World’s first ‘solar panel road’ opens in France

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Forget solar roofs. The world’s first solar road is here, in the small village of Tourouvre-au-Perche in Normandy, France. The 1km road was opened a week ago by French Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal and could generate enough electricity to power the street lights. That might not sound very impressive for 30,000 square feet of solar panels – ...

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Chai! Jan 1 2017! Some could not see Todays Sun Shine at Istanbul nightclub This Night

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At least 35 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul.

Turkish media reports say an armed man opened fire on people taking part in New Year celebrations at the night spot.

Another 40 people are reported to have been wounded in the attack at the Reina nightclub by the Bosphorus.

Hundreds of people were believed to have been in the Reina when the attack occurred.

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Real Story Behind The Photo Of Female Doctor Who Backed Her Child While Operating On A Pregnant Woman

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On the 5th of last month, medical practitioners in Kenya took to the streets demanding for an improved pay package and better working condition in line with an agreement signed by the unions and government in 2013.

Sadly, they were dispersed by the Kenyan Police, who used tear gas on them.

Bringing to fore the inadequacies in her country, Swabra Swaleh Breik, a Kenyan Doctor shared on her Facebook page, how she had to perform a surgery with her sick child on her back, while she was also pregnant and not feeling too good.

The photo went viral on the internet but many did not know why she had to do it.

According to her, there was no one to help her with her baby as all available persons were busy; meanwhile, she had to carry out the surgery to save a mother and her child.

She wrote, I hate and love this picture because it depicts my life, to be specific my career life in equal measures. I had my Sick and cranky son with me in theatre because on that specific call week, I had no nanny, my able nanny was at a burial. my partner was away, we worked in different hospitals hundreds of kilometers apart.

It was a weekend, so no colleague would have helped. The understaffed Olkalou district hospital has only one doctor covering the hospital every night and all weekend. no nurse would have helped carry my temi, they were engaged in labour suite, the only available nurse covering the hospital had gone for a referral to nakuru pgh. everything had worked to lead us here. I was three months pregnant. It was not the first time. this had happened severally, mostly when, like any mother, previous nannies would be overwhelmed by my call weeks. I hate that I have my son in theatre when he should be well settled in his bed. I hate that I was weak, tired and nauseous, and yet still yielded a knife in my hand. I hate the fact I couldn’t refer this woman, the mother and baby wouldn’t have made it. I love that they both lived. I love that my nanny came back and rescued us. I hate that, after three years of service to Olkalou district hospital the county went ahead to deny me my well deserved study leave despite sponsoring every other doctor therein with less years experience simply because, in their words, “what assurance did they have I’d return as a consultant? “.my last name is swaleh, not kamau,kinyanjui, karanja…. I was forced into a resignation. I hate that the county is still rife with corruption, extravagance, buying Christmas trees worth 2 million each, instead of dealing with all these inadequacies, failed systems, instead of paying me my well deserved money. I’ve neared that point where I’ll no longer care, I’ve given way too much of myself, my family, my kid, my marriage, my emotions, my health, to this failed system. Like a damaged lover who takes all the life from you and leaves you as a shell of your former self.this failed system keeps stealing my joy in this great profession. Only the CBA can right these wrongs. It is not government pay doctors. No. For what is a full pocket if I still have to go through all these motions again? It is, government implement the cba. Simple. I want my stolen joy restored. Kenyans should be asking for their joy too. Tell me how comfortable you would be seeing your pregnant surgeon carrying a cranky sick crying toddler. #lipakamatender

