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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday called for the removal of Brett McGurk, the top U.S. envoy to the coalition against Islamic State, alleging he supported Kurdish militants. McGurk, a special presidential envoy, is a holdover from the Obama administration in his current post, but previously also worked for the Bush administration on Iraq. The special envoy is seen as having a close working relationship with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia which is regarded as being the best fighting force on the ground pushing back Islamic State. He visited their territory in northern Syria on Tuesday. Speaking with broadcaster NTV, Cavusoglu accused McGurk of supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant group inside Turkey fighting the government as part of a more than 30-year insurgency over minority rights. The PKK is listed by both Washington and Ankara as a terrorist organization. On May 8, the U.S. decided to arm and equip the YPG inside...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dayo Johnson Akure—THIRTEEN members of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Ondo state House of Assembly have defected to the ruling All Progressive Party APC barely three months after change in government of the state. During the tenure of former governor Olusegun Mimiko, the PDP had 21 members as against APC five members. But within three months of the present administration, 13 members of PDP have jumped ship  to join the five shooting the number of APC lawmakers to 18 and depleting the opposition to eight. Amongst the 13 decampees are the five that defected yesterday in Akure and we’re received  by the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu SAN and top government officials. The latest defectors include the immediate past Deputy Speaker, Hon. Fatai Olotu (Akoko North East), Hon. Akinyele Fasogbon (Odigbo 2), Hon. Kuti Towase (Akoko South East), Hon. Bimbo Fajolu (Ileoluji/Okeigbo) and Hon. Tuyi Akintimehin (Idanre). Governor Akeredolu who was elated ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J  Dr. Leonard Mbamara is the Chief Medical Director of Albina Mejeel Specialist Hospital in Lagos. He is a former USSR trained medical practitioner with over 30 years in active practice spanning from Lagos University Teaching Hospital LUTH, Idi-Araba, Falomo Police Hospital, Lagos, Bonny Camp Medical Centre and others before delving into private practice. His vast experience in general practice armed with a doctorate degree in orthopaedic medics and obstetrics positioned him in a state to allay the challenges parents go through during their children’s’ teething period. By Chris Onuoha WHY is teething in children a challenge especially to young parents? When a tooth wants to come out from the gum, it comes with a lot of pains. Anyone who has developed wisdom teeth as an adult will attest to this. For children, there are equally pains that are connected to growing of teeth.Since children cannot talk, the only means of communicating is by crying. Confusion mig...

http://ift.tt/2reHtmf This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 26, 2017 shows the combined fire demonstration of the services of the Korean People's Army in celebration of its 85th founding anniversary at the airport of eastern front. STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping expressed concern about rising tensions on the Korean peninsula after a North Korean missile test on Sunday, Putin’s spokesman said. Meeting on the sidelines of an international forum in Beijing, Putin and Xi “discussed the situation on the Korean peninsula in detail” and “both parties expressed their concern over the escalation of tensions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. According to China’s official Xinhua news agency, Xi said during the meeting that Moscow and Beijing have played the role of a “ballast stone” in safeguarding regional and global peace and stability. X...