Istanbul Airport suspected ISIS bombers were Uzbek, Russian, Kyrgyz - Turkish official

Three suspected Islamic State (ISIS) suicide bombers who killed 43 people in a gun and bomb attack at Istanbul's main airport this week were Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals, a Turkish government official said on Thursday June 30.

The suicide bombers opened fire to create panic outside, before two of them got inside the terminal building and blew themselves up. The third detonated his explosives at the entrance. At least 239 people were wounded in the attack.

According to Reuters, the Turkey official who confirmed the terrorists' nationalities, declined to be named because details of the investigation have not yet been released. Forensics teams had been struggling to identify the bombers from their limited remains, officials said earlier.

"A medical team is working around the clock to conclude the identification process," one of the officials said.

Interior Minister Efkan Ala told parliament that evidence continued to point to ISIS responsibility and that the death toll had risen to 43, of whom 19 were foreigners. Ala said the identity and nationality of one of the bombers had been determined but did not comment further.

The pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper said the Russian bomber was from Dagestan, which borders Chechnya. Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper named him as Osman Vadinov and said he had come from Raqqa, the heart of Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria.

The Russian interior ministry said it was checking information about Vadinov. A spokesman for Kyrgyzstan's state security service said it was investigating, while the Uzbek security service had no immediate comment.

Source: Reuters

Police corporal and pastor arrested for armed robbery, confesses to supplying arms to robbery gangs

A police corporal who was recently arrested for armed robbery, confessed to having supplied arms and ammunition to robbery gangs in various states, including Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa states. 

Christ Oboko Onitsha Ugbo, was arrested after he allegedly led his gang on a series of robbery operations in some states in the Niger Delta region. He is currently being detained by the Inspector General of Police’s Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT)

According to Daily Trust, the 36-year-old, until his arrest was attached to a special squad code named C4I of the Rivers State Police Command and was also the resident pastor of a church at Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Oboko, who has also been linked to several violent crimes in Bayelsa, Delta, Imo, Lagos and Edo state was said to have been deployed to C41 from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Rivers State Command, having distinguished himself as a sniper and crack detective.

Prior to his arrest, the office of the immediate past IGP, Solomon Arase received series of complaints about the notorious activities of the gang and subsequently directed the leader of the Special Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, to investigate the matter. Oboko was arrested following the arrest and confessions of one of his gang member identified as one Johnpaul Amandi.

"Aside from supplying members of my gang with police rifles and bullets, I also help keep their guns in my house without the knowledge of my wife and children."Oboko confessed.

"I joined the Nigeria Police Force in April 2003. I served at Borokiri Police Division, from there I went to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS before joining  C4I. I started car snatching in 2015 when I met Amandi, he was our informant. He lured me into robbery. I was only supplying them with arms. It all started when Amandi brought two vehicles. He gave them to one Victor Nwogu to sell. I met them doing the negotiation and from there, I offered to join them.

"I robbed the driver of a Toyota Camry at D-line area of Port Harcourt  and we  took the car to Victor in Owerri, I sold the car to victor for N200,000.  We were three and  I took N70,000 and I gave Amandi and Kelvin the balance to share. On the second operation, the three of us went for the job at  D-line and we stole three Camry cars from the park. We sold the vehicles to the same Victor in Owerri and he paid us N360,000. I got N150,000 as my share.   

"We also snatched a Toyota Corolla, from Elelanwan area at gunpoint from its owner and I took the car to Victor and he paid N250,000. I took N80,000 as my share and I gave the rest to Amandi and Kelvin to share.

"We also snatched a Toyota Spider car at GRA from the owner at gun point and we parked it inside Borokiri sand field.  But before we arrived in the morning the car had been removed,"

Lamenting, Oboko said, "I was always going to release them whenever they were arrested by the police and I don’t know what came over me.  I am the resident pastor of a church at Choba, in Port Harcourt. I don’t know what made me join Amandi in his evil business."

The out going Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bisi Kolawole, who paraded the suspect disclosed that he and members of his gang were terrorizing Port Harcourt.

