Iraqi President Fuad Masum asked for additional military and humanitarian support from Turkey in the fight against the Islamic State militants during the official visit to Ankara.
“This virus can pass from this region to other regions,” he was referring to the IS threats at a joint press briefing on Wednesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“The countries in the region have serious responsibilities,” he added.
Speaking to the Turkish press after wrapping up his talks with Turkish officials, the Iraqi leader said Turkey is ready...
Friday, April 24, 2015
(UPDATED) Jonathan, Buhari in closed-door meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday met behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The meeting which lasted about 30minutes started at about 3pm with the arrival of the President-elect and members of his entourage.
A few minutes before his arrival, Jonathan walked a distance of about 100 metres from his office to the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa where the meeting was held.
He was accompanied by his Principal Secretary, Ambassador Hassan Tukur, and a few...
Monday, April 20, 2015
IS Clearly Want War With The Vatican :IS Video To shows murder of Christians
The Islamic State jihadist group has released a video purportedly showing the slaughter of around 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
The 29-minute film purports to show militants holding two groups of captives, described in text on screen as "followers of the cross from the enemy Ethiopian Church".
A masked fighter in black brandishing a pistol makes a statement threatening Christians if they do not convert to Islam.
The video then switches...
White House fence jumper arrested
A person carrying a suspicious package scaled a White House fence Sunday night, but was quickly apprehended.
The person climbed the fence on the south side of the White House complex about 10:25 p.m., said Brian Leary with the United States Secret Service.
The individual is in custody and charges are pending, Leary said. The person's name or gender wasn't released.
The package was being examined and later deemed to be harmless, a Secret Service...
Revenge! Assassins! Reunions! Game of Thrones Season 5 Finally Heats Up In "The House of Black and White"
Warning: major spoilers below! Do not read until you have watched the Game of Thrones season five episode 2, "The House of Black and White."
Now this is a Game of Thrones episode! While the season five premiere, "The Wars to Come," served as a proper opening for the game-changing season, setting up each character's journey over the next 10 episodes, it lacked a certain something that all fans love about the HBO series.
No, we're not talking...
2015 ACM Awards: All of the Best and Worst Moments From the Show!
Everything's bigger in Texas, right?
That's why the 50th anniversary of the ACM Awards was the biggest ever this year. Not only did they hold the event at the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T stadium, but the crowd managed to break the World's Guinness Book of World Records for Most Attended Live Award Show of All Time!
If that isn't the best way to start a party, we don't know what is...
Best Bromance: Can we just put hosts Blake Shelton and Luke...
Shakira Brings Her 2 Sons to Cheer on Daddy Gerard Piqué at His Soccer Game--See the Adorable Pics!
Shakira attended her beau's soccer game in Barcelona Saturday and brought along the duo's two very adorable boys to cheer on their daddy.
The "Hips Don't Lie" songstress prepared Milan, 2, and her two-month-old Sasha for the match by having them wear customized jerseys inspired by their father Gerard Piqué.
"300 games with @FCBarcelona! Not bad. I want 300 more! Congrats to the team and to all the supporters that came to Paris to watch the game,"...
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Veterinarian Sacked For Killing A Cat With Arrow
A female vet from Texas U.S.A whose name is Dr Kristen lindsey shot a feral tomcat with an arrow and posted it on Facebook
The cat she killed was not hers but an elderly couple who called it "Tiger" and said the cat got missing on Wednesday morning and in the evening that same cat has been uploaded by lindsey on her Facebook...
Rand Paul attacks Clinton and names the enemy of the US – 'radical Islam'
Rand Paul on Saturday attacked Hillary Clinton, the only declared Democratic candidate for president so far, over her record as secretary of state under Barack Obama, her use of a private email server while in that job and the human rights records of some donors to her charitable foundation.
The Kentucky senator also asked Republicans to help him take the party’s message to “new people… rich, poor, black, white, brown” as he campaigns for the...
Why My Cabinet Will Be Small ;Buhari
•We will go into action before we are sworn-in
•‘Our priorities on security, economy, unemployment, corruption’
•On indiscipline: People are more prepared to behave than in 1983
If statements from the president-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, are to be believed, the incoming administration, to be inaugurated on May 29, will hit the ground running. Buhari says he intends to put together a small cabinet that may go into action even before the swearing-in. In a nutshell, he speaks on the shape of things to come in this interview.
By...
S’Africa not driving foreigners away – Zuma
President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday his country is not driving foreigners away after days of violence against foreigners in parts of the country.