I did not divert pension funds as VC, says JAMB Registrar

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The Registrar Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ( JAMB), Professor Is-haq O. Oloyede, yesterday rubbished reports that he diverted pension funds during his tenure as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin. He also said he was never involved in any N3.5billion fraud at any point in time. He said he has never in his life collected bribe or inflated contracts. Oloyede was reacting yesterday to a petition sent to the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) against him and the current Vice Chancellor of UNILORIN by some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities( ASUU). The JAMB Registrar attributed the petition to some of the lecturers of the University of Ilorin who were sacked but later reinstated on the order of the Supreme Court. He insisted that he did not at any time tamper with the pensions of staff as a Vice Chancellor. He said:
“The Pension Act of 2004 provided that 7.5 per cent of emoluments should be deducted from staff salaries and remitted into their pension accounts with Pension Funds Administrators (PFAs). “Most universities, including the University of Ilorin, based the calculation of 7.5 per cent on basic salary and transport allowance. This was the case between July 2004 and December 2006 before I became Vice-Chancellor. “ I know no PFA and if salaries were deducted and saved in employees’ accounts, I would not be the beneficiary. “Then, from January 2007, the Government that is matching the employees’ contribution with another 7.5 per cent directed that the deduction should be based on Consolidated Pay. “Some universities were compelled by the fake and fraudulent campus hyenas not to comply with the directive of 2007. “About two years into my tenure, my attention was drawn to the new decision which was of course advantageous to workers whose higher sum was being equally matched by the Government. “I convened a meeting of stakeholders including the Unions on the Government directive and all parties agreed not only to commence the higher savings (which Government doubles rather than double lower contributions) but also to double the difference for a certain number of months to ensure full compliance with effect from the stipulated January 2007. “I summoned the Ilorin representatives of all the PFAs to reiterate the date of compliance from when higher matching additions from Government should also be credited to each contributor’s account. “Any averagely educated person would understand who the beneficiaries of the compliance are, who for their tomorrow sacrifice a part of today’s comfort rather than the unreasonable agitators who insist on consuming tomorrow. “Some universities under the spell of some club crawlers do not comply to the eventual disadvantage of their unfortunate retirees and perhaps to the advantage of clever PFAs. “If those who parade doctoral degrees cannot understand this simple logic, may God save Nigeria from the anarchists. I as Vice-Chancellor complied and I believe few other universities did. How that would benefit me personally baffles me. He said he has never in his life collected bribe or inflated contracts. Oloyede added: “I am extremely selective in accepting gifts from even personal friends. My needs are limited and my legitimate income is sufficient to spend on my volunteer work.

I have never in my life collected bribe, inflated contracts, extorted anyone nor accepted gifts beyond “Thank You greeting cards” from any contractor, dead or alive. “As Vice-Chancellor, I started the practice of publishing the financial transactions of the University every Monday in a publication circulated far and wide by hand and online. This has happily been sustained by my successor to-date. “Those who have skeletons in their cupboards don’t choose to publish their financial details.

I am aware many universities don’t do so till today and the charlatans who make frivolous allegations against me should mention their mentors who do so. “Information Technology is good to determine the quality of the hirelings assembled to assassinate my character.

The only one I faintly know among them led his pastor and his father-in-law, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, to me in order to mount pressure on me to offer his wife, the Vice-Chancellor’s daughter, a temporary appointment as an Assistant Lecturer. I bulged to pressure out of deference to the father-in-law (because the Department could do without an additional lecturer) and the man of God. But soon thereafter, this character became a strong advocate of withdrawal of the power of temporary appointment of the Vice-Chancellor! “I do not claim perfection as it is the exclusive preserve of the Almighty Allah but I dare say I stand on a higher moral pedestal than “the 49 liars” and their masters. God will continue to keep them busy and they shall continue to lament their failure at the University of Ilorin and in life precipitated by their own inner insolvency. The barking of dogs does not affect the flight of a plane. “This statement is just to re-assure my admirers that the allegations against me are like pure wind with no solidity. I remain who I have ever been by the special grace of Allah, the Almighty. “Lastly, my explanation does not foreclose the possibility of legal action against the authors of the campaign of calumny against me and their willing collaborators.

Inspector General Of Police Storms Kafanchan Over Mass Killings In Kaduna. Photos

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The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim k. Idris NPM, today visited Kaduna state for on the spot assessment and fact finding of crisis area by suspected Fulani Herdsmen in Kafanchan, Jarma Local Government Area, Kaduna State. 31st December, 2016.

Usain Bolt Hilariously Says He's So Fast He's 'Already In 2017'. Photo

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Usain Bolt may have already won the award for best New Year’s post, two days before the beginning of 2017.The sprinter took to Instagram to tell his followers that he had already made it into the new year. He captioned the image: “BREAKING NEWS: I just heard @usainbolt is already in 2017…”

2016 was a record-breaking year for Bolt as he repeated his achievements at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics by winning gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay for Jamaica.

That “triple triple” means he is the most decorated ever Olympian on the track.

