See Photos of soldiers killed by Boko Haram that caused military mutiny in Maiduguri

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Very often we hear that soldiers in battle with the dreaded Islamic sect Boko Haram were killed, but we hardly get to see the fallen officers. Well, here are two of them. The officer on the left is Major Olalekan Akintola, aka Lokoso, he was one of the officers ambushed and killed by Boko Haram men last Wednesday night. The officer on the right is Lt Odushina Oluwafemi, he and his fellow soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by Boko Haram after their GOC, Major General Abubakar Mohammed, made them make an unusual trip, his friends say.

Their deaths sparked a mutiny against the GOC. Y'all remember the story last week. The GOC has since been redeployed because of the incident.

Pres. Jonathan Strongly Condems Job Bomb Blasts

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President Goodluck Jonathan has strongly condemned the bomb blasts in Jos, Plateau state, which led to the loss of many lives.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati Tuesday said the president described the perpetrators of “this tragic assault on human freedom as cruel and evil”.
According to Dr Abati, the president has directed all relevant agencies to mobilise support and relief efforts in aid of the victims.

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Photo News: NOA shares more pics of troops in action to bring back missing girls

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Weather Forecast for Lagos May 20th -May 26th 2014.

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Mostly cloudy day, scattered thunderstorm is expected. A dew point of 25° that feels-like temperature of 38°C is expected
Temperature
Max 31oc
Min 28oc
Humidity: 70%
Wind direction: SSW
Wind speed: 19km/h
Chance of rainfall: 20%
Amount expected: 2.7mm
WEDNESDAY 21ST
Mostly cloudy warm day, rain shower is possible. A dew point of 24° that feels-like temperature of 37°C is expected
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Traditional hunters insist they are combat ready to join search for Chibok girls

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Traditional hunters in a few Northern states say they are ready to join the military in the look for missing Chibok girls, Associated Press reports. According to the report, the hunters numbering about 500 and ranging between 18 to 80 years of age have been in Borno state for two weeks now waiting for the  government and the military to give them the permission to go after the missing girls. 

The hunters say their magic charms would prevent any blood being drawn from their body. In addition they expressed their belief inside their herbs wrapped in leather pouches as well as cowrie shells, animal teeth and leather bracelets, including a cocktail of fetish substances which supplies them spiritual powers that protects them from being pierced by bullets
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Video: Kenyan & Nigerian businessmen engage to address the unexploited potential of intra-African trade

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Tourism and import export trade formed the thrust of the discussions that Kenyan businessmen had with their Nigerian counterparts during the 3-day bilateral talks held from the beginning of the week. Equity Bank’s Chief Executive James Mwangi in an exclusive interview with NTV’s Business Reporter Alex Mwangi, said success in attracting just a small percentage of Nigerians as tourists would lead to huge revenues for the sector. Here is more of what transpired from that visit.

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Videos: Nigerian Troops 'Cannot Take On Terrorists', Claims Terrified Soldier & Mum - Foreign media

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A Nigerian soldier tells Sky's Alex Crawford Special Correspondent, in Nigeria 
that troops are too poorly armed and ill-equipped to fight Boko Haram militants.

  
Sky News U.K.

CHIBOK, Nigeria
May 19, 2014

A Nigerian soldier tells Sky's Alex Crawford that troops are too poorly armed and ill-equipped to fight Boko Haram militants.
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British plane sent to search for missing school girls breaks down

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A British surveillance jet which was on its way to Nigeria to help in the search for missing Chibok girls reportedly broke down in Senegal due to unspecified technical problems. UK Ministry of Defense released a statement explaining this...

"A technical fault which has delayed the Sentinel aircraft on its way to Ghana is being investigated and will be solved as soon as possible. In the meantime the UK military team continues its work on the ground while other surveillance aircraft continue the search for the missing schoolgirls," . British Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced that Britain would offer Nigeria a surveillance jet to help in the search of the missing girls.

Afenifere Threatens Secession

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As the National Conference enters its plenary session Monday, the Afenifere has demanded for a regional autonomy to be granted the Yoruba in the Southwest or the Yoruba will secede from Nigeria.

