Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Pentagon Confirms Fifth-Generation Fighter Jets Used in Combat in Syria




The United States used F-22 fighter jets - fifth-generation aircraft - to make airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria on Tuesday, Gen. William Mayville, Joint Staff director of operations, said at a Pentagon briefing.
“This strike was the first time the F-22 was used in a combat role. The flight of the F-22s delivered GPS-guided munitions - precision munitions targeting only the right side of the building,” Mayville said.
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US Blocks Nigeria’s Purchase Of Chinook Helicopters From Israel




Concerns mount over double standards, US’ intent over Boko Haram



Efforts by the Nigerian military to procure US-made Chinook helicopters from Israel, to facilitate the movement of troops and the injured, have been blocked by the United States Government, THISDAY has learnt.
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Gen. Olukolade denies releasing any statement stating Chibok girls were released



  The Defence Headquarters spokesman, Gen Chris Olukolade has denied claims he issued a press statement earlier today confirming the release of some Chibok girls. See more tweets after the break...

Dictatorship In Cote D'Ivoire(Ivory Coast) Under The Regime of Allassane Outtara backed by Obama & FRANCOIS





HOLLANDE ( FRANCE)---The Western media and their governments trying hard to portray Allassane Ouattara as an "elected president in Cote d'Ivoire and trying his best to bring peace in the country" is a stabbing insult on Human Rights around the world. Since the coup d'Etat of France on April 11,2011 against the democratic government of President Laurent Gbagbo, and imposing Allassane Ouattara, his xenophobic/ tribal regime has carried a load of disregard to civil liberties, illegal detention sites and arbitrary arrests around the country. The pictures here of the prisoners are just a single salient facet of what is the illegal regime of Allassane Ouattara.
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Syrian wars of proxy - Written by A professor




The Syrian war is not only a proxy war. There is a strong internal dimension to the war in Syria but it has been obscured by various layers and dimensions of outside intervention and agendas. The Syrian regime wants to stay in power at any cost while there was certainly a civil popular opposition in Syria when the uprising first began. 
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America's Plan B, and the Houthi fly in the ointment




by Mindfriedo

 
From the start of the conflict in Syria, one thing has been conspicuously absent: Balance, tit for tat, and eye for an eye. Hafiz Al Assad understood these concepts well. He kept his friends close and his enemies closer. The Israelis and the great powers understand balance, at least when dealing with equals. Bashar was overtly loyal to Iran and the resistance, he should have seen things coming. His father would have. The Saudi's failed bid to woo Syria was the harbinger to Syria's ills. 
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Ex-Police boss kills self, wife & son in Ogun state



A retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday Isokpehi, who at one time served at the Lagos state police command anti-robbery squad, on Saturday September 20th, killed himself, his wife Gladys and their son at their Sango Ota, Ogun state residence after a heated argument with his wife.

According to reports, the former police boss and his wife began fighting when they returned home from a wedding on Saturday after he accused her of disgracing him at the wedding by getting drunk.
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Photos: Another 1st Made-in-Nigeria APC under President GEJ




The first made-in-Nigeria APC (armoured personnel carrier) unleashed in the North- East. Introducing the IGIRIGI APC made by the Nigerian Army Electrical and Mechanical Enginners (NAEME) The PDPYF Germany wishes the IGIRIGI Happy Hunting in the North-East and all other Areas of deployment. foto:Beegeagle's Blog
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EFCC: Man arraigned for duping another of ₦100k




Below is the EFCC press release


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on September 22, 2014 arraigned one Musa Yunusa alias Yassa Mustapha Aliyu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on one count charge of obtaining money by false pretense. The accused allegedly obtained the sum of N100, 000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira Only) from one Abdulkadir Abbas under the guise that he had power voltage regulators to sell to him.
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10 more Boko Haram commanders surrender and how Shekau was killed —Military





ANOTHER set of 10 terrorists, on Monday, surrendered to the Nigerian troops at Kawuri, Borno State, with their catche of arms and ammunition.
According to a statement on the Twitter handle of the Defence Headquarters, operations were ongoing in Konduga and its environs.
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US soldier beats his 2 year old daughter to death





20 year old Texas soldier, Dartarious Graham, (pictured centre) has been charged with capital murder after his 2 year old daughter Peyton was found unresponsive with ‘suspicious’ injuries in his home in Fort Bliss, Texas. According to police, the young father beat his 2-year-old daughter to death after he became upset that she had soiled her diaper.