Miracle Mother Gives Birth To A Baby And Triplets In 11 Months. Photos

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A miracle mum has given birth to four babies in just 11 months. Just weeks after giving birth to daughter, Mya, Becky fell pregnant again. The 30-year-old from Swansea, UK thought she would give Mya a sibling to play with. But she hadn’t bargained for falling pregnant with not one, but three, babies. 

The triplets were born in January - just 11 months after Miss Johns had given birth to Mya.

Miss Johns, who lives with partner Jason Evans, said: "When strangers stop to see the four of them, they can’t believe that I had four babies in less than a year. It does seem hard to believe, and it was such a shock when I discovered I was having triplets. "We had only been trying to conceive for a week when I fell pregnant. It all happened so quickly."

The couple also have a nine-year-old daughter called Kayla...

Boko Haram leader urges fighters: kill, slaughter, abduct

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Maiduguri - Boko Haram's leader is urging his fighters to "kill, slaughter and abduct ... and detonate bombs everywhere", in a new video that denies Nigerian government claims that his Islamic extremist group has been crushed.

President Muhammadu Buhari declared last week that soldiers had driven Boko Haram from its last forest enclave, with fighters on the run and no place to hide.

Abubakar Shekau in a video posted on YouTube on Thursday announces he is "well and alive".

Nigeria's military said they seized Shekau's Quran in an assault on Boko Haram's last hideout in the northeastern Sambisa Forest - wanting to indicate he was on the run.

The military has at least three times in the past claimed to have killed Shekau, only to have him reappear in a video.

INVESTIGATION: Nigerian hospital where ‘medical negligence’ causes death of women, babies

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When Sandra David, a 29-year-old staff of the Bank of Agriculture, was in March diagnosed with gall bladder complications requiring surgical correction, she asked for only a few days off work and headed for the Federal Staff Hospital, FSH, Abuja.

The facility was established by the federal government primarily for the care of its public servants, but also other residents of the Nigerian capital.

“We all expected the treatment and recuperation to take a short period and that she would return to work very quickly”, recalled late Ms. David’s sister, Sophia.

“But days ran into weeks and she was still at the hospital. Rather than tell us the truth about her situation, they waited and waited for my sister to die,” said Sophia, in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES.

PREMIUM TIMES obtained the results of medical tests conducted on Ms. David the first day she walked into the hospital. It showed that she had Cholelithiasis.

The condition entails presence of gallstones in the gall bladder, and multiple uterine fibroid, which refers to non-cancerous growths in the muscular wall of the uterus.

According to medical experts, the treatment of gall stones depends on the stage of the problem when reported; while multiple uterine fibroid had the tendency of causing the patient to develop swollen stomach.

As also indicated by the medical reports obtained from the FSH, Ms. David was expected to stay at the hospital for four days after surgery, before returning home to continue recuperation.

But trouble began after the surgery when Ms. David reported pains in her stomach.

“After the surgery, she was complaining of stomach pains but they said it would be fine,” said Sophia.

“Three days after the surgery, they asked us to go home, that everything was okay. A few days later, she complained (again) of pains but they said she should not worry, that she would get better.”

According to Sophia, her sister’s pain persisted, however, and her stomach grew in size as if she was pregnant. So five days after the complaint, they returned to the hospital and Ms. David was rushed back to the theatre.

“They told us this time that my sister was retaining water and that she lacked protein in her body”, said Sophia.

It was later found that the patient was retaining bile. Her body was opened up again to remove the ‘accumulated water’ and to transmit fluids of protein into her.

But in the process, her sister alleged, the surgeons punctured her lungs, resulting in another complication that caused Ms. David to pass out temporarily.

“Immediately they came in and resuscitated her; but in that process they bruised her lungs, so she had blood clot on the lungs”, explained Sophia.

Ms. David’s treatment at the FSH had by then lasted over three months.

“On June 20, they told us that the hospital staff were on strike and that we should go home. They didn’t even suggest that we take her to another hospital.

“We had to ask for a referral, which they reluctantly gave. But they failed to state the actual condition she was in before leaving the hospital.

“They just said she had a bile leakage. They did not state that they had punctured her lungs and that she had blood clot around her lungs. Such things were not stated,” the sister of the deceased recalled.

Sophia said her family only got the true picture of Ms. David’s grave condition when they arrived the Nizamiye Hospital, the Nigerian-Turkish medical facility in Abuja.

“When we arrived at the Nizamiye Hospital; they told us that she had only about 30 per cent chance of survival; that she would have to undergo several surgical operations which would cost N6 million to N8 million.”