The Yoruba group at a news conference to unveil the Publication of “Regional Autonomy or Nothing” at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria Monday said it was displeased that many of its demands at the conference had been thrown away as the Northern group had ganged up to defeat autonomy for the regions.

Lagos Female Banker Dies With Lover at autonomous community in Imo While doing it together

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A female banker and her lover died while having s3.x at Eziudo autonomous community in Ezinihitte, Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State.
Both deceased are Mrs. Adejoke Ayeola, 44, from Iperu Remo in Ogun State, and Wilson Ugwunna, 42. Both have two children each using their respective spouses. Mrs. Ayeola was said to have been married to a traditional ruler in Ogun State.

BringBackOurGirls: Gov Shettima replies Asari Dokubo, calls him a jester

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Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has replied Asari Dokubo who has in recent years alleged that the missing Chibok girls is all a scam and the handiwork of the governor. In a record by the Governor's spokesperson, Isa Gusau, Shettima described Dokubo as a jester who no serious minded Nigerian should take serious. 

"Governor Shettima is too serious minded to reply Asari Dokubo who is just a joker as most Nigerians regard him. As a onetime journalist covering the Niger Delta, I had come in direct contact with Asari when he organized a rally in support of late Gaddafi in Port Harcourt and also when he organized the 2011/2012 Isaac Boro lecture in Port Harcourt which he kept interrupting, taking over the microphone from people like respected lawyers like Festus Keyamo, intermittently speaking without protocol and without shame like a child. He is just a joke, no reasonable Nigerian takes him serious.

Police avert another bomb blast in Kano - Police Press Release

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The Police in Kano today, 19^th May, 2014, about 9:00am averted what could have been another devastating bomb blast in the ancient city of Kano. Kano Police operatives, acting on intelligence, tracked and recovered a Mitsubishi Station Wagon car, ash in colour, with registration number Kano – AE 756 GSW loaded with assorted gas cylinders, one container of fuel and other electrical components of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The vehicle was recovered at Tafawa Balewa Street, Nasarawa area of Kano State and has since been rendered safe by Police Bomb Disposal experts.

Meanwhile, security agencies in Kano have commenced investigation into both the aborted blast as well as the last night bomb incident. Continue.

Stealing is not corruption - ICPC Chairman, Mr. Nta

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The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta recently agreed to a statement made by President Jonathan during his May 4th media chat that, stealing is not corruption.

While addressing members of  the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, at the ICPC Headquarters' in Abuja, Mr Nta said there is a difference between stealing and corruption  and it is wrong to classify theft as corruption. He said that we should refer back to what we were taught about stealing and corruption in school

"Stealing is erroneously reported as corruption. We must go back to what we were taught at school to show that there are educated people in Nigeria. We must address issues as we were taught in school to do".

Militia Combat Ready: Check out patriotic troops'ready to engage terrorists of notorious Sambisa forest

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 Reuben Abati reveals pictures of'Nigeria's committed and patriotic troops'ready to engage terrorists of notorious Sambisa forest to #BringBackOurGirls. 
Done well, troops! See more photos after the break.

Nigerian Police averted bomb blast incident in Kano

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 This afternoon, the Nigerian Police released a press statement claiming to have averted what could have been another devastating bomb blast in the ancient city of Kano this morning.
Well, they've just released photos from the incident. See more pics after the break...

Boko Haram abducts Nigeria Police Officers

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This madness is sure getting out of control. Boko Haram terrorists, at the weekend, raged in Borno State where 16 persons were feared killed in a fresh attack.

In two separate attacks, five policemen were reportedly abducted with their Armoured Personnel Carrier while a Chinese was killed and 10 others kidnapped during an overnight attack in Kuseri Village between Gamboru Ngala council of Borno State and the Cameroun border.

“Five policemen attached to Banki, a border town with Bama and Cameroon Republic, were attacked by Boko Haram. The terrorists opened fire on the APC No: NPF4960c conveying the policemen led by an inspector and five others. The policemen quickly dropped from the APC and ran into the bush before the terrorists went away with the abandoned APC. As I am talking to you now (yesterday), the whereabouts of the policemen are yet to be known and we suspect the terrorists might have kidnapped or killed them.”