The gang members enjoyed full protection from Oboko, who bailed and defended them whenever they were arrested by the police. He provided fake vehicle documents for stolen vehicles and altered the vehicle engine and chassis numbers selling them, Ms Kolawole added.

Source: Daily Trust

Terrified fishermen catch fish with human teeth which can rip off testicles in one bite

A fish called Pacu with human teeth was caught by fishermen in a Russian pond in the town of Tula's central park. The fish is nicknamed the nut cracker due to reports it can rip of a man's testicles with a single bite.

City spokeswoman Varvara Trunova said: "The fish has been confiscated from the fisherman and sent for examination."

She added: "According to the preliminary findings the Pacu fish is 20 centimetres long and weighs 240 grams."

Experts believe the fish may have been an exotic pet that was abandoned in the lake when it grew too large, sparking fears of a pair may have been dumped together and started breeding.

Photos: Rwanda to participate in Miss World Pageant for the first time in history

For the first time in history, Rwanda is set to participate in Miss World Beauty Pageant. The country will be represented at the international beauty pageant by Miss Rwanda, Jolly Mutesi.

The 19-year-old beauty queen was crowned Miss Rwanda 2016 on February 27. She will participate in the 66th edition of Miss World scheduled for December 2016, in the United States.

"This is an excellent platform to further improve the country's image outside the country because most people out there have absolutely no idea about the progress Rwanda has made in the recent years," Dieudonne Kagame Ishimwe, the CEO of Rwanda Inspiration Back Up Ltd, a local company that organised Miss Rwanda beauty pageant.

"Make a style out of your scars" Brain tumour survivor shares her inspiring story

Brain tumour, surgery, 20 seizures, and child birth at the same time! Read Instagram user Grindin' inspiring survivor story. She is a warrior! She wrote;

"When God says he has plans for you and your work here on earth isn't done... I've been through a lot but I could never look like what I've been through because that's just the God in me... Bouncing back from a brain tumor, having 20 seizures in one night and having ur 1st child at 30 weeks in the midst of it all... But I'm raising a warrior... And I can not thank God enough for sparing both me and my sons lives... I thank each and everyone of u for ur prayers...️ oh and when ur bro-in-law @d1collins1978 is ur barber and u still SLAY I could never hide this scar because it reminds me everyday of my Gods work🏾 soooooo..... Just make a style out of ur scars and be different This is my testimony Heavenly

Court strikes out suit challenging Buhari’s certificate

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday struck out the suit challenging the academic credentials of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola struck out the suit following a notice of discontinuance filed by the plaintiff, Mr Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaiwe.


Ademola had reserved ruling for Thursday on an application asking the court to stay execution of a judgment it earlier granted against the defendants.

When the matter was mentioned, Mr Chikordi Okeorji, counsel to Nwokocha-Ahaiwe, informed the court that the plaintiff had filed a notice of discontinuance.

Okeorji said the notice was pursuant to order 50 rule 2 (1) of the Federal High Court Rules, adding that the notice of discontinuance was filed on June 27.

Defendant’s counsel Paul Ajiboye did not oppose the application, but complained that he was not served.
Ademola then struck out the suit.
Nwokocha-Ahaiwe, an Abuja-based lawyer, had filed an application asking the court to nullify the election of Buhari as president.

He said that Buhari did not possess the minimum academic requirements needed to contest for the position of president.

The plaintiff also alleged that Buhari did not sat for the Cambridge West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1961 as he had earlier claimed.

But, Buhari raised a preliminary objection that he was not properly served.

In his preliminary objection, the president challenged the mode of service of the originating summons on him.
He insisted that he ought to have been served at an address in Kaduna instead of by substituted means at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.

Ademola had dismissed the preliminary objection on the grounds that it was incompetent and upheld the service of the originating court processes on Buhari.

The judge said that the service of the court’s processes on the president through the secretariat of the APC was proper.

Buhari, who was not satisfied with the court’s ruling, took the matter to the Court of Appeal.
He prayed the appellate court to set aside or discharge the ex parte order granted in favour of Nwokocha-Ahaiwe on Feb. 16, 2015, to serve him with the originating summons by substituted means.
The president also sought the court to make an order setting aside Ahaiwe’s originating summons for being incompetent.

