SECURITY: Nigeria placed at 4th out of 30 African countries with the most powerful military in Africa

Egypt has the most powerful military in Africa, followed by Algeria, Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Africa according to an index that has just been released by the Global Firepower (GFP) that measures a government’s military ...

Out of 30 African countries the GFP has been able to determine that Egypt as the leading country in Africa in military power and 12^th out of 126 countries in the world. Egypt has the manpower, equipment which covers the air, land, naval power and the petroleum to sustain its army among other factors. Second in line is Algeria, followed by Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Africa.

6. Angola
7. Morocco
8. Sudan
9. Libya
10. Democratic Republic of the Congo
11. Kenya
12. Tunisia
13. Zimbabwe
14. Zambia
15. Chad
16. Uganda
17. Tanzania
18. South Sudan
19. Ghana
20. Cameroon
21. Mozambique
22. Niger
23. Ivory Coast
24. Mali
25. Madagascar
26. Gabon
27. Republic of the Congo
28. Namibia
29. Somalia
30. Central African Republic

The annual GFP index boasts of using an algorithm that attempts to provide a fair canvas that presents an unbiased ranking and realistic outlook on the conventional military firepower and strength of countries. Their system focuses on the diversity of weapons systems and provides bonuses and penalties for things like nuclear arms, diversity of force structures, and alliances (like NATO). The formula is interesting because it makes a smaller but more technologically advanced country competitive with larger militaries from less advanced countries.

The most powerful military in the world is the United States, followed by Russia, China, India and the UK. US has been the world’s strongest military since 1945.

Woman who hired a hitman to kill her husband and wanted to make it 'look like terrorist attack' jailed

28 year old woman who hired a hitman to kill her husband and make it look like a terrorist attack has been jailed for soliciting to commit murder.

Nurten Taycur of Hackney was sentenced at the Old Bailey today, Friday May 13, to six year's imprisonment for hiring a person she believed to be a contract killer to murder her husband.

Acting on intelligence received concerning Taycur, officers from the Met's Special Projects Team launched an operation to foil her murderous plans.

Taycur met what she believed was a hitman six times between Friday, 13 November 2015 and Friday, 11 December 2015. The man was actually a undercover Metropolitan Police officer.
During her contact with the 'hitman', Taycur initially asked for her husband to be murdered, agreed a price and began planning her husband's death.
She also admitted to the undercover officer that she had been having an affair and wanted her husband dead so that she could be free of the marriage.

 Taycur agreed to pay a sum of £5000 for the killing and supplied a down payment of £1000. She provided a photograph of the intended victim and details of his vehicle and registration number.
 During her negotiations with the undercover officer, Taycur offered to be present when the murder took place and to track the victim using a mobile phone tracking app. She was very clear to request that he was not to be shot as she wanted the killing to look like a robbery or politically motivated attack related to her husband's Kurdish heritage.

Taycur asked that her husband's throat be cut and the word 'ISIS' be daubed on the outside of his car as she believed this would disguise the motivation for the killing.

Officers arrested mother-of-two, Nurten Taycur on Friday, 11 December 2015 on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. A search was made of her home and police seized £4000 found concealed in the bedroom, this being the amount of the balance owed for payment on completion of the killing.
 The intended victim, Taycur's husband, was completely unaware of the plans being made to end his life.

 Nurten Taycur , 28, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on Friday, 11 March and was remanded in custody to await sentencing.

 Detective Inspector Paul Foreman of the Met's Special Projects Team said:

"Nurten Taycur planned this murder with enthusiasm. She asked that the victim's body not be disposed of so that she could have 'a body to grieve over', this while insisting that her intended victim died a painful and terrifying death. Today's sentence reflects the callous and calculated nature of her actions and I hope the length of incarceration brings a measure of comfort to her intended victim who was totally unaware of her plot."

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Barcelona celebrate winning La liga with trophy parade on streets of Barcelona (Photos)

Barcelona, on Saturday, through a Luis Suarez hat-trick ensured they secured their second La Liga title on a row and took to the streets of Barcelona city on Sunday night to celebrate their 24th La Liga trophy where they were met by over 100,000 supporters. Players like Lionel Messi, Neymar, Iniesta and Luis Suarez could be seen having a good time. More photos after the cut.

FOOTBALL: 'You made my first season a fantastic one' - Kelechi Iheanacho thanks fans

The 19 year old striker whose goal against Swansea yesterday, ensured Man City edged out Man U to qualify for the Champions league took to Twitter to thank Man. City fans for a successful season

Two Nigerians arrested at Cambodian airport for smuggling 1.27 kilos of cocaine in their stomach

According to the National Authority for Combating Drugs, two Nigerian men were arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday, May 9 for smuggling 1.27 kilograms of cocaine inside their bodies. The men identified as Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony and Adibe Paschal flew from Nigeria to Vietnam, via Qatar, and then to Cambodia, using Qatar Airways flight Q970.

"When the [authorities] detained them at the airport, he found some substances which they carried in their hands," said In Song, an official at the Anti-Drug department at the Ministry of Interior. "They carried this substance to deceive us."

"Police confiscated several bags of the mysterious brown powdered substance but it did not test positive for drugs.The drugs that they hid were in their stomach," said Song.

Police extracted the drugs by ordering the Nigerians to eat laxatives and excrete them on Tuesday and Wednesday. Song said that the Nigerians were likely bound for Pattaya in Thailand.

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THAILAND: Man dies in Thailand after wild sex romp with a transgender (photos)

A foreigner died in the early hours of Sunday morning, May 15 after hitting his head on a wall during a wild romp with a ladyboy (pictured with the police) in a Pattaya hotel. For those who don't know, Ladyboy is a Thai term that refers to either a transgender woman or an effeminate gay male in Thailand.