Photos: Angry youths Riot In Maiduguri Over Extra-Judicial Killing Of Innocent Tricycle Operator

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Angry youths in Maiduguri took to the streets making bonfires and blocking major roads over the killing of tricycle operator by a soldier. The soldier shot and killed the man at the West-end Roundabout in Maiduguri. The youth chased after the soldier and barricaded all roads in the customs, Kashim Ibrahim and Post office area leading to panic in the alreasdy tense city.

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# 2 Top Nigerian Celebrities That Married ‘Tear Nylon’ husbands

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# 2 Top Nigerian Celebrities That Married ‘Tear Rubber’ husbands

MUMA GEE
It was a noble affair when music star, Muma Gee and her tear rubber prince charming, Nollywood actor, Prince Oluebube Eke exchanged vows in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. The couple reportedly met around 2010 after Muma Gee's participation in a reality show through Emeka Ike, a buddy of Prince Eke.

The couple, however, had to hold back till this year before they welcomed their first fruit of the womb, which came in double proportion as Muma Gee delivered a healthy set of twins on Friday, April 18, 2014.

    

# 1 Top Nigerian Celebrities That Married ‘Tear Rubber’ husbands

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# 1 Top Nigerian Celebrities That Married ‘Tear Rubber’ husbands

OMOTOLA JALADE-EKEINDE
Topping the listing of female celebs married to brand-new husbands are screen diva, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, fondly called Omosexy.

On March 23 in 2010, Omotola and husband, Matthew Ekeinde marked their 18th wedding anniversary. Theirs is a product union, a marriage that rubbishes the argument that celebrities cannot have successful and happy homes. Her early marriage to her pilot husband, who is 10 years over the age of her made her the envy of her peers-and 18

    

    

Photos: Top Nigerian Celebrities That Married ‘Tear Rubber’ husbands

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Video Post: Kenyan & Nigerian businessmen engage to address the unexploited potential of intra-African trade

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Video Post: Nigerian Troops 'Cannot Take On Terrorists' Claims Terrified Soldier & Mum - Foreign media

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Exclusive: Boko Haram 'Prepared to Begin Release of Up to Half of Chibok Girls

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Exclusive: Boko Haram abandons demands for its top commanders to be released in negotiations 
with the Nigerian government that could see "gradual" release of schoolgirls as early as next week, 
sources tell Telegraph....

The Telegraph U.K.
May 18, 2014

Boko Haram has dropped demands for the release of top commanders in talks with the Nigerian government and is prepared to start releasing up to half its kidnapped schoolgirls in coming days, sources close to the group have said.

10 People died on the spot as Bomb Blast hit Kano

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A bomb blast occurred today around 9.30pm at a favorite drinking spot on Ekiken street in Sabongari section of Kano state. Casualty figure is yet unknown but unconfirmed reports say about 10 people was killed in the blast. Details later...

Update: It's been confirmed. 10 people lost their lives today in the blast

Gunmen storm Libya parliament setting building on fire

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A spokesman for a rogue Libyan general says his forces have attacked parliament to arrest Islamists there, but were met with resistance. Mohammed al-Hegazi, a spokesman for General Khalifa Hiftar, made the comments to Libya's Alahrar television station after heavy gunfire erupted Sunday outside the Libyan parliament. Lawmakers say security officials evacuated them from the building. 

Lawmaker Omar Bushah told Reuters gunmen had entered the General National Congress (GNC) and set the building on fire.

Syria general killed in clashes near Damascus

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The head of Syria's Air Defense has been killed in fighting east of Damascus, an Islamist rebel coalition and a monitoring group said on Sunday, according to Reuters.

The Islamic Front and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, said General Hussein Ishaq died of wounds suffered during a military offensive by President Bashar al-Assad's forces against rebels in Mleiha suburb, where the Air Defense administration has a large base.

Chibok Visit: In Defense of President Jonathan

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On Wednesday 6th of April 1994, around 8:30pm the Presidential Jet conveying President Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda touched the country's airspace after a trip from Tanzania.