Following the appeal, Ademola had adjourned the matter sine die.
The judge, however, announced on Wednesday that he would deliver judgment on Thursday on the application to stay execution on his earlier ruling.

Slutsky out as Russia coach after Euro debacle

Russia coach Leonid Slutsky has officially severed his ties with the national team after they crashed out of Euro 2016 without a win, the country’s football union said Thursday.

The union announced in the statement the “end of cooperation” with Slutsky and thanked him for helping Russia qualify for the Euro.


After a disappointing Euro campaign plagued by poor performances on the pitch and hooliganism in the stands, Slutsky said last week he would resign to let another coach manage the national team as Russia gears up to host the World Cup in 2018.

Russia finished the tournament in France last in Group B after drawing with England and losing to Wales and Slovakia.

Slutsky, who also coaches CSKA Moscow, was hired last August after Italian Fabio Capello was dismissed after a string of dismal performances left Russia looking set to miss out on the Euro.

He oversaw a dramatic change in the team’s fortunes that saw them qualify for the tournament but failed to translate that momentum into success in France.

It remains unclear who could fill the position and the football union did not provide a timeline for the appointment of a new head coach.

Football bosses in the country face a choice between continuing with a homegrown coach or turning back to a foreign manager, but experts say whoever comes next faces a tough task to reinvigorate the squad.

Sports minister Vitaly Mutko said that foreign trainers and “even a woman” could be considered for the job, RIA Novosti state news agency reported.

Aussie Mooy joins Man City

Australian Aaron Mooy has signed a three-year deal with Manchester City, moving from sister club Melbourne City, it was announced Thursday.

The 25-year-old Socceroo has established himself as one of Australia’s top attacking midfielders in recent years, twice winning Melbourne City’s player-of-the year.


During the last A-League season, he scored 11 times and contributed 21 assists –- a record for the domestic league.

The Melbourne and Manchester clubs are both owned by Abu Dhabi-based City Football Group and the Australian team’s managing director Brian Marwood said it was great opportunity for Mooy.

“Aaron is an extremely talented player who possesses the attributes we hope to foster and encourage within the City Football Group,” he said.

“With the unique model CFG provides, Aaron’s move to Manchester allows us to further expose him to a high standard of opportunities to ensure his professional growth.”

In return, Melbourne City have gained Luke Brattan and Anthony Caceres on loan from Manchester City.

Southampton name Claude Puel as new coach

Southampton on Thursday named Frenchman Claude Puel as their new coach on a three-year deal.

The 54-year-old former Monaco and Nice boss replaces Ronald Koeman, who left for English Premier League rivals Everton earlier this summer.


Former Aston Villa coach Eric Black has been named as Puel’s assistant.

“Claude clearly came out on top of a very impressive shortlist. We have not only got the best man, but the right coaching team to support him,” said Southampton’s executive director of football Les Reed.

“Eric Black has an excellent pedigree as a coach and vast experience domestically and internationally. Pascal Plancque has an excellent record as a technical coach and, like Claude, has been responsible for developing many young French talents into top quality players.

“Claude has a fantastic platform to work from and is aware that our ambition is to repeat and improve on our performances in the Premier League over the past three seasons.

“Claude has a track record of improving the situations he has been presented with and we are confident he can repeat this at Southampton.”

Puel, who as a player turned out more than 500 games for Monaco, last season guided Nice to fourth in France.

As well as his run to the Champions League and French League victory at Monaco, Puel also led Lyon to the Champions League semi-final in 2010, and guided Lille to a 2004 Intertoto Cup and a French league runners up spot in 2005.

“His Champions League and European experience will be valuable in our Europa League challenge this coming season and with the support of our excellent staff at the club I am sure he will do well,” Reed said of Puel.

“We are once again excited about what the new season will bring, and we will continue to chase records as we have done in recent years.”

Barca agree deal for France defender Umtiti

Barcelona have agreed a 25-million-euro move for France defender Samuel Umtiti from Lyon, the Spanish giants announced Thursday.

Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu said: “Barca have reached an agreement with Lyon to sign him, but it has to be negotiated with the player.


“There’s an agreement for 25 million euros.”

Cameroon-born Umtiti, 22, is currently with the France Euro 2016 squad and looks set to win his first cap in Sunday’s quarter-final against Iceland after the suspension of Adil Rami.

Although he is relatively inexperienced at the top level, Umtiti’s focus, calm, technical ability and pin-point passing as well as a sense of team spirit means he is widely expected to fit in at a top team.

Bartomeu added: “He is with the French team, completely focused. When the competition is over, we’ll make him come, pass the check-up and do all the required procedures to sign him up.”

I’m joining Manchester United says Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic said on Thursday that he is joining Manchester United, ending intense speculation about where the 34-year-old Swedish superstar forward will be playing next season.

“Time to let the world know. My next destination is Manchester United,” he wrote on Instagram and Facebook, complete with a picture of the United badge.


Ibrahimovic, who was a free agent after ending a hugely successful stay at Paris Saint-Germain, becomes the second signing of new United boss Jose Mourinho after that of highly rated Ivory Coast centre-back Eric Bailly from the Spanish outfit Villarreal.

Ibrahimovic reunites with Mourinho, after they enjoyed a good relationship while together at Italians Inter Milan.

The Swede had toyed with questioners for weeks about where he would be going and it will be his first time playing in the Premier League.

Real Madrid footballer James Rodriguez and beautiful wife Daniella enjoy game of beach volleyball in Miami(photos)

Real Madrid and Colombia attacker James Rodriguez was pictured with his beautiful and sexy wife Daniella Ospina enjoying a game of beach volleyball as they both holidayed in Miami, Florida. The player whose country Colombia were knocked out of the Copa America semis by Chile looked in high spirits as he and his wife who once played Volleyball professionally soaked up the Miami Sun. More photos after the cut.

ISIS fanatics decapitate five alleged 'spies' & stick their heads on spikes (photos)

In a new brutal and sickening execution video, ISIS fanatics have beheaded five young men before sticking their heads on spikes. The footage shows men in orange suits kneeling in front of masked ISIS extremists near the town of Al-Bokamal in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, Syria.



The five young men, all arrested in Al-Bokamal and accused of spying for NSA, were identified as Asim Hammam al-Debs, Harith Ahmad Jalid, Muhannad Ahmad al-Mshawwah, Abdul Rahman Ahmad al-Ashaab and Mohannad Obaid Al-Hussein.

Dressed in black and carrying hunting knives, the executioners issued a series of chilling warnings to their enemies, before throwing the prisoners to the floor and severing the heads, which are left on metal pegs and their bodies abandoned in the desert.

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Baby mistakes a bare-breasted statue for his mother

This is the cute moment a toddler mistook a nude statue's breasts for his mum's yummy bags and made his move. Mother and child were taking in the sights at a museum when the adorable tot spotted the 'free snack' and made a go for it. His mum is left in stitches by her son's antics. The image was posted on the Life of Dad Facebook page and has received thousands of responses from social media users.

Photos: 13-year-old girl Jewish girl stabbed to death in her bedroom by a Palestinian terrorist

A Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the Judean community of Kiryat Arba, located outside of Hebron and fatally stabbed a 13-year-old girl in her bedroom with a knife, today, June 30.
She was at first listed in critical condition but later died of her wounds soon after the attack.
The attacker identified as a 17-19-year-old Palestinian resident of the Arab village of Bani Na’im, broke into the closed community by breaching its fence. He entered a home nearby the fence, found the teenage girl sleeping in her bed and stabbed her repeatedly in the upper body before Kiryat Arba’s

Israeli guards shot the attacker dead but not before he managed to stab one civilian security officer in the face. A Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedic who arrived on the scene found the teenage girl, identified as eighth-grader Hallel Yaffe Ariel, unconscious and without a pulse. She was loaded into an ambulance but quickly succumbed to her wounds.