The family managed to raise over half the needed money from after an appeal for help was made to the public through the social media.

But the surgery came too late to save Ms. David’s life.

For several weeks at the hospital, she battled seizure of breath, memory loss and other severe complications at Nizamiye Hospital.

On July 2, 10 days after her birthday, Ms. David suffered another seizure.

This time, it was fatal. She died. “The doctors came and told us that they were sorry,” said Sophia, her voice cracking from suppressed sobs.

She added that the doctors explained to the family that her sister’s death was caused by complications from the blood clot and the bile leakage which could not be stopped completely.

A surgeon in the team that treated Ms. David at the Nizamiye Hospital told PREMIUM TIMES that the patient’s condition was complicated by the spread of secreted bile around her abdomen and liver.

The surgeon, who preferred anonymity because he is an expatriate who would not like any problems with his Nigerian colleagues, explained that his surgical team tried to remove the excess bile in Ms. David’s body and to create a passageway, to curb the spread.

“We tried to reduce the bile leakage from as high as 650mills to less than 200 daily,” he said.

The surgeon added that the leakage could not be completely contained, because it was difficult to trace the source. He said blood supplements were given to the patient to create a natural healing process. But all the efforts to save her life failed.

“We had told the family that she had an enormous chance of dying, when she came,” said the surgeon. In spite of the nature of the complication; the hospital did its best, he said.

The medical negligence in Ms. David’s death is already being investigated by the regulator, the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council.

Officials at the Council declined to speak on the matter. An official, who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES on condition of anonymity, said the council had written the Federal Staff Hospital as part of its investigations into Ms. David’s death, a fact later confirmed by a staff of FSH.

OTHER CASES OF NEGLIGENCE It was not only the David family who had unpleasant stories to tell about FSH, considered one of the top medical facilities in the Nigerian capital. Eddy Pious is another bitter former patient of the hospital.

He told PREMIUM TIMES that he registered with the hospital in 2008. But it was in 2015 that he suffered his worst experience of what he alleged to be the hospital’s inefficiency.

Mr. Pious said his doubts about the hospital first occurred in 2014 when his wife had to be rushed to the hospital.

She had been given a drug, Leonat, for the treatment of malaria. “After three days, she started bleeding profusely and we rushed her to the hospital. They ran a pregnancy test and discovered that my wife was seven weeks pregnant.”

The pregnancy came eight years after their marriage, so the family considered it a special development.

Mrs. Pious received antenatal care at the FSH and had no complications until the last days of the pregnancy. “On May 24 we ran a scan and it was found that my wife was 38 weeks and three days pregnant. That was on a Monday. The following day, she started complaining of pains and it was as though she was going to be delivered of her baby at that point.”

Mr. Pious said he rushed his wife to the hospital but that he had to make a distress call after waiting 40 minutes in the hospital before they attended to her.

“My wife was in pains and I became desperate. I saw on the wall a number for people to call if they were dissatisfied with the hospital for any reason. I called the number.”

He said the recipient of the call told him someone would come over to attend to him. A couple of minutes later, some men walked into the consulting room and confronted the attendants. It was not until then that they demanded Mrs. Pious’ hospital card for her to be checked in, the husband said. “They told us that we should return home after checking my wife; that her pregnancy was not yet due. It was about 1 p.m.so I was very reluctant to take her home. I asked them to admit her, but they refused,” recalled Mr. Pious.

That night, Mr. Pious said his wife noticed blood when she tried to urinate. But when they returned to the hospital, they were again told that she was not due for delivery.

On June 1, Mrs. Pious was finally taken into the theatre for the delivery.

“But when they came out, they told me that my baby had died in the womb, that his heart had stopped”, said Mr. Pious.

“They said that June 1 was her EDD (Expected Date of Delivery), but they also knew that EDD could either be seven days earlier or later. My wife was already 38 weeks pregnant, yet even with the pains, they refused to remove the baby.

“They didn’t even refund the extra charge for the caesarean operation they had suggested, despite the fact that my wife was delivered of the baby without CS”.

Mr. Pious said his family was still expecting a child after the still-birth, and10 years after their marriage.

MORE SORRY CASES Another patient, John Paul, a lawyer, said it was his wife that prevailed on him not to institute a legal action against the FSH after losing their baby at the hospital.