 Few minutes before landing, the Jet was shot down by a radical terror group. The President and all his entourage died instantly thus marking the beginning of the Rwanda genocide. The President was from the 'Hutu' tribe and the assassination was believed to have been carried out by 'Tutsis' the other tribe in the country and before one could say Jack, all hell was let loose. In 100days of vengeance over one million Tutsis were slaughtered in cold blood not with guns but Machetes, Clubs and Knives. Husbands killed wives, Pastors betrayed Church members who had run to them for sanctuary. For months the reign of bloodbath continued without recess.


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Photo News: Angry youths Riot In Maiduguri Over Extra-Judicial Killing Of Innocent Tricycle Operator

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40 feared killed as Boko Haram invades another Borno village

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At least 40 villagers were killed and several others injured yesterday Saturday May 17th as Boko Haram gunmen attacked Dalwa-Masuba village in Damboa LGA of Borno State, Premium Times reports.

Security sources and a witness said the gunmen stormed the village in large numbers and burnt down virtually all buildings in the village as well as three pickup vans carrying woods to Damboa.

Graphic Photo: Man, 28, allegedly murders lover in Rivers state

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A 28 year old man identified as Ahamehule Chukwu, a resident of Eliozu community, in Obio/ Akpor LGA of Rivers State has been arrested by officers of the Rivers State Police Command, for allegedly

murdering his 21-yearold girl friend identified as Ifeayinwa Ani.

The lifeless body of Ifeayinwa, who is reported to have been head over heels in love with her lover-turned-killer to the extent that she moved him with him even though they were not yet married, was discovered in front of the Eliozu Health Centre by the Chief Medical Officer of the centre, Dr. Ama Flag-Amachree, recently. Continue..  

Nigerian Billionaire, Femi Otedola & Wife, Nana Take A Selfie.

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What a multi-billion dollar selfie looks like: He is the multi-billionaire owner of Forte oil, the one & only Femi Otedola and she is his gorgeous, adorable wife. The super rich take selfies too..

The Man Who Planted Bombs In Lagos Has Been Arrested

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Nigeria's security agencies have been doing their job well in recent times and they deserve some very serious and sincere commendation, Omo Oodua Blog observed. As you read this, a joint team of riot policemen and other security agencies attached to the Lagos Business District (CBD) on Thursday arrested a foreign national said to be a Sudanese for planting bombs to unleash massive terror in Lagos State.

We need schoolboys to wed Chibok girls–Sect, Boko Haram writes school, plots fresh abductions

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We need schoolboys to wed Chibok girls–Sect

Thirty-four days after the fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, abducted over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, it has threatened to kidnap more pupils.

The United States of America, France, Britain, Israel and Canada are among the foreign countries that have pledged to help Nigeria find the schoolgirls that were kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14.

The pupils were kidnapped in the night and their hostels were burnt. However, while Boko Haram transported them in trucks to its Sambisa Forest stronghold, over 50 of the schoolgirls escaped from the sect.

CIA denies its agents were killed in eastern Ukraine

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The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has denied reports of a number of CIA agents allegedly killed in clashes between forces loyal to the Kiev authorities and self-defense units in eastern Ukraine.

Earlier, the People’s Mayor of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, announced that Kiev-controlled troops and law enforcers had sustained heavy losses during a so-called "counter-terrorist" operation in the east of the country.

US Blackwater mercenary units behind Kiev regime's outburst in Ukraine

At least 650 servicemen were killed, wounded or taken prisoner in the past ten 10 days, he said. There are 70 foreigners among them and of those 13 agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and CIA were killed and 12 others were wounded, Ponomaryov told reporters.

"I'll visit Chibok but does that solve the problem?" - Pres. Jonathan Question of the day

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At a press conference for the Regional Security Summit that held in France today, President Jonathan explained why he hasn't visited the Chibok community, the school or parents of the missing girls...

"The school is owned by the State Government but it is the commitment of the Federal government to rebuild the school, build walls to protect it and provide facilities since it is predominantly a school that takes care of girls education so that the girls would be protected. Yes I will visit Chibok, no doubt about that but what we are anxious about now is to locate the girls. These girls are not held in Chibok. If the President goes to Chibok today, does that solve any problem? Maybe psychological problem or for media relevance but you have not solved the problem. The problem facing the President and indeed the Nigerian government is to get these girls from wherever they are" he said

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Chinese National Killed, 10 Missing After Boko Haram Attack in Cameroon..

