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2019: Tinubu, Fashola, other S’West APC leaders meet, agree to unite Ahead of the 2019 general elections, APC leaders from the south west part of the country met on Thursday in what is arguable the largest public gathering of such in recent times. The All Progressives Congress leaders who have been reportedly forming new alliances to solidify their individual positions in the region, agreed on one thing during the meeting that held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital; the need to unite. The South West APC appear to have begun jettisoning interests that separate them in order to pursue their political aspirations as a united group. The leaders who deliberated for about five hours, resolved afterward that it was important the region unites. A former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, who let out the sole purpose of the meeting when he spoke to newsmen on the mandate of the other leaders, disclosed that the meeting was held for the leaders to look at myria...

Rejoice! Marijuana Is Effective As Medicine   The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Thursday released a report that states, conclusively, that marijuana has medicinal value. As a result, drug policy lobbyists have called on the federal government to stop impeding on cannabis research in order to fully discover the plant’s many medical benefits. The committee that conducted the study reviewed research published since 1999 and considered more than 10,000 scientific abstracts. Along with reaching nearly 100 conclusions about medicinal marijuana, the committee also proposed how to bolster cannabis research, address roadblocks and improve data collection. “For years the landscape of marijuana use has been rapidly shifting as more and more states are legalizing cannabis for the treatment of medical conditions and recreational use,” said Marie McCormick, chair of the committee, in a statement. “This growing acceptance, accessibility, and ...

Iraqi forces 'retake Mosul University' from ISIL Army says it has seized strategic university complex used as base by ISIL fighters following two days of fierce clashes. Iraqi forces have captured most districts of east Mosul in nearly three months of a US-backed push [Reuters] Iraqi special forces have taken full control of a strategic university in eastern Mosul, according to senior commanders, the latest advance in a major push to drive ISIL out of its last urban stronghold in Iraq. The capture of the Mosul University campus, seized by ISIL fighters when they took over the city in 2014, came after two days of intense clashes. "Security forces have fully liberated the Mosul University," Talib Shaghati, the commander of the elite terrorism-combat service, told state TV on Saturday. "The forces seized chemicals in the laboratories of the universities and defused explosives and car bombs," he added, without providing...

Syria warns Israel after rockets hit air base Large plumes of smoke rise over the capital with the Syrian army accusing Israel of targeting Mazzeh military airport. Israel neither confirms nor denies involvement in striking targets inside Syria [YouTube] The Syrian army has warned Israel of "repercussions" after rockets struck a major military air base outside Damascus. Explosions were heard in the capital early on Friday and residents in city's southwest suburbs saw a large plume of smoke rising from the area. Footage on social media showed flames leaping from parts of the Mazzeh military airport compound. Syrian state television quoted the army as saying several rockets were fired from an area near Lake Tiberias in northern Israel just after midnight which landed in the compound of the air base, used by President Bashar al-Assad's elite Republican Guards. "Syrian army command and armed forces warn Israel of the repercussions of the flagrant a...

    Alcoholic mother who hosted naked Twister party with teen daughter won’t face jail A Georgia mother who hosted a naked Twister sex party for her teen daughter and friends last year won’t face jail time.  Rachel Lehnardt, 35, was sentenced to six years’ probation and $600 in fines for charges stemming from a 2015 party she threw for her 16-year-old daughter and her teen friends at her Evans home. According to the Police report Lehnardt told her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor of a wild night in April that led to the mother losing custody of her children. Lehnardt told her sponsor that her 16-year-old daughter was at her father’s house when she texted her mom to ask if she could come over with some friends to “party,” according to the police report. Lehnardt responded “come on, let’s party.” Lehnardt told her sponsor she allowed the teens to smoke pot and drink booze in her home. The mother also joined the group i...

Tony Rosato, Canadian ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘SCTV’ alum, dead at 62 The Italian-born comic actor joined Martin Short and Robin Duke as the only three performers to have been cast members of both “Saturday Night Live” and “SCTV,” the classic homegrown comedy show that was spun out of Second City shortly after “SNL” launched in the mid-1970s. One of his most memorable “SCTV” characters was Marcello, a clumsy TV chef whose “Cooking with Marcello” lessons always ended up in a kitchen disaster. Rosato was a TV regular, with appearances on shows including “Due South,” “Street Legal,” “L.A. Law,” “Lonesome Dove,” and “RoboCop,” and the Canadian cable movie “Kissinger and Nixon.” He was also the voice of Luigi in a pair of “Super Marios Bros.” TV series. Rosato ran into legal trouble in later years. In 2007, he was found guilty of criminally harassing his wife. He was diagnosed with Cascaras syndrome, a condition that caused him to bel...

CNN at war with Trump over report and fallout over dossier     A week before the inauguration, CNN is at war with an incoming president, not necessarily for what it reported but for what its reporting unleashed. For all the noise — accusations of “fake news,” the confrontation between Donald Trump and CNN’s Jim Acosta at a news conference, false claims about what CNN had reported or linked to — that realization emerged toward the end of a remarkable 25-minute televised confrontation between Anderson Cooper and Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. When it reported on Tuesday that national intelligence officials had informed the president-elect that the Russians had collected a dossier on his behavior, CNN did not specifically detail what that behavior was because it couldn’t vouch for its veracity. But it was CNN that gave Buzz Feed the cover to do so, Conway said. “You got the party started,” she said. The question is raised: if one person unlocks a box and wal...