“As government, we’re not saying to you go away. It is not every South African who is saying go away. It is a very small number of people who say so,” Zuma told a group of displaced foreigners at a camp in Chatsworth, Durban.
Zuma was visiting the camp, accompanied by Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba and other government officials.
“We are firstly going to stop the violence then allow them...
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Are Coming to an NBC Drama!
Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden are checking into NBC's The Night Shift. The two will appear in the May 4 episode of the medical drama as part of a collaboration between the series and the Joining Forces initiative. In the Monday, May 4 episode of the series, the show will "illustrate the healing, resilience and sense of purpose that veterans, such as San Antonio Memorial's own TC Callahan (played by Eoin Macken), have found when they get the...
APC rejects May 28 handover date
There are indications that the All Progressives Congress is uncomfortable with the May 28 handover date proposed by the out-going administration.
Investigation by Saturday PUNCH revealed that the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) are set to clash over a proposal by the Jonathan team to hand over the mantle of leadership to Buhari on May the 28th, instead of the 29th.
Buhari team(Apc)...
Pastor Adeboye prays for UK’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, others
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG) Pastor E.A Adeboye, prayed for UK Prime Minister, David Cameron and the congregation at the ‘Festival of Life’ programme holding in London.
Cameron will lead the Conservative Party to participate in the UK general election holding on 7th May 2015, to elect the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Pastor Adeboye shared some of the pictures on his verified Facebook page, Pastor...
Friday, April 17, 2015
Why I conceded defeat to Buhari – Jonathan
ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan spoke for the first time, yesterday, on why he conceded defeat to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), in the March 28 presidential election, saying he did so to avert a collective tragedy.
President Goodluck Jonathan speaks during his visit to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in Lagos, on March 12, 2015. President Jonathan visited the Nigerian...
Iraq massacre site turns into ‘shrine’ of anti-IS war
On the Tigris River waterfront where jihadists executed hundreds of captured Iraqi army recruits last year, bloodstains are gradually being covered by streaks of candle wax dripping down the quay.
A symbolic tombstone has been laid where Islamic State group fighters carried out their assembly-line slaughter, shooting the young mostly Shiite men in the head before tipping them into the river one by one.
Two weeks after troops and militia retook...
Strange disease kills 14 in Ondo community
Akure—An outbreak of a strange disease at Ode-Irele area of Ondo State has claimed the lives of 14 persons.
Already, the state government and the World Health Organization have sent representatives to the community.
Also, the Personnel Protective Equipment purchased by the government for Ebola cases and their handlers had been deployed to the area.
The outbreak was noticed on Wednesday and 12 people reportedly died same day. Four others were rushed...
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Reps ask FG to recall envoy from South Africa
The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Federal Government to recall Nigeria’s ambassador to South Africa back home for “consultations” over the widespread attacks and killing of non-South African Blacks, especially Nigerians in that country.
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa have lately claimed lives and means of livelihood of many Nigerians, resulting in businesses and homes being shut for days.
A motion debated by lawmakers in...
12 Nigerian, Ghanaian Christian migrants ‘thrown’ overboard by Muslim
Italian police said Thursday they had arrested a group of African migrants after witnesses said they threw 12 passengers overboard following a row about religion on a boat headed to Europe.
The deadly dispute, which saw a group of Muslim passengers allegedly attack a group of Christian passengers, coincided with reports of a new migrant drowning tragedy.
Four days after a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Libya, in which 400 people are believed to have died, another 41 migrants were missing feared drowned Thursday after their dinghy sank en route...
Iraq PM welcomes Iran aid, but says must respect sovereignty
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday welcomed Iran’s assistance in the fight against Islamic State jihadists, but warned Tehran to respect Baghdad’s sovereignty.
“Everything must be done through the government of Iraq,” Abadi told an audience of US policy experts at a Washington think tank on the third day of a visit to the United States.
“We welcome the Iranian government’s support for us,” Abadi added, on the third day of a visit...
AU condemns South Africans attacks on foreigners
The African Union on Thursday in Addis Ababa, described the South Africa xenophobic attacks on foreigners as unacceptable and called for an immediate halt.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the Chairperson, AU Commission, said in a statement that “whatever the challenges we may be facing, no circumstances justify attacks on people whether foreigners or locals.”
The attacks had escalated with foreign-owned shops being looted and torched while some foreigners have been burnt alive and others brutally assaulted.
She welcomed current efforts by the...
Russian defence chiefs blame US for global security risks
Top Russian defence officials lashed out at the United States Thursday, accusing it of undermining global security by funding revolutions and expanding NATO in a bid to contain Russia.
