Russia & China see no sense in creating military alliance – Kremlin

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Russia and China see no sense in creating a military alliance; relations between Moscow and Beijing are not directed against anyone, head of the presidential administration of Russia Sergey Ivanov told journalists. He noted that cooperation between Russia and China was fruitful.

"But at the same time, I find no sense, and the Chinese side, I must admit, also finds no sense in creating a new military alliance or union, or something like that. Our relations, including in the sphere of defense, are not directed against anyone," said Ivanov.

In case of another shelling of Russian territory responsibility to fall on Kiev authorities - Moscow

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Russian Foreign Ministry expressed its strong protest over the firing of Russian checkpoint "Gukovo" by Ukrainian military forces on the Russian-Ukrainian border on July, 10. The ministry stressed that in case of a repetition of such cases the responsibility for the consequences of attacks will be on the Kiev authorities., reports Russia Today.

The Russian Foreign Ministry pointed out that at the moment of firing at the "Gukovo" checkpoint there were about 230 refugees from Ukraine, and "only by luck there were no casualties," mentioned in the Russian Foreign Ministry statement.

Odessa Genocide: Kiev hinders investigation of tragedy of May 2 in Odessa - Russian Foreign Ministry

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Kiev hinders the investigation of the tragic events in Odessa and other cases of human rights violations in Ukraine, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich has said.

"We are under the impression that the Ukrainian authorities are actually hindering the investigation," he said at a briefing in Moscow.

Law enforcers announce take over of two-thirds of districts in Donetsk and Lugansk regions

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The Ukrainian military are in control of 13 out of the 18 districts of the Donetsk region and 10 out of the 18 districts of the Lugansk region, the press service of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine reports with reference to the NSDC secretary Andriy Parubiy.

Saturday, Ukrainian law enforcers stated that they had taken control of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, left by the main forces of the militia. The militia was forced to retreat in the direction of Donetsk and Lugansk.

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Jason Njoku writes an Interesting article about not giving up (must read)

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Jason Njoku is the founder of iROKO which is worth millions of dollars today. Here he writes about how in 2010 he had less than N10,000 in his account and how not giving up on his dreams changed his life. He shares his story and encourages others to keep fighting. Read below..

"My wife persuaded forced me to do a little spring cleaning this weekend. As I was going through my things rubbish, I came across this old account statement for an iROKO Partners Ltd bank account in London. If you look at the date its 13 July 2010. The statement is for June 2010. That’s right. £60.25 paid in. £60.00 (my feeding money) paid out. And an ending balance of £0.25. That’s right folks. I literally had £0.25 in my account that's $0.42 or N63.

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Twins sisters who were trained in the UK as health practitioners, now in Syria'training to be killers'

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16 year olds Salma (centre left) and Zahra Halane (centre right), who were among the top 20 students at their girls' school in Manchester, left their parents' home in the middle of the night and caught a flight to Turkey, before crossing the border. Police said the pair are thought to have followed their elder brother, who ditched his own 'excellent' academic career to join the ISIS terror group around a year ago. Friends said the twins had appeared to be typical teenagers, pouting for selfies & shopping at Primark - but they are now feared to be training for battle. Pictured left are visitors arriving at the family's home. 
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30 women & children reportedly escape from Sambisa Forest

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According to reports, 30 women and children have escaped from the Boko Haram camp in Sambisa Forest. Sahara Reporters reports that a senior military officer who spoke anonymously said the women and children after escaping wandered through the forest and finally arrived the Madagali LGA in Adamawa state. He said they appeared in a village which is a border town between Adamawa and Borno state.

The unidentified security officer however declined to disclose if the women and children are among the over 200 girls that were abducted from the Chibok school. He however said the women and children who have been moved to an undisclosed hospital for rehabilitation narrated their ordeal in the Boko Haram camp. 

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PhotoNews: Angry Brazilian Fan Destroy Properties In The Streets After World Cup 7-1 Humiliation At Hands Of Germany

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Victims Testimonial Video:Breast Ironing of Young Girls in Cameroon!

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Ogun Police arrest 1,227 robbery suspects, others

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BY DAUD  OLATUNJI

ABEOKUTA — The Ogun State Police Command said it had arrested  1,227  suspects for various crimes  across the state in the last six months.

