US-led air raids hit ISIL in Iraq and Syria

Pentagon says 31 strikes in Iraq and Syria destroyed various ISIL units on Friday, including buildings and vehicles.

The 13 strikes in Kobane, destroyed 19 fighting positions on Friday [File: EPA]

The US-led coalition have pounded the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group with 31 air strikes, including more than a dozen in the flashpoint Syrian town of Kobane, the Pentagon has said.

Mauritania Journalist Sentenced to Death for Apostasy

A court in Mauritania has sentenced 28 year old journalist Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir to death for apostasy for criticizing Prophet Muhammed. According to Reuters, the journalist was sentenced by a court in the northwestern city of Nouadhibou for an article he published almost a year ago, questioning some of the decisions Prophet Mohammed took during holy wars.

Turkey teenager accused of insulting president released

 

A Turkish teenager who was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly insulting the president has been released.

A court freed the 16-year-old, listed only by the initials MEA, but he still faces trial and a possible four-year sentence if found guilty.

Joseph & Adaeze Yobo host family & friends to Christmas dinner

Adaeze and Joseph Yobo hosted friends includingfootballer Emmanuel Emenike to a lovely Christmas dinner yesterday December 25th at their home in Turkey.

Justin Bieber buys himself a private jet

Looks like 20 year old pop star Justin Bieber has acquired his very own private jet. He always flies in private jet but they were always on hire but he took to instagram yesterday to celebrate buying his own. He shared photos from the interior of the jet and wrote "'New jet for Christmas, and she's beautiful'.

Kim Kardashian finding it difficult to conceive baby number 2?

Kim Kardashian is upset for a very good reason ... as hard as she's been trying, she can't get pregnant. Kim has been very open with friends and family ... she and Kanye have been trying to have another baby for the last 9 months but nothing has worked. Kim has been to fertility doctors, but they've made it clear ... having another baby is a long shot.

Pres. Jonathan's declation on 11-11-2014 has occultic significance - Chris Okotie

Lol. Which one is occultic significance again? According to Okotie, President Jonathan's Presidential declation on November 11 2014 at the Eagle squares has occultic significance. He says the number, 11,  is a sacred number in the occultic world and that it demonstrates an appeasement of the powers of darkness to favour the supplicant. He said this and many more in a piece titled "2015 and our crony democracy" posted on his facebook wall. Season’s greetings to my teeming readers. Let me still serve you a morsel of politics even as we celebrate the joyous Yuletide season. The mood isn’t cheery because of the horror of senseless bloodletting by the Boko Haram insurgents, but life must go on, in the hope that things will get better in the New Year; even if they seem otherwise at the moment.Our politicians are self-serving and uncaring, but we are a resilient people who always ride out of every storm.