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A Chinese national is dead and 10 others are feared kidnapped after an attack in northern Cameroon 
carried out by Nigerian Boko Haram militants, according to local police...

May 17, 2014

"Boko Haram Islamists attacked a camp [of road workers]," a local police chief said on condition of anonymity.

France, UK, US provide support to Syrian terrorists - Syria's deputy FM

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Faisal Mekdad, deputy Foreign Minister of Syria, believes that France, US and UK provide support to the terrorists operating on Syrian territory, Lebanese media reported on Saturday. He said that these countries seek to thwart the reforms aimed at promoting democracy, human rights and creating a rule-of-law state in Syria.

Furthermore, he said that Israel seeks to undermine the presidential elections in Syria scheduled on June 3. "We were baffled by arbitrary actions and open interventions by countries that claim to be democratic but in fact have no idea of the meaning of democracy," Mekdad said.

Wike Betrayed Me, Amaechi Insists

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The Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, of betraying him after he recommended him to President Goodluck Jonathan for ministerial appointment.

He stated that Wike, a two-term Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Council of Rivers state, had sworn with the names of his children never to betray him (Amaechi), but could not act as a gentleman.
Amaechi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), stated these yesterday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, when his Ikwerre kinsmen and prominent Ikwerre monarchs visited him under the auspices of the Supreme Council of Ikwerre Traditional Rulers.

Turkey mine rescue ends, death toll at 301 - minister

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Turkey on Saturday announced the final death toll from this week's devastating coal blast as 301, after retrieving the bodies of the last two miners trapped underground. "The rescue operation was carried out to completion. There are no miners left underground," Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told reporters in the western town of Soma, site of the country's worst ever industrial disaster.

Another 485 miners either escaped or have been rescued since the explosion struck on Tuesday, AFP reports.

The disaster has led to a surge of popular anger in Turkey, fuelled by accusations of negligence by mine operators and what many saw as a heartless response from the government.

What is going on in Ukraine could be identified as war crimes

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The UN report on Ukrainian crisis released Friday would not go into the killings of civilians by junta's "elite" National Guard. Moreover, it has never even mentioned something like "war crimes" against civilian population. So, is mass killing of civilians by armed units a war crime? What is a war crime? And how do you qualify what's going on in Ukraine now? The Voice of Russia discusses this issue with a lawyer and political analyst Dr. Alexey Binetsky.

Hundreds of Italians protest against EU media distorting reports on Ukraine

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Hundreds of Italians took part in today's protests in Rome against European media distorting reports about the situation in Ukraine. The public demonstration took place in front of the Ukrainian embassy, at the initiative of Julietto Kieza, an Italian public activist, prominent journalist and a former member of European Parliament.

"No one in Italy knows the truth about what's happening in Ukraine. We're being fed nothing but falsehoods. We must awaken our people, and slowly but surely they are becoming more aware," Kieza told Itar-Tass.

Lugansk People's Republic to adopt own constitution - spokesperson

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Representatives of all public organizations of the Lugansk People's Republic will hold a congress shortly and pass a constitution for the republic, the chief spokesman of the United Army of the Southeast said on Saturday.

"In all cities of Lugansk region, public movements have become more active which are preparing documents for the Lugansk Peoples Republic," the spokesman, Vasily Nikitin, told a news conference.
"A state must be based on law. Work is underway on documents on forming and structuring the government, including the constitution and declaration," he said.
"There will very shortly be a large-scale assembly of the population of the Lugansk People's Republic for electing an interim parliament," Interfax reports.

Libya's "army" declares no fly zone over Benghazi

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The Libyan army has imposed a no fly zone over Benghazi Saturday in a direct challenge to forces that have been using airpower to press a campaign against Islamist militants in the city. Retired General Khalifa Haftar, who lived in exile in the United States before returning home to lead ground forces in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, now commands what he calls a "National Army".

On Friday his paramilitary force, backed by warplanes and helicopters, pounded Islamist militiamen in Libya's second city and fought pitched battles with the former-rebels, AFP reports.

24 dead as Libyan ex-general battles Benghazi Islamists

Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani denounced Haftar's forces as "outlaws" and called on all parties to observe restraint.