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Prince Charles Compares
Vladimir Putin to Hitler
V
ladimir Putin was compared to Hitler by
Prince Charles, but he is not alone on this. The
unguarded remark comes just before Prince
Charles and Putin are scheduled to meet in France
for the D-Day commemoration there. Prince Charles
made this comment while in Halifax, Nova Scotia during his four day Canadian tour with the Duchess of
Cornwall. At the time, the prince was comforting a
woman whose family was killed during the advances
of the Nazi regime. Whatever his reason for comparing Vladimir Putin to Hitler, Prince Charles was not
the only one to do so.
Hillary Clinton spoke her mind on April 28 at a fundraiser in Long Beach, California, comparing Russia’s issuance of passports to Ukrainians in Crimea
to Nazi population transfers, as well as pointing out how Putin’s
claim of his desire to protect the interests of Russians echoes Hitler’s claims that
he was looking after the interests of the German people.
Crimea last suffered invasion in 1945, if readers do not count this year’s troubles,
chiefly annexation by Russia on March 16 and the continued presence of Russian
troops. Putin announced troop drawbacks from Ukraine twice already, though he
did not provide clear numbers regarding how many troops would be pulled back
or when the withdrawals would occur.
After the troop withdrawals were first announced, the announcement was quickly
proved false. On May 7, NATO started posting a series of satellite photos NATO’s
twitter account. The images showed forces still arranged at Belgorod and two other sites near the border with Ukraine. A spokesman for the Command Operations
at NATO said, “Russia continues to have 40,000 combat ready troops on Ukraine’s
border.”
In a statement released by the Kremlin, President
Putin addressed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu,
requesting he pull back troops involved in training in Belgorod, Rostov and Bryansk. Current
reports from NATO and the US claim Russia
has not moved any of the troops in question.
Putin also urged an end to a military operation
in eastern Ukraine against a pro-Russian rebellion there. This follows Russia’s decision not to
acknowledge the newly declared and debatably
legal republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, as it did
with Crimea.
Sanusi Emerges
Emir of Kano
T
he council recommended
the first son of the late Emir
of Kano, Ciroman Kano,
Alhaji Sanusi Ado Bayero with the
former Governor of the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN), but Alhaji
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, emerged
as the new Emir of Kano. Sanusi,
the grandson of the 11th Emir of
Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, this comes amidst protests as
supporters of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and opposition of the new emir have had several clashes.
It is important to note that, this new development of protests against the turbaning
of Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano isn’t strange, as records can attest to the fact that
protests broke out in 1963 when Ado Bayero was announced as the new Emir of
Kano.
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K
Kimye Wedding
im Kardashian and
Kanye West definitely
had an A-list affair for
their big Florence wedding on
May 24! Beyonce and Jay Z
skipped the big day, but they
both performed a song during
the ceremony through the DJ,
who played a remix of Beyonce’s
“Drunk In Love” featuring Jay Z
and Kanye, himself, E! Online
reported. The eleven- monthold North West's parents, reality
television star, Kim Kardashian
and award winning rapper,
Kanye West, tied the knot in
front of some 600 guests in a
sunset ceremony at Forte di
Belvedere in Florence, Italy on
Saturday, after a pre-wedding
party at the Palace de Versailles
in Paris.
A
Kefee Branama
Queen is Dead
n official release by
Adeline Adelicious
Adebayo (Kefee’s UK
Manager), said:
“On behalf of the family,
It is with a great sadness
but grateful hearts that we
announce the passing to
glory due to lungs failure
this morning of our God’s
mouth piece, chorus leader,
daughter, wife, sister, friend
Kefee Branama Queen …
May her beautiful, gentle
and precious soul rest in
perfect peace. AMEN!!!
PS: In contrast to all earlier
rumours and stories in circulation, I do state that Kefee wasn’t 6
months pregnant and neither did she have pre-eclampsia.”
Choice Options gathered that Kefee collapsed on a Chicagobound flight, which forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles, so that she could receive medical attention.