Speaking at a conference in Moscow attended by his counterparts from North Korea, Greece and Pakistan, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the world order needs to be redefined in a speech that focused heavily on the perceived threat from the United States.
“We...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
I’ll restore military ties with US –President Elect Gen Muhammadu Buhari
The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday said his administration would restore military cooperation with the United States of America.
In an article published by the New York Times in its Tuesday edition, Buhari promised to among other things reformed the military.
The outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration had cancelled the training component of its military cooperation with the US citing a lack of sincerity on the part of the Americans for its decision.
But Buhari said, “My administration would...
Arizona cop hitting man with car
Police in Arizona said Tuesday that an officer who intentionally used his car to run into a suspect with a rifle probably saved the man's life.
The man's lawyer strongly disagrees. Video of the incident has stirred debate about what type of force police should have used to detain a man with a gun.
"Everything in the video seems to point towards an obvious excessive use of force. It is miraculous that my client isn't dead," said attorney Michelle Cohen-Metzger.
The incident was recorded February 19 on the dashcam of two Marana police cars that...
Jonathan rejects amended constitution
President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the amendments made to the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly.
A top government official who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent on Tuesday that Jonathan vetoed the amendment on Monday.
The official said the decision of the President not to sign the document was because the amendment did not meet the provisions of Section 9 (3) of the 1999 Constitution.
The source explained that with the return of the document by the President, the letter accompanying it might be read on the floors of the...
Buhari to move against pension for ex-governors
President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), is to lead a campaign to repeal the pension laws for governors enacted by many states of the federation, Vanguard has learnt.
The proposal by the incoming president is based on what sources close to him affirm as the incongruity of the laws under the country’s socio-economic environment and also, as a way of demonstrating moral leadership from the top.
Majority of the nation’s 36 state Houses of Assembly have enacted generous pension entitlements for governors that in many cases provide 100...
Sunday, April 12, 2015
INEC shifts state assembly election in Katsina LG to April 18
Katsina – The INEC has postponed the House of Assembly election in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State to April 18.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Bagobiri, announced this at a news conference.
He said that some miscreants attacked INEC office in the area and prevented electoral officers from taking election materials to 10 out of the 11 wards in the area, thereby prompting the decision.
He said the election was only conducted in Dan-Ali ward which hasd11 polling units.
Bagobiri added that the hoodlums...
The MTV Movie Awards' 11 Most Memorable Best Kiss Moments, Ranked
Fire up those VCRs, rewind your VHS tape and make sure you're not recording over anything important like the birth of a sibling because the 2015 MTV Movie Awards are this Sunday! And then get back in your TARDIS because you're using a VCR so that means you're probably back in the '90s, which means you're on another adventure with the Doctor.
One of the highlights of the MTV Movie Awards year in and year out is the Best Kiss category. It's always one of the most memorable moments of the evening, and this year we bet Shailene Woodley and Ansel...
Drake Has His Own Search Engine Now and It's the Best We Ever Had
Google searches just went from zero to 100...real quick.
A new website appeared on the Internet called Let Me Drake That For You and it's just as good as it sounds: All Drizzy all the time. Basically it's a knock-off Google that produces only Drake-related results. Or as the site's description reads, it's "like Google, on fleek."
If you've got a spare five hours or so, there's nothing more fun than gathering your woes and going down the Drake rabbit hole. On a Tuesday, of course.
You can literally search anything to see how it relates to Drake....
Everything You Need to Know About Game of Thrones' "Shocking" Season 5--With Scoop From the Cast!
It's been a long, cold winter as we've waited for the real winter to come...Game of Thrones' winter, that is! It's been one full year since we've journeyed to the land of Westeros for new episodes of HBO's hit fantasy drama and now, our wait is finally over, as season five premieres this Sunday.
This is the season we've all been waiting for, book enthusiasts and non-book readers alike, as the show has caught up to where George R. R. Martin's novels have stopped, and it's become a fact that this season is going to feature stories that haven't...
Nigeria’s military helicopter crashes in Lagos
A military helicopter crashed on Friday during training in Lagos State.
The crash was to said to have occurred due to hydraulic failure.
It was learnt that the helicopter was returning to the Apron after the completion of the training when the crash happened.
The Nigerian Air Force said no casualty was recorded in the accident involving the Super Puma Helicopter.
In a statement issued in Abuja, the Director of Public Relations and Information of NAF, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, said, “A Super Puma Helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force...