“My wife had an early labour after 26 weeks of pregnancy. They delivered the baby alive and my wife said she could see her baby breathing after it was delivered.

“But they handed me a dead child in a nylon bag, like everything was alright. They gave no explanations, nor did they attempt to show any sympathy”.

Happily, Mrs. Paul was successfully delivered of a baby a year later in 2015, but not at FSH.

“She had a similar experience when in her 29th week she entered into labour. This time, the National Hospital took better care of the baby and he is a year old today,” said Mr. Paul.

Another patient, who sought anonymity, also narrated her experience at the hospital.

The woman, a mother of one, said she registered with the hospital when she was about six months pregnant.

A week after she registered, the woman said she felt ill and went to the hospital to check her health.

“I was actually seeing a private doctor; a personal gynaecologist, but I wanted to be on a safe side so I registered with the hospital.

“A week later, I felt funny so I went to the hospital; they said I had slight pneumonia and they gave me antibiotics. After taking the drug I felt even weaker and I called my brother in-law who took me home.

“That night I felt very bad. I also began feeling pains under me. I returned to the hospital, where it was found that I had contraction. After they discovered this, I was made to wait for about one hour before they asked me to trek through a two-story building, upstairs.

“At the ward, they put a drip on me and abandoned me. There was an ongoing strike action at the time. They said they only had about two nurses available and as such they could not attend to me. Even when my water broke, it took over 40 minutes before they came to me. At that time my baby was already dead,” said the woman.

She further said although she had paid over N50,000 a week before, the hospital was ill prepared for her delivery and almost used a blade to cut her through.

“They were asking for blade to cut me up. Fortunately for me the placenta came out on its own,” she added.

HOSPITAL WON’T COMMENT For about one month, PREMIUM TIMES tried to get the management of the Federal Staff Hospital to react to the various cases of  alleged medical negligence that caused the death of the victims.

In all cases, our efforts were rebuffed. After a visit where our reporter was blocked from seeing the Chief Medical Director, Chinwe Igwilo, an official letter was delivered on December 5, stating our findings and demanding an interview.

Officials at the hospital on that day said Ms. Igwilo was not in the country and promised to contact PREMIUM TIMES when she returns.

The hospital never got back. Subsequent calls made through the hospital’s spokesperson, Kayode Olomofe, were initially answered, saying Ms. Igwilo was not around.

Mr. Olomofe ignored subsequent calls and would not reply text messages.

A senior official at the hospital, however, told PREMIUM TIMES that at least one of the cases was being investigated by the management.

“We have already been communicated by the (Ms. David’s) family’s lawyers and the Federal Medical Council is already looking into the matter, so we can’t talk to you about it,” the official said.

“As for the other people, we are not aware of any complaint.”

In Osun: 72 year old man caught with a skull

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The suspect who claims to be a bricklayer, when interrupted said it was an herbalist by the name Tajudeen Jawesola that asked him to exhume skulls from graves in a cemetery in return for N10,000.

Fimihan Adeoye, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said police detectives got the hint about the atrocities of Ajao and trailed him until he was caught with the skull.

Speaking to newsmen, Ajao said: “It was Jawesola that asked me to get the human skull for him.“Everybody knows Jawesola to be a herbalist and he wanted to use the human skull to do his work. He said he would give me N10, 000. I should not have listened to him. It is a mistake”.

Nemesis caught up with him when policemen deployed around the cemetery acting on a tip off caught him red handed with a skull.

The state police command said efforts to arrest Jawesola will soon yield a fruitful dividend as police are already on the trail for him.

Written by Yinka Ijiola

Kano Based Businessman Kidnapped In Kogi

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A Kano based business tycoon, Alhaji Ismaila Zubairu has been kidnapped in Okene, Kogi state. Family sources told reporters in Kano that the incident occurred Friday by 8.15pm in Okengwe, along Okene -Akure federal highway.

Alhaji Zubairu who is in his early 60s was said to have gone to Okene for a business deal over the last two weeks and was expected back in Kano after the new year.

His Naibawa residence in Kano has been thrown into mourning as hundreds of sympathizers were seen trooping into the house to express their sympathy.

