The Gambia crisis: Yahya Jammeh says he will step down

The Gambia's long-term leader Yahya Jammeh says he will step down, after refusing to accept defeat in elections.

In an announcement on state TV, he said it was "not necessary that a single drop of blood be shed".

The statement followed hours of talks between Mr Jammeh and West African mediators. He gave no details of what deal might have been struck.

Mr Jammeh has led the country for 22 years but was defeated in December's election by Adama Barrow.

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Mr Barrow has been in neighbouring Senegal for days and was inaugurated as president in the Gambian embassy there on Thursday.

Troops from several West African nations, including Senegal, have been deployed in The Gambia, threatening to drive Mr Jammeh out of office if he did not agree to go.

Young woman killed by boyfriend saves six lives with donated organs

She said: "Through her death, she has gone on to save the lives of six others."

Mrs Gillard said: "My last memory of my beautiful daughter was her in hospital fighting for her life.

"She didn’t stand a chance with James Tobin. I am no longer capable of smiling, let alone laughing - all my happiness is gone."

Her family said her decision to donate her organs "sums up Kellie's kind and giving nature".

They said: "We are proud that Kellie received the Order of St John award as a result of her organs being donated and saving the lives of others. "

Kellie's family described her a "a much loved daughter, sister and auntie."

In a statement, they said: "Kellie was a amazing, beautiful person, full of life and energy. She lit up our lives and we were blessed to have had her as part of our family."

They said they are devastated and will never get over her death and said they are "grateful" Tobin has finally been brought to justice and accepted responsibility for her death.

The 25-year-old died from a ruptured artery in hospital, Wales Online reported .

Tobin, 21, had denied being to blame for her fall at his home on Lower West End in Port Talbot on April 24, 2015.

But he was caught by police after detectives put a secret recording device in his home to hear him confess the killing to his father.

She said: "Through her death, she has gone on to save the lives of six others."

Trump signs his first executive order and it’s directed against Obamacare

President Donald Trump didn’t wait long to get into the Oval Office before signing his first executive order. And as promised, it was directed against the “Affordable Care Act,” the cornerstone legislation of his predecessor, also known as Obamacare.

According to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, the order asked the states to “ease the burden of ObamaCare,” but he offered few other details on the substance of the order, which was not immediately provided to media outlets.

The official text of the order makes it clear that it is the full intention of President Trump to seek full repeal of the legislation, but in the meantime he will take the steps “to minimize the unwarranted economic and regulatory burdens of the Act, and prepare to afford the States more flexibility and control to create a more free and open healthcare market.”

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Trump inaugurated as 45th US president

Donald John Trump was inaugurated on Friday as the 45th president of the United States.

He took the oath of office in front of the Capitol just after noon Eastern time.

The 70-year-old real-estate magnate beat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a shocking victory in the 2016 election, and he will start off his administration with Republicans controlling both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to Washington, DC, for the big event, and Trump has been promoting the inauguration festivities on his Twitter account for days.

Trump signed several executive orders shortly after his swearing-in.

Immediately after his inauguration, Trump delivered his inaugural address.

"Today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, DC, and giving it back to you, the people," Trump said.

"For too long, a small group in our nation's capital has reaped the rewards of our nation's government while our people have borne the cost."

Trump attacked the Washington establishment throughout his speech and focused his praise on the American people.

"This moment is your moment. It belongs to you," Trump said. "It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America. This is your day. This is your celebration. And this, the United States of America, is your country."

Trump said his inauguration would be remembered as the day "the people became the rulers of this nation again."

"The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer," Trump said. "Everyone is listening to you now."

Trump described the poverty, job loss, and crime that he said plagued the country.

Army parades expelled student who masterminded the killing of Ibadan Army school Commandant

The 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan, have paraded the suspected killers of Colonel Anthony Okeyim, the Commandant of the Command Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan who was strangled to death last December

Parading the suspects before newsmen in Ibadan, Oyo state yesterday, Colonel Timothy Antigha, who is the Deputy Director, Public Relations, 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, said one of the suspects is a former student of the school that was expelled for stealing. Antigha said investigations by the Army and police led to the arrest of one of the suspects who was using the Samsung X4 phone of the deceased.

The suspects had gone to the commandant's premises within the school compound to rob and kill him.

He disclosed that the expelled student gave the others the necessary information needed to carry out their operation. According to Antigha, the arrest of the suspects was made possible by the full support of the Oyo state police command. All the paraded suspects will soon be arraigned in court.

Police arrest two suspects in connection with Nigerian-Turkish school kidnap

The Nigeria Police have arrested two suspected masterminds of the kidnapping of pupils and staff members of the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges.

Among those arrested were Philip Kakadu, aka General Kakadu, and Romeo Council, otherwise known as Raw

Other suspects were also said to be undergoing screening in connection with the crime.

It was gathered that 29-year-old Kakadu and Council, 40, were picked in Warri, Delta State, by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, led by ACP Abba Kyari.

DAILY POST reports that gunmen had stormed the NTIC last Friday through a hole dug under the school fence and headed for the female hostel, where three pupils were abducted.

A Turkish teacher, a supervisor, a matron and two intending candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, who worked in the school, were also whisked away by the assailants to an unknown destination.