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Bhumibol Adulyadej, Who is the King of Thailand and also the world's longest reigning monarch is dead.  He died at a hospital in Bangkok at the age of 88 today Thursday October 13th, according to the bureau of the royal household. The Monarch was confirmed dead today after his family highlighted on Sunday that he had been placed on a ventilator after his medical team incharged had performed kidney dialysis and replaced a tube used to drain fluid from his lung when his blood pressure dropped.Thailand, a kingdom with a population of 67 million people, with most not knowing any other ruler apart from Bhumibol, will now be ruled by their Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn who is 63yr old.

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, just released the names of the 21 girls Chibok girls released today by Boko Haram members. Here are the names made available by the government after the cut. . .1. Mary Usman Bulama 2. Jummai John 3. Blessing Abana 4. Lugwa Sanda 5. Comfort Habila 6. Maryam Basheer 7. Comfort Amos 8. Glory Mainta 9. Saratu Emannuel 10. Deborah Ja’afaru 11. Rahab Ibrahim 12. Helen Musa 13. Maryamu Lawan 14. Rebecca Ibrahim 15. Asabe Goni. 16. Deborah Andrawus 17. Agnes Gapani 18. Saratu Markus 19. Glory Dama 20. Pindah Nuhu 21. Rebecca Mallam

On behalf of President Buhari who just arrived in Germany, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo received the released 21 Chibok girls in Abuja this evening. Osinbajo was accompanied by his wife, Dolapo Osinbajo, Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed and other government officials.

The spokesman for President Buhari, Garba Shehu, has confirmed the release of 21 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram. In statement released, Shehu said: "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. The Director-General, Malam Lawal Daura just finished briefing the President H.E Muhammadu Buhari. The release of the girls, in a limited number is the outcome of negotiations between the administration and the Boko Haram, brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government. The negotiations will continue.The President welcomes the release of the girls but cautioned Nigerians to be mindful of the fact that more than 30,000 fellow citizens were killed via terrorism. Lawal Daura wants the girls to have somerest, with all of them very tired coming out of the process before he hands them over to the VP. The President takes off shortly on a trip to Germany for a state visit.&q

   Selena Gomez, 24, announced that she had to ‘take a break’ to umprove on  her health, her whereabouts over the last several weeks has been revealed. The singer has been at a rehab facility in Tennessee.  “Selena is dealing with lupus, but this break is to focus on her mental health,” an insider tells the mag. “She can go to a very dark place.” The name of the treatment center was not confirmed, but the source says it’s located outside of Nashville and is “super intense,” but “private and quiet.”Of course, this isn’t Selena’s first time recoveringin rehab: She voluntarily spent time in an Arizonafacility at the beginning of 2014, as well. This is a development that comes after  She said she wants to take a break to with some Psychological issues which is “anxiety, panic attacks and depression,” which have come about as side effects of her lupus medication. The World's most popular person on Instagram has been  completely silent on social media, and wasn’t

The 3,959 megawatts (MW) of electricity that was generated on Monday, yesterday rose to 4,028 megawatts, resulting in 69 megawatts increase in power produced by the generation companies, GENCOs. The Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, stated this on its website.It explained that lowest energy generation recorded was 3,440MW, while peak generation was 3,959MW. The highest frequency recorded on the day under review was 51.50Hz while the lowest frequency was 48.50Hz. Peak generation ever attained remains 5,074MW.Vanguard learned that the issue of inadequate gas supply to the generation companies, occasionedby activities of militants has continued to affect the improved generation of electricity in the country.Nigeria is estimated to have the ninth largest gas reserves (at 180,105 billion standard cubic feet),but this has not been leveraged to meet Nigeria’s electricity requirements.There is low production for the local market, which po

"The biggest mistake you can make as a woman is to remove jewels from your crown to make it easier for a man to carry".  Halle Berry took to her IG page to send a powerful message to victims of domestic violence.

The invigorated Intelligence Response Team (IRT) under the auspices of the office of the Inspector General of Police launched a massive onslaught on the kidnappers of some residents of an estate in Isheri area of Lagos state. This yielded prompt resultas the hoodlums were eventually arrested.This feat was achieved as a result of due diligence and intelligence led policing exhibited by members of the Force and the zeal shown by public spirited citizens to rid our society of crime.It will be recalled that some residents of an Estate inIsheri area of Lagos state were kidnapped on 27/09/2016 and were subsequently released by theirabductors.  The  suspects who were  arrested by the team are as follows: i. Natei Okunna ‘M’ (gang leader) ii. James Kegbe ‘M’ a.k.a JJ iii. ThankGod Segede ‘M’iv. Trust Bourdilon ‘M’. They were arrested  at different locations where they had gone to spend their share of the ransom. They, in the course of investigation, volunteered confessional statem

A Top Aide in Hillary Clinton's Campaign team Jennifer Palmieri  is under fire and  from Catholic groups for what she said about the hacked emails published by WikiLeaks. In the emails she mocked Catholics and Evangelicals saying :“I imagine they think it is the most socially acceptable politically conservative religion,” she wrote. “Their rich friends wouldn't understand if they became evangelicals.     ”A Catholic group has asked for her to resign. She is Hillary Clinton's communications director . The Catholic League, an anti-defamation organization, lashed out at the Clinton campaign for the exchange saying in a statement: “These anti-Catholic remarks are bad enough but it makes one wonder what else Clinton’s chiefs and others associated with the campaign are saying about Catholics and Catholicism”.A politically conservative group called Catholic Vote,is also asking Palmieri to resign.They said:“Everyone has a unique faith journey, and it’s just insulting t

During his time as President of the United States ,President George W. Bush's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) had top Republicans as officials and they  have endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.  The 13 former officials have backed the Democrat in an open letter Wednesday, led by former EPA head Christine Todd Whitman and former Transportation Secretary Mary Peters. The letter read in part: "We believe in effective government, a society of hope and optimism balanced with realism, and a politics of civility and honesty. None of these values are present in Donald Trump's campaign," the ex-officials wrote.The Wednesday letter follows an open declaration inAugust from 50 foreign policy experts who served in GOP administrations and are also denouncing Trump while backing Clinton.Clinton has also garnered support from William Ruckelshaus, EPA head under Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan; and William Reilly, EP

Speaking of not been Happy ,Rapper T.I was certainly not on a good one with Floyd for being ‘irresponsible’ and ‘insensitive’ after the retired boxer said that all lives matterthat ‘all lives matter’ in an interview Watch the video https://www.instagram.com/p/BLeXWU0hzuA/ This was certainly what Rapper T.I wanted to hear. T.I  who has made it clear over time that he is a Black Lives Matter Supporter said the boxer is being" Inconsiderate" and brainwashed" See his length message to the boxer .