The command also disclosed that of all the suspects arrested, 157 were suspected robbers while others were arrested for cultism, murder,  stealing, fraud among others.

FG Nabs some politicians over ties with Boko Haram, accuses #bringbackourgirls strategy of running bank accounts

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The Federal Government today July 9th said it has arrested some politicians over evidence of their ties with the dreaded terror sect, Boko haram.

Speaking at a news briefing today at the National Information Centre Abuja, the Coordinator of the Joint Information Centre for Security, Mike Omeiri, said following the recent arrest of some members of Boko Haram in Bauchi and Borno states, some materials retrieved from them after detailed investigation had evidential links with the politicians they have arrested. He however declined to disclose the names of the politicians.

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Consumers fight against Diarrhoea

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 In furtherance to its commitment to reduce infant  mortality rates  in Nigeria and promote  basic health and hygiene practices among consumers, leading antiseptic brand,  Dettol  strengthened its affinity with  consumers  when they turned up for  its walkathon  to pledge their support against diarrhoea and their commitment to simple hygienic practices.

The walkathon which held at Teslim Balogun stadium, Surulere  was part of commemorative activities to mark Dettol’s 50 years presence in the Nigerian market and was tagged ‘‘ a pledge to save 10 Million Children’’ is a strategy aimed at reaching 10 Million Moms with the multiplier effect of   helping save the lives of 10 Million Nigerian children from premature death. Continue...

Again Senate sittings in plenary fall short by 41 days.

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Again Senate sittings in plenary fall short by 41 days in the last legislative year, Daily Trust analysis has revealed. Section 63 of the Constitution requires both chambers of the National Assembly to sit for at least 181 days in a year.

The National Assembly operates a calendar that begins from June and sits in plenary for three days from Tuesdays to Thursdays while committees hold sessions throughout the week. The Assembly marked the third legislative year on June 6, and the legislative calendar released by the Senate indicates that senators sat for 189 in the past one year. 
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BRT RAMPAGE UPDATE: Army states own side of story, flays Soyinka

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LAGOS— THE Army authorities, yesterday, in Lagos, said the Lance Corporal who was knocked down and killed by a BRT bus along Ikorodu Road last Friday, was not riding motorbike on the BRT lane as widely reported.

Rather, the deceased, according to the Army, was crushed to death on the normal lane plied by other motorists, maintaining also that soldiers were not responsible for the damage done to BRT buses but hoodlums who hijacked the situation.
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Confab: Drama as Odili denies owning Abuja’s ‘biggest private hospital’

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There was mild drama on Tuesday at the National Judicial Institute, NJI, Abuja, venue of the ongoing National Conference, when a delegate, Sidi Ali, said the biggest private hospital being built in Abuja is owned by a former Governor of Rivers State.

Delegates continued their deliberations on the report of the Committee on Devolution of Power and what took the attention of most delegates in their contribution was the issue of increasing the derivation allocation from the present 13 per cent.
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Human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, is dead

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Lagos based human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, is dead.
Mr. Aturu, known to champion human rights and constitutionalism, died on Wednesday evening after a brief illness  in a Lagos hospital.
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Jonathan leaves for ECOWAS summit in Accra

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Abuja -  President Goodluck Jonathan left the country on Wednesday for Accra to participate in the Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government scheduled to open in the Ghanaian capital on Thursday.

This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Reuben Abati.

The statement said that Jonathan and other Heads of State and Government attending the summit would consider and adopt the 2014 Interim Report of the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr Kadre Ouedraogo.

Inspector General of police Abubakar Accused of Massive Fraud

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A human rights group named Paths of Peace has accused Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed D. Abubakar, of defrauding police officers of billions of naira in a dubious investment scam.

In a petition to the Senate, the group demanded that IGP Abubakar be probed over the alleged multi-billion-naira scheme that affects every policeman in the country.  Paths of Peace, a non-governmental organization that wrote the petition, stated that its objective was to fight for the rights of the oppressed.

Video Post: Angelina Jolie is a Drug Addict? Drug Dealer Releases Haunting Video

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