Confirming the incident, Alhaji Ismaila Zubairu’s wife, Hajiya Asabe in tears said that “he was full of life when I spoke with him by 8.00pm last night and it was shortly after that a family member in Okene broke the sad news”

Hajiya Asabe disclosed that “the kidnappers are yet to establish contact with the family, and I want to appeal to whoever is behind this saga to set him free in the interest of humanity”.

She said that “as far as I know, we have no issues with anyone and want to blame this incident on force of circumstance”.

Sexy Hip TV Presenter Nancy Isime Reveals Bare Nippl £ s In Super Erotic Photos

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Popular OAP and Hiptv Presenter Nancy Isime shares a bosom revealing see through picture

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Russia seeks UN backing for Syria truce

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Russia is pushing for a UN Security Council vote Saturday to support the ceasefire it helped broker in Syria, where the truce remained largely intact on its second day despite sporadic clashes.

Moscow says it wants the United Nations to be involved in peace talks between Damascus and rebels in Kazakhstan in January, although the UN is negotiating its own separate peace efforts.

Rebel supporter Turkey and key regime ally Russia, which brokered the truce, say the talks in the Kazakh capital Astana aim to supplement UN-backed peace efforts, rather than replace them.

They want to involve regional players like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan.

Russia’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin voiced hope that the council would vote Saturday on the draft resolution — which also endorses the planned talks in Kazakhstan — “and adopt it unanimously”.

Diplomats however, said they did not see how a quick UN weekend vote could occur as the resolution needed to be “seriously studied” and hinted Russia might be hard-pressed to muster the nine votes needed for it to pass.

Washington is conspicuously absent from the new process, but Moscow has said it hoped to bring US President-elect Donald Trump’s administration on board once he takes office in January.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitor of the war, said that most of the country remained calm on Saturday.

But limited clashes continued in some areas including Wadi Barada near Damascus and the southern city of Daraa where one opposition fighter was killed.

Rebels in Wadi Barada have cut water supplies to the capital leaving four million people without water.

Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said that five rebel fighters were killed on Friday in the opposition bastion of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus and in Wadi Barada where helicopters carried out raids on rebel positions.

A civilian was also killed by regime sniper fire in Eastern Ghouta while another died in shelling in Wadi Barada, he said.

The forces in Wadi Barada include former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front, previously known as Al-Nusra Front, which Syria’s government says is excluded from the ceasefire.

The Observatory also reported at least 16 government air strikes across several areas in Hama province in central Syria, with no casualties.

– Tired of war – In rebel-held Idlib province, however, it was quiet and residents expressed hope for respite from the bloody conflict.

“I support the ceasefire… and I support its continuation,” said 31-year-old Ahmed Astify. “Everyone, whether (they are) rebels or regular people, is tired,” he added.

Mohammed, 28, said: “We hope that this will lead to the end of the war.”

Syria’s government and its ally Iran both welcomed the ceasefire deal.

Damascus called it a “real opportunity” to find a political solution to the war, which has killed more than 310,000 people since it began in March 2011 with protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Despite being left out of the process, Washington described the truce as “positive”.

Analysts were cautious but said the involvement of Russia, Iran and Turkey could be important.

Sam Heller, fellow at The Century Foundation, said there was “real interest and urgency” from Moscow and Ankara, but expressed doubts about whether Tehran and Damascus were on board.

“All indications are that Iran and the regime want to continue towards a military conclusion,” he said.

He said renewed fighting in Wadi Barada or Eastern Ghouta could pose major threats to the truce.

– Talks in Astana – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he would now reduce Moscow’s military contingent in Syria, which has been fighting to bolster the government since last year.

But he added Russia would continue to fight “terrorism” and maintain its support for the government.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said Ankara would continue the operation it began in August targeting the Islamic State group and Kurdish fighters.

Despite backing opposite sides in the conflict, Turkey and Russia have worked increasingly closely on Syria, brokering a deal this month to allow the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians and rebel fighters from Aleppo.

Their ceasefire deal calls for negotiations over a political solution to end the conflict that has killed more than 310,000 people and forced millions to flee.

UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura has said he hoped the agreement would “pave the way for productive talks”, but also reiterated he wants negotiations mediated by his office to continue next year.

The council held closed-door consultations on the text early Friday and Russia later amended the draft at the request of several member states.

The latest draft of the resolution, a copy of which was seen by AFP, includes a reference to the talks being led by de Mistura.

I was overthrown in 1984 for devaluing the naira – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his resolve not to devalue the naira or increase the price of fuel.

