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Two days ago, President Muhammadu Buhari stood before Nigerians and friends of the country at the Eagles Square, Abuja to take his Oath of Office and Oath of Allegiance as the President of the country, thereby formally taking over the mantle of leadership from former President Goodluck Jonathan, who had called the shots from the Presidential Villa, Abuja in the past five years.

The change of baton will not just be from one administration to the other or from the Peoples Democratic Party-led administration to one now controlled by the All Progressives Congress; it will also translate into many other changes in the outlook of the seat of power: the Aso Villa.

One of such changes that will be obvious in the seat of power will be the manner in which residents and members of staff go out and profess their faith.

During the Jonathan administration, the Aso Villa Chapel was a beehive of activities. That was because the former president, who was the political head of the chapel, is a Christian. The chapel, which was built by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is located between the Office of the First Lady and the President’s official residence inside the Villa.

While Jonathan’s tenure lasted, political jobbers and favour-seekers always besieged the place of worship either to get his attention or that of his influential wife, Patience.

Many government officials also adopted the chapel as their church. The Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Mrs. Joan Ayo; and the Chairman of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, Mr. Jide Adeniji were members of the Chapel Management Committee. A member of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, was also a prominent member of the chapel.

My Husband Confessed to Killing Our Son

Jeremy, a newborn, with his older brother Daniel, 2. (Photo: Heidi Langdon)

In July 2000, Heidi Langdon’s husband murdered their 5-week-old son, Jeremy. Today, Jeremy would have been 15 years old. She opened up to Yahoo Parenting’s Rachel Bertsche.

My ex-husband and I got married because I was pregnant. It was a stupid reason to get married, I know, but we were 23 and there was pressure from parents—basically from everyone – so we went ahead with it. John and I had been dating for about a year, and in February 2000, we were husband and wife.

My pregnancy was a tough one. I was put on bed rest halfway through, and at about 33 weeks I felt something that I thought was my water breaking. The doctors said everything was fine, but when I went to an appointment a couple weeks later, they rushed me to be induced because I had no fluid left. I was just past 35 weeks when I had Jeremy, but he’d gone for two weeks with very little fluid, so it was as if he was delivered at 33 weeks.

When he was born on May 27, the doctors said Jeremy was healthy, but I noticed right away that he cried all the time. Not just cry, scream. It was 18 to 22 hours of crying every day, and John was working long hours – he was a restaurant cook – so no one was getting very much sleep. Jeremy had a lot of stomach issues and rejected every formula we tried. Plus, we were living with my parents in their small town of Zeeland, Mich., while we got on our feet. It was a stressful time.

On July 3, when Jeremy was just over five weeks old, I went to get him out of his crib in the morning and his head looked funny. It was sort of pointy at the top and flat on the sides. I thought it was because we slept him on his side (it was the only way he wouldn’t cry). He didn’t seem to be in any pain, but I took him to the doctor that day to be safe. John came with me.

Heidi Langdon married her second husband, Mark, in 2003, after John was convicted of second-degree murder. She is pictured here in 2004 with Mark, their daughter Lexi, who was born in 2001, and her first son, Daniel. (Photo: Heidi Langdon)

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New Governors on the Block

Across the country today, 29 new governors will be sworn in. In this report, the THISDAY Politics Desk unveils the new men in the 29 stated

Along with Muhammadu Buhari, President and Commander-in-Chief, Federal Republic of Nigeria and his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, are 29 other governors that will be sworn in today, opening an entirely new chapter in the life of the country.

Although election did not hold in Osun, Edo, Ekiti, Ondo, Anambra, Bayelsa, and Kogi States because the governors in these states are yet to serve out their terms in office, the new 29 and the old seven are sure to form the governors of the Buhari generation and make up the new Federal Executive Council (FEC).
Whilst some of them have been involved on the turf for a while, in one capacity or the other, a handful of others come in as freshers, although made in their respective rights, in their different callings. And as the change era takes off with huge challenges and expectations across the divide, brought even closer to you are your 29 new state chief executives.

Jibrilla Bindow (Adamawa)
Senator Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, is the senator for Adamawa North senatorial district. A popular businessman, industrialist, and philanthropist before going into politics, he is currently the deputy chairman, Senate committee on Army and Defence. He is also a member of the Committee on Science and Technology. Bindow holds a National Diploma and it is his first time as the governor of Adamawa State. Bindow was born in Mubi on June 16, 1963, and is married to Hajia Maryam with children.

Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom)
Udom Gabriel Emmanuel was born in Awa Iman, Onna Local Government Area of Eket Senatorial District, on July 11, 1966. The candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a specialist in corporate strategy and planning, corporate financial advisory service/control, business development, international investors’ relations, oil and gas sector, infrastructure and power sector, multilateral, conglomerates and private banking, and telecommunications.
He has been an executive director on the board of Zenith Bank Plc since December 2006 and non-executive director, Africa Finance Corporation, since 2010. He was director, Nigerian Interbanks Settlement System, 2009-2011, and non-executive director, Zenith Securities, Zenith Trustees and Zenith Registrars. The new Governor of Akwa Ibom State is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Institute of Financial Management, and an associate of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. He is also a first time governor.

Burundi: President pushes back election into June amid continued unrest

Bujumbura, Burundi As protests and sporadic violence continue to roil his country, Burundi's President has pushed back the parliamentary and local council elections by one week, to June 6, a presidential spokesman said Wednesday.

President Pierre Nkurunziza is set to make a formal announcement about the delay later Wednesday at the African nation's State House. Presidential spokesman Willy Nyamitwe told CNN that Nkurunziza made the decision after getting sadvice from Burundi's Electoral Commission and East African leaders.

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