The wounded civilian guard, 30, was reported to be conscious and his injuries non-life threatening. He was evacuated to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center. His wife, a paramedic, was part of the responding MDA team.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah, in a statement, called on Palestinian leaders to condemn the attack.

"The horrific murder of an innocent girl in her bed sheds light on the bloodlust and lack of humanity displayed by the terrorists we are facing," he said

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 Source: BreakingIsraelNews

Photos: Tricycle rider dies after crashing into a moving trailer in Abia

A tricycle rider identified as Kelechi Orji, has died after he crashed his tricycle popularly known as Keke into a moving trailer at Niger road by Uwalaka street in Umuahia Abia State capital this afternoon. He died on the spot. The driver of the trailer had to run from the scene of the incident after colleagues of the deceased began attacking his trailer. More photos after the cut.

Troops kill Boko Haram terrorists, rescue prisoners in Borno

Trops of 26 and 121 Task Force Brigades and Battalion of Nigerian Army, disclosed yesterday that they killed several Boko Haram fighters and rescued 16 hostages held at Ngoshe prison in Borno State.

Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman disclosed this in a statement issued to newsman in Maiduguri.


Usman said the troops also recovered caches of arms and ammunitions, during their clearance military operations in the Cameroonian border areas with Gava and Ngoshe towns.

Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman disclosed this in a statement issued to newsman in Maiduguri.

According to him, “The essence of the patrol, which was supported by the Nigeria Air Force and Cameroonian Defense Forces, who provided air cover and real time Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, was to clear the remnants of the terrorists hiding in the Mandara Mountains and rescue all persons held hostages by the Boko Haram terrorists.”

He said the troops’ objective in Ngoshe village, was to dislodge the terrorists and clear them off from the foot of the mountains of Gwoza that extends for 16 kilometres.

Usman said: “Although the number of terrorists killed could not be ascertained, quite a number of them
were seen falling over the mountains when engaged, while
others escaped with gunshot wounds.”

“The recovered arms and ammunition include, a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) tube, four RPG bombs, a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), one Fabrque Nationale (FN) rifle and three AK-47 rifles,” he said.

Other recovered arms include, a Sub Machine Gun, a locally made pistol and double-barrel gun, a Smoke Grenade, 243 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition and a round of 7.62mm special ammunitions.

Usman also added: “Other items recovered include an address card, three Boko Haram terrorists flags and a Toyota Hilux vehicle painted in desert camouflage colour and motorcycles.

Meanwhile, as the clearing operations in the northeast continue, troops of sector 1 of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), with Tactical Headquarters in Makary, Northern Cameroun, have arrested 24 suspected Boko Haram insugents along the Nigeria-Cameroun borders.

A statement issued yesterday by the chief military Public Information Officer of the MNJTF, Col Muhammad Dole, said the troops on operation ‘Gama Aiki,’ to block fleeing militants, cleared six villages during the operation.

He, however, said one soldier was also killed when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded, while another was fatally wounded, loosing one of his lower limbs during the operation.”

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Two transgender women running for US Congress could make history

Two transgender women, 30 year old Misty K. Snow (Democrat), a grocery store clerk from Salt Lake City, Utah and 33 year old Misty Plowright (Democrat) who is a military veteran and works in IT in Colorado won their state primaries on Tuesday night and have been selected to run for spots in the US Congress in November. This will be a first in major-party American political history.
Misty K. Snow will run against Republican  favorite Sen. Mike Lee in Utah this November, while Misty Plowright will challenge Rep. Doug Lamborn in Colorado.

Snow beat her primary opponent, Jonathan Swinton, by almost 20% points, criticizing him for supporting limitations on abortion rights, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.

“While I’m not running on the basis of being a trans woman, my experiences as a trans woman have given me the empathy to understand the struggles of groups that feel that the American Dream is out of reach,” Snow said in her statement. “I’m running to give a voice to the voiceless.”

Plowright, on the other hand earned the Democratic nomination in Colorado by winning more than 13,000 votes while her opponent earned just over 9,600.

Both, if elected, would be the party’s first transgender women in U.S. Congress