He made this known in Abuja on Friday night, during the 2016 regimental dinner organized by the presidential brigade of guards.

Buhari also suggested that his refusal to devalue the naira and increase fuel price during his time as Military Head of State in 1984-1985, led to his overthrow.

“I have resisted the devaluation of the naira, increase of the petroleum products, among others,” he told the soldiers and officers.

“When I was military head of state, I rejected similar advice by the IMF and World Bank to devalue the naira.

“I refused and gave my reasons and the next thing I knew I was removed and detained for three and half years.

“As a civilian president, I will do my best and I’m telling you all these because you are part of the leadership of this great country and God willing we will remain great.”

When Buhari assumed office in May 2015, the exchange rate was N197/$1. It currently stands at over N300 to $1 officially and N495/$1 in the black market.


Serena Williams engaged to Reddit co-founder

Serena Williams engaged to Reddit co-founder

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Serena Williams has used the social media platform Reddit to announce that she is engaged to its co-founder, Alexis Ohanian.
The tennis star made the announcement in the form of a poem.
She said he took her to Rome, where they first met, to propose to her – and she said yes.
It caps off a year in which Ms Williams won her seventh Wimbledon singles title and 22nd Grand Slam singles title, but dropped to world number two ranking.
Reddit is a social media community where users group around topics, news articles and discussion points, rather than around people they know in offline life.
Mr Ohanian founded it in 2005 alongside a college friend, Steve Huffman.
Ms Williams posted to r/isaidyes, a forum where users share their stories of wedding proposals, saying he had taken her to the table in Rome where they first met, where he got down on one knee and “said four words”.
One Reddit user responded by joking that the score was love-love.
Mr Ohanian and Ms Williams had kept their relationship quiet on social media and in the world of celebrity gossip, but rumours began to circulate last year that they might be romantically linked.
Mercy Johnson Celebrates Daughter As She Turns 4 Today.

Mercy Johnson Celebrates Daughter As She Turns 4 Today.

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The beautiful Nollywood actress and mother of 3’s daughter, Purity is 4 years today and to celebrate her baby, she took to her Instagram to share the above photo and wrote:
My Child is 4.Thank You Jesus for this Gift. I look at her and can’t believe she is mine.hmmmm I have a 4yr old daughter.
HBD Purity .Keep us mums alive Lord To Take Care of our and every child at large.

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*303*2*1*1# and get ur 750mb
Free...... it's also renewable,

NOTE: u must av #100 on ur account don't be afraid it won't be deducted..

Airtel Unlimited 600mb For #100 No Tweaking

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Unlimited airtel 600mb for 100 naira only.
I have been rocking this cheat for long. I know many people are suffering for mb on airtel line and i just decide tout share this tut to all of you that need unlimited megabytes.

Follow this steps below:

1. Get your Airtel Sim
2. Make sure u have #100 airtime on it.
3. Just insert your airtel Sim card into ur phone if it is a brand new sim and den load #100 after dat dail *885*2# and u will be given the mb data.

NOTE: This mb can only be use on Operamini, WhatsApp, Facebook, 2go. etc..

Airtel 500 Hours Free Browsing Started Working Again With Psiphon & SimpleServer

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Firstly dail *885#
You will get the following message...

...5000 hours of free internet access daily, get yours NOW!!! Dial *885# or clickhttp://opr.as/b1f

then open your psiphon or simpleserver and this

http://opr.as/b1f http://op as real host.
Germany Launches Transparent Car (Photos)

Germany Launches Transparent Car (Photos)

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Germany Launches Transparent Car + Photos
The world has changed and moving at a very fast pace to catch up with the future cars drive themselves and plane flight without human pilots.
The big question among automakers is whether they will be the ones to provide new technologies — and profit from them — or will major tech companies like Google and Apple take a slice of the industry. For now, the two sides are balancing cooperation against competition as they gauge what the future holds.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra succinctly expressed a common view, asserting that “we will see more change in the industry in the next five to 10 years than we have in the last 50.”
Germany Launches Transparent Car (Photos)
Dieter Zetsche, the head of Daimler AG, described the car and technology companies as being “frenemies.”
If Apple or Google starts making cars — something neither has said it intends to do — “then we are competitors.” New technologies could lead to all sorts of innovations, such as real-time navigating around a slippery stretch of road and eliminating the need for a home garage by having cars drive themselves to people who summon them through a mobile app.
Another technology that is fast making the new is this transparent car of ZF company equipped with different security systems is presented on the second press day of the Frankfurt Auto Show IAA Frankfurt, Germany.

