'Pres. Buhari was only joking. He respects the place of women in our society & believes in their abilities' - Garba Shehu

Official Spokesperson to President Buhari, Garba Shehu has defended the President's choice of words in describing his wife while in Berlin, Germany today. In the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Buhari while reacting to his wife Aisha's interview with BBC Hausa, where she claims that his government has been hijacked by those who didn't campaign for him, laughed off her allegations, saying, "I don't know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room."

Read the full text of Aisha Buhari's interview with BBC Hausa

Below is the full text from Aisha Buhari's controversial interview with BBC Hausa Service. 

BBC Hausa: It has been One and a half years since President Muhammadu Buhari came into power, a lot of people are expressing their unhappiness over the way few acquaintance of the President have hijacked power while neglecting people that work for his success. Like we have promised, here is how the interview with Aisha Buhari and Naziru Maka’ilu from Abuja goes. 

Nigerian twitter reacts to Shehu Garba saying Pres. Buhari's comment on Aisha was a joke

Nigerians on twitter are reacting to presidential spokesperson, Shehu Garba, saying that President Buhari's comment that Aisha Buhari belongs to his kitchen, is a joke. Most Nigerians are not buying his explanation. See more of their tweets after the cut...

This woman is not taking any chances at all...lwkmd

Lol..

If a wife does to me, what Aisha Buhari did she will return to her parent’s house – Senator Owie

Reacting to Aisha Buhari's controversial BBC interview, former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie today said if his wife went public to criticize him the way Aisha Buhari did to her husband, in her BBC Hausa interview, he would send her packing from his house. In an interview with Vanguard, Owie said although what Aisha Buhari said was right, it could have been said in the bedroom when she had some private time with her husband.

Photos: Pres. Buhari meets with German President, Joachim Gauck

After his meeting with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel earlier in the day, President Buhari later met with the President of Germany, Joachim Gauck, in Berlin.  More photos after the cut...

Dear Mr President, these pictures of Aisha Buhari were not taken in 'the other room' - Journalist Jaafar Jaafar

Following President Buhari's comment about his wife belonging in the kitchen and bedroom, Nigerian journalist and social media critic posted various photos of Aisha Buhari on the campaign trail before the 2015 election. He titled the post thus: "Dear Mr. President, This is to draw your attention that these pictures were not taken in "the other room"

Former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu writes about "overnight billionaire politicians"

Former Governor of Abia State Orji Uzor Kalu took to his Facebook page Thursday, October 13th to write about people who had little or no visible means of income but suddenly became billionaires after going into politics.

EFCC arrests military officers for diverting Soldiers’ N339m death benefits

Two military officers and four others have been arrested by EFCC operatives for allegedly opening fake accounts to divert N339million benefits of next-of-kin of deceased military officers and men within two months. The Nation reports that two other suspects involved in the crime are currently at large.