Sunday, 7 May 2017

Just In: Buhari Goes To London Again; Hands Over Power To VP Osinbajo



President Muhammadu Buhari will tonight proceed to London for an indefinite medical follow-up.
He had planned to leave Sunday afternoon but decided to tarry a bit, due to the arrival of 82 Chibok girls who arrived Abuja earlier in the day.

Macron Wins French Presidency By Decisive Margin Over Le Pen

Emmanuel Macron waves to supporters next to his wife, Brigitte, after casting his ballot. Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images

The pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidency with a decisive victory over the far-right Marine Le Pen that his supporters hailed as holding back the tide of populism.
Macron, 39, a former economy minister who ran as a “neither left nor right” independent promising to shake up the French political system, took 65.1% to Le Pen’s 34.9%, according to initial projections from early counts.