 

Authorities were alerted to the death at around 5am on Sunday morning and when they arrived at the second floor room of the short time hotel just off Walking Street. They found the naked body of an unidentified male, thought to be aged between 40-45, laid naked on the floor.

Also present was a 22-year-old ladyboy from Buriram who told investigators the couple had met earlier on Walking Street and had agreed a fee of 3,000 baht for short time sex.

The unnamed ladyboy said the man was very drunk and rather wild when it came to doing the horizontal mambo. She said that during their moment of passion the man banged his head on the wall and fell to the floor.

The body was sent for autopsy and police are now trying to identify the man.

 

Investigators said the man likely tripped due to his intoxicated state causing him to injure himself, however, they will await the results of the autopsy to determine the exact cause of death before questioning the ladyboy further.

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Jailed footballer Adam Johnson banned from speaking to his baby daughter

He broke the law and he's paying for it but come on, let him speak with his daughter.

Ex-Sunderland and England footballer was found guilty this year of sexual activity with an underage fan after he previously admitted grooming the school girl, 15 and was sentenced to prison for 6 years, and according to The Sun UK, he's been banned from talking to his 17 month old daughter Ayla according to his sex Offenders' order.
PS: Stay away from underage girls and boys erotically/romantically...

According to The Sun, his ex-partner Stacey Flounders will occasionally call Johnson and give the phone to Ayla so the footballer could hear his daughter and speak to her, but he was caught the last time by police, who have taken away such priviledges away from him.

A source told the Sun: ‘Johnson did not realise he would be listened to, and that he was doing something wrong. But they have come down hard on him. He’s devastated.’

‘With the ban on seeing Ayla and the pictures from Dubai, Johnson is extremely low.’

The footballer, 28, has reportedly lost prison privileges such as watching TV channels and social time.

Donald Trump tells UK 'it seems we're not gonna have a very good relationship' after David Cameron called him stupid & wrong

UK Prime Minister David Cameron last year called Donald Trump divisive, stupid and wrong for his proposed Muslim ban if elected as president. In an interview with Piers Morgan broadcasted this morning on ITV's Good Morning Britain, Trump who is the pre-sumptive Republican candidate for the White House said that it seems he won't have a good relationship with the UK prime minister when he becomes president.

“I hope to have a good relationship with him but it sounds like he’s not willing to address the problem either,” he said.

Addressing the criticisms, Mr Trump said: “Number one I’m not stupid, I can tell you that right now. Just the opposite. I don’t think I’m a divisive person. I’m a unifier.”

Trump also warned new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan that he would remember his recent comments of him when he becomes president.

Trump had offered an exception for Khan from the proposed Muslim ban, but Khan rejected his exception saying Trump was ignorant.

“This isn’t just about me, It’s about my friends, my family and everyone who comes from a background similar to mine, anywhere in the world.” Khan said.

When asked about Khan's rejection of his proposed exception to the Muslim ban, Trump said,

“I don’t care about him, it doesn’t make any difference to me, let’s see how he does, let’s see if he’s a good man,” 

“Tell him I will remember those statements,” he added. “They’re very nasty statements.”

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Man with half-head complains after his £195 a week benefits is slashed and he is deemed fit to work

A man who had a portion of his head removed after suffering from stroke has complained and hit out at authorities, after his £195 per week benefits as a disabled person was slashed to £117 after he was told to go find a job as he is 'mentally capable' of working.

Kenny Bailey, 50, has been receiving £195 a week since his stroke in 2014 meant he was unable to work.

The pressure on Kenny's brain was so intense following his stroke that surgeons had to remove part of his skull to relieve it.

He hopes to get a titanium plate inserted in a future operation to rebuild his head back to its original shape.
He still suffers from paralysis in the left side of his body, memory loss and walks with a severe limp.

He’s now accused the DWP of ‘picking on the disabled’ after his employment and support benefits was stopped.

‘I’m so angry. There are people out there who are getting allowances and they are fit for work. But people like me who need it can’t get it.' Bailey said to The SunUk.  

‘I use the money to pay my bills – gas, electric, water, council tax and whatever – and whatever is left over I use to buy food.But because I can use my right side they are saying I’m fit for work. I can’t use my arm, I’ve got a bad limp and I can’t concentrate on things.’ 

‘If someone asks me something that happened a few years ago I can’t remember. I have to write all my doctor’s appointments down because I can’t remember them.It is not fair what they are doing. They are picking on the disabled.’

Mr Bailey, who suffered a stroke in 2014 while working at Greggs also said:

'I hate how I look. I’m so self conscious. I feel as though people are always staring at me.I would feel uncomfortable going back to work because I can’t use my left side. But because I can use my right side, they’re saying I’m fit for work.’

From next week Kenny will only get his £117-a-week Personal Independent Payment, paid to help with the costs of long-term ill health or disability.

A DWP spokesman said:

‘Work Capability Assessments help ensure that people get the level of support they need rather than just writing them off on sickness benefits as happened in the past. 

‘The decision on whether someone is well enough to work is taken following a thorough independent assessment and after consideration of all the supporting evidence from the claimant’s GP or medical specialist. A claimant who disagrees with the outcome of their assessment can appeal."

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FOOTBALL: L.A. LIGA: Luis Suarez beats off competition from C.Ronaldo to win Pichichi highest goal scorer award

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez beat off competition from Real Madrid Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Pichichi prize.

The Prestigious Pichichi award, given to La Liga's highest goalscorer during a football calendar year was won by Luis Suarez after his 40 goals edged out Cristiano Ronaldo's 35 goals while Messi lagged behind in third place with 26 goals.


Luis Suarez is now the first player other than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to finish as La Liga's top scorer since 2009.

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