List of Stable and Active IP Address For New Airtel N0.00kb Browsing Tweak

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24 hours back, I made a post on how to surf unlimited for free with Airtel sim. From the posted comments, I can see that some fans are not yet enjoying the tweak, due to the fact that the tweak is taking time to connect and some are complaining about often disconnection which is mostly caused by rusty 3G network in select areas.

Remember that I told you not to put any airtime on your Airtel sim, you must not be on any active data plan, also, clear your Psiphon or any other VPN data and cache. 

Have airtime in your airtel SIM or active data plan is another major cause of often disconnection. At times, stuffed-up IP address  (when lots of people are using one IP at the same time) can also be the cause of the issue.

Note: The Airtel unlimited free browsing tweak is still blazing very well as at the time of publishing this post. Make sure you set your network mode to 3G or 4G LTE and if it still disconnects, kindly try another VPN with it.

For those that are still complaining, change your Host Address and Port to any of the IP's with its Port below, to connect and surf with N0.0 via any of the specified VPN and Airtel sim.

Airtel N0.00kb Browsing Tweak fast and Stable IP 

Magic (IP)PORT
54.201.138.638083
45.40.143.5780
70.248.28.23800
97.77.104.223128
159.203.175.1758080
40.84.24.15580
207.242.206.1543128
173.191.224.288080
47.89.41.16480
108.166.171.19880
35.164.66.6780
54.183.70.608083
50.93.197.981083
47.88.11.138080

Other setting still the same.
If you are new to this Airtel N0.00kb Browsing Tweak, kindly check out this: #link

Stay Glued for more updates about fastest working and active Proxies.

Chinese Official Accidentally Plays Porn On Public Screen During Billboard Testing. Photos

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Chinese Official Accidentally Plays Porn On Public Screen During Billboard Testing. Photos

Residents in a Chinese city were shocked yesterday when they saw porn being broadcast on a public screen for more than five minutes. The video was played after a screen tester connected a personal computer to the device then went away, leaving the computer on autoplay, according to People's Daily.

The incident took place on a busy street in Ningbo, a major city of nearly eight million people in eastern China's Zhejiang Province.

The explicit content was shown on a big screen outside a shopping mall called NingboTianlun Square at around 10am on December 28, according to the report.

Local police said the clip had been saved in the personal computer of a property management worker who was testing the screen at the time.

The worker then went away leaving his computer unattended, which led the big screen to broadcast the porn.

A muzzed video posted on Chinese social media has captured the embarrassing incident.

Pedestrians, security guards and the staff of the nearby shops were shocked to watch the video being played.

BREAKING; President Obama Gives Russian Diplomats 72 Hours To Leave The US

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America has kicked out 35 Russian spies and closed two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland in response to a campaign of harassment by Russia against American diplomats in Moscow.
The move against the diplomats from the Russian embassy in Washington and consulate in San Francisco is part of a series of actions announced today to punish Russia for the intimidation and alleged interference in the US election.

President Obama said “All Americans should be alarmed by Russia’s actions”, adding: “I have ordered a number of actions in response to the Russian government’s aggressive harassment of US officials and cyber operations aimed at the US election.

“These actions follow repeated private and public warnings that we have issued to the Russian government, and are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm US interests in violation of established international norms of behaviour.”

Among the measures announced were sanctions against Russia’s FSB and GRU intelligence agencies; the designation of 35 Russian operatives as “persona non grata”; and the closure of two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland that the United States says are used “for intelligence-related purposes.”

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are releasing declassified technical information on Russian civilian and military intelligence service cyber activity, to “help network defenders in the United States and abroad identify, detect, and disrupt Russia’s global campaign of malicious cyber activities”.

Obama said the hacking “could only have been directed by the highest levels of the Russian government,” a contention the U.S. has used to suggest Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally involved.

Moscow’s Foreign Ministry says the sanctions are “counterproductive” and will harm ties between the two powerful nations and Russian politician Konstantin Kosachyov called the act: “The death throes of political corpses.”

Trump, who takes office on January 20, has called for better relations with Russia. It was not clear if he will be able to immediately overturn the measures announced today.