Burundi Coup President's plane barred from landing, returns to Tanzania

Following the order by Burundian army general to shutdown airport and borders in the country, ousted President Pierre Nkurunziza has returned to Tanzania where he was attending a summit, officials said.

Nkurunziza was at a summit in Tanzania when a top Burundian general, Major General Godefroid Niyombare, launched a coup to overthrow him.

Hours after the coup, the president attempted to leave Tanzania for Burundi to deal with the situation but Niyombare  had ordered his men to ground the airport and the borders to prevent Nkurunziza from returning home.

A source told BBC that the plane turned back after 10 minutes as it would have been unable to land safely in Burundi.

Since Niyombare announced the coup, thousands of Burundian citizens have taken to the street to celebrate the development.

Foreign workers are dragging down wages in Britain: Bank of England boss's explosive intervention as number of EU migrants working in UK hits 2 MILLION

A huge influx of foreign workers is threatening the economy by holding down wages, the head of the Bank of England warned yesterday. In a dramatic intervention, Mark Carney said high rates of immigration helped explain why pay rises had been subdued for several years. He said sluggish earnings were a key risk to the country's recovery from the worst recession in a century.

Constitution amendment: Senate backs out of veto override

ABUJA — AFTER several threats by Senators to override President Goodluck Jonathan on the constitution amendment bill which the President vetoed and even dragged the National Assembly to the Supreme Court challenging the process of the amendment, the Senate yesterday succumbed to the apex court ruling declaring that it was for lawmaking and not lawbreaking.

Senators in separate interviews had vowed to override the President and even said that the process of gazetting the constitution amendment had started, but after a closed-door meeting, the Senate President, David Mark, who presided over the plenary, said the Red Chamber had decided to obey the court order.

Wizkid Music star's son turns 4 today

Wizkid's son Boluwatife Balogun is four years old today.

The only child of the pop superstar was born in 2011 after a 'brief' relationship between Wizkid and Oluwashola Ogudugu who was a student at the American University Cotonou at that time.

His mum has sent birthday wishes to her baby boy. "Happy 4th Birthday to my Young King! It's Been God all the wayyyy #Thankful" she wrote on Twitter.

On Instagram she wrote a longer birthday message to Bolu who she calls her 'young king'.

Lady Gaga Pop star to take up fiance's last name after wedding

Lady Gaga has reveled she will be taking her future husband,Taylor Kinney's last name once they finally tie the knot.

The pop superstar was spotted carrying her pet pooch, Koji on Tuesday, May 12 in New York City and she looked very ready to walk the aisle.

The 29-year-old entertainer and her longtime boyfriend got engaged on Valentine's Day after dating since 2011.

EKITI KIDNAPPINGS: NMA, ASUU jittery as 7 members receive kidnap notice

Ado Ekiti—Worried by the spate of kidnapping of its members, both the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have called for a total overhaul of the security strategies in the state, even as no fewer than seven doctors had received text messages from alleged kidnappers. Six persons, including the former Chief Medical Director, CMD, Dr Patrick Adegun and a nurse working with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Mrs Margaret Aladeleka were abducted in different parts of the state in the last few weeks.