The Nigerian press offers hectic coverage of the transition of power at Aso Rock Palace as President-elect Muhammadu Buhari consults his party on the cabinet pen picks and fine-tunes his act ahead of his inauguration on 29 May. And in xenophobia-rocked South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela confronts questions about her conspicuous silence with tears.
Punch reports that leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) failed to reach a decision on the zoning of political offices after meeting in Abuja all through Wednesday night and the early hours of Thursday. According to the paper, the APC leaders - including Buhari, the vice-president-elect, Yomi Osinbajo and former vice president Atiku Abubakar - adjourned agreeing that more consultations were needed before a final decision could be taken on position sharing.
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