They also arrested Graham’s cousin Robert Franklin, 19 (pictured left), for witnessing the attack and not doing anything to help the little girl. The child's mother Elizabeth Graham, 23 (pictured right) was charged with injury to a child by omission for no protecting the child and failing to report the abuse which had been constant before the fatal beating...
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No Chibok Girls Released – Defence Headquaters Nigeria




Minutes after reports by local and international sites like the BBC that the Chibok girls had been released this evening,the Nigerian army has rubbished the reports.They say the buses were conveying other individuals.. The BBC earlier reported that the Nigerian Army Spokesperson confirmed the girls had been driven into the Barracks this evening and more girls were still being released..

Syrian General: ‘Moderate Opposition’ in Syria Figment of Obama’s Imagination





The "moderate opposition" that US President Barack Obama said Washington would train and equip to address the Islamic State (IS) militant threat in Iraq and Syria does not exist, Maj. Gen. Yahya Suleiman told Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency on Tuesday.
"We are accustomed to the fact that the United States is often hypocritical. The biggest hypocrisy was displayed by the American side, when the US president announced that there is a "moderate opposition" in Syria. However, this was nothing more than a figment of his [Barack Obama's] own imagination," Maj. Gen. Suleiman said.
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Tehran: US-Led Military Attack on IS in Syria Violates Int'l Law, Sovereignty of State





Tehran has denounced the US airstrikes against IS targets in Syria as an illegal action and violating the Arab country's sovereignty.  "These bombings [launched by US in Syria] do not have any legal standing so we can interpret them as an attack," claimed Hassan Rouhani, the president of Iran, as cited by the Wall Street Journal.  The American Air Force conducted airstrikes Islamic State targets in Syria's Raqqa and the surrounding countryside on early Tuesday. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan have taken part in the strikes along with the United States, CNN reports, quoting a senior US military official.
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Some of Nigeria’s Kidnapped Schoolgirls Freed: Reports





Some of the nearly 200 schoolgirls that were kidnapped in Nigeria this April by Boko Haram have been freed, BBC News Africa reported Tuesday.
BBC News Africa quoted Nigerian Army spokesman Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade as saying that the exercise was "ongoing".
The spokesperson did not specify the number of the girls freed, who are reported to be currently held in a barracks.

Photos: Seventh Day Adventist building on fire in Lagos



 The Seventh Day Adventist Church building located at Maryland Lagos happens to be on fire. This has been burning for some hours now while they await help from the fire service. See more pics after the break..

2015: Association of Witches Declares Jonathan Winner





Inner Coven Society Worldwide, a non-political affiliate and association of witches, says there is no vacancy in Aso Rock, come 2015 presidential election.  According to the society, the election has already been concluded in the spiritual realm and won by President Goodluck Jonathan. President-General of the society, Dr. Omo Ebosele,  told SunNews: 
“The Inner Coven Society World-wide, as the minds that have travelled into the unseen and the unknown, is using this opportunity to say that the 2015 presidential election in Nigeria is a foregone issue. The election has been won and lost in the spirit realm. The candidate who by destiny has the overwhelming support of our society as well as other supernatural principalities in the high places is President Jonathan  and he has won the election.”
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60-yr-old Man Stabs 2-yr-old, 1 Other to Death





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A 60-year-old man, one Musa Sule, believed to be a person of unsound mind, last Saturday, at Sabonngari, Sade in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State, suddenly went berserk and stabbed a two-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl to death.

The incident, according to a statement from DSP Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in charge of the Bauchi State Police Command, happened at about 4:20pm, when the deranged man picked a knife and started stabbing everyone on sight.
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South African Gay-Friendly Mosque Closed Down After Only 3 Days in Service





The first gay-friendly mosque in South Africa has been closed down indefinitely after only three days in service, the BBC reports.  According to a Cape Town official, the mosque violated municipal by-laws by failing to have parking spaces.


Despite criticism from members of the local Muslim community, the mosque, which intended to include all Muslims regardless of their gender, sexual orientation and sect, was opened on September 19, the Washington Post said.
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Obama Vows to Continue Fight Against Islamic State, Boost Coalition Efforts




US President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to continue the fight against Islamic State militants and build up an international coalition in his first public remarks on US strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria.


"Once again, it must be clear to anyone who would plot against America and do Americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people," Obama said. in a brief statement at the White House. Obama praised the efforts of the US-led international coalition, which now comprises over 40 countries, to defeat the Islamic State and affiliate terrorist groups.
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