in a limited number is the outcome of ...

Nollywood actress and producer, Joy Anyim, is currently having a bad time. The light in complexion lady is has been enmeshed in a big mess as she was arraigned in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state on October 7, 2016 for theft. According to the state broadcasting corporation, AKBC, and other prominent tabloids in the state, the actress is standing trial on a one-count charge of theft of the sum of N460, 000. According to people who knew her barely 6 months ago, is an unbelievable story bearing in mind the life of opulence and stupendous affluence the actress exhibited when all was rosy and she had access to the massive wealth of her husband’s family. According to reports, the Enugu born actress is known for renting entire hotels, guest houses and even clubs to fulfill her erotica desires. Uranus Hotel, Entry Point Hotel, as well as Uncle G Resort were some of the many establishments where she spent extravagantly. Well, reports claim the actress has now gone into hiding as all her creditors are on ...

Two more judges were yesterday arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), taking the number of judges so far picked up to nine. Justices Bashir Sukola and Ladan Manir of the Kaduna State High Court, were arrested in Kaduna and taken to the DSS Headquarters in Abuja at about 8.30pm. A top source said they were immediately taken in for interrogation. Six other judges are under probe. The DSS, it was learnt yesterday, has frozen the accounts of some of the judges under investigation. In some of the accounts are “huge lodgments”, a source said yesterday. The agency has received more petitions against the judges. Many of the petitioners, it was learnt, are willing to testify against them. There were strong indications last night that the judges might be arraigned in court next week because the DSS has set a deadline in order not to extend the investigation of the judges beyond this week. All of them are to face trial, the source said. Under probe are two Supreme Court Just...