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Jacinda Ardern New Zealand PM gives birth to baby girl
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peters who became arderns deputy is now acting prime minister while she takes six weeks maternity leave although she will continue to be consulted on significant issues1 new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern gave birth to a baby girl in an auckland hospital thursday becoming only the second world leader to do so while in office1 im sure were going through all of the emotions new parents go through but at the same time feeling so grateful for all the kindness and best wishes from so many people. thank you ardern said1 she added on instagram that the baby was healthy and doing well1 were all doing really well thanks to the wonderful team at auckland city hospital1 the charismatic ardern follows pakistans prime minister benazir bhutto in 1990 as the only women in recorded history to give birth while in power but she downplayed the significance1 lots of people juggle a lot of things in their personal and private lives and im not unusual in that. plenty of women have multitasked before me and i want to acknowledge that she said when revealing the pregnancy in january1 the birth capped an eventful year for ardern who became prime minister last october three months after inheriting the leadership of the labour party when it was languishing in the polls1 when no party won sufficient support in the election to form a government she was anointed prime minister by new zealand first leader winston peters the kingmaker in a three-party coalition also involving the greens1 it was the first child for the 37-year-old and her 40-year-old partner clarke gayford with the new arrival weighing in at 3.3 kilogrammes 7.3 pounds1 new zealand opposition leader simon bridges offered congratulations1 being parents is a joy and a privilege and we are sure your new arrival will fill your lives with all the happiness our children have ours he said1 ardern who refused to discuss plans for motherhood during the election campaign waited until january to reveal on facebook she had conceived and was going to be prime minister and a mum1 her plans for a family had sparked a sexism row during the election when a television host quizzed her on the issue saying voters had a right to know before they cast their ballots1 she rejected the line of questioning as unacceptable saying pregnancy and child rearing should not hinder womens opportunities in the workplace1 it is a womans decision about when they choose to have children and it should not predetermine whether or not they are given a job or have job opportunities she said then1 pakistans bhutto who was assassinated in 2007 gave birth in january 1990 to her daughter bakhtawar who now describes herself on twitter as 1st child born to a sitting female prime minister1 ardern was due on june 17 and had said she did not want the pregnancy to drag on and was prepared to be induced if necessary1 the prime minister and gayford who hosts a television fishing show had known the sex of the baby for several months but decided to keep it secret from the public1 -
2 bombers in failed mission at Mammy market
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the borno command of the nigerian police force said two female boko haram bombers died on wednesday night while attempting to infiltrate 333 artillery military hangout in maiduguri1 edet okon the police public relations officerppro disclosed this in a statement released today in maiduguri1 okon said that the first bomber was gunned down by soldiers while trying to buy a ticket to gain entrance into mammy market where soldiers socialise. the soldiers had shot her on suspicion she was a bomber1 the bomb exploded and killed the first bomber while the second bomber detonated her ied inside the tricycle. the driver of the tricycle fled the scene1 as a result of the explosions the two bombers died instantly while fifteen persons were injured and were rushed to the hospital for treatment1 meanwhile the scene of incident has been sanitised by a team of eod personnel and normalcy has been restored1 the commissioner of police borno state cp damian chukwu assures members of the public of the commitment of the force to continue to protect lives and properties at all times1 he also urged residents to be extra vigilant and to promptly report suspicious persons and activities to the police or other security agencies for necessary actions1 -
Yoga antidote to drug addiction Priest
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source63 fr. joe pereira president of the mumbai ngo kripa foundation says that practicing yoga will help to combat drug addiction1 he was speaking to asianews ahead of the fourth international day of yoga which is being celebrated today1 he has been invited to give an address in london on an initiative on this subject organised by the parliamentary group all party uk in the house of lords1 the priest said that for 50 years he practiced the iyengar yoga method and had been a pupil of its founder bellur krishnamukari sundara iyengar1 in the same way for the past 30 years his foundation has used yoga to help in the rehabilitation of people with alcohol and drug problems1 the kripa foundation offers an intense program of yoga and meditation designed especially for people who undergo treatments and recovery sessions [from drug addiction]1 todays celebration is deeply felt not only in india but in various parts of the world1 social networks abound with photos of indian premier narendra modi as he leads an exercise of 55 thousand volunteers in dehradun uttarakhand1 howeveron the claim that the practice leads to the divine emphasizing instead the beneficial effects on body and physical health1 kripa foundation is an ngo that cares for aids patients and drug addicts1 responding to the perplexities that a catholic priest who teaches yoga raises he replies1 first of all i have been practicing iyengar yoga for 50 years1 after the second vatican council the catholic church has received elements of spirituality from the religions of the whole world1 in my work with drug addicts i have found that the answer to the thirst for love and god is fulfilled through the discipline of the body1 with the body as a temple of the spirit of god everyone has a journey towards god within his own self1 i love the catholic church he concludes because it is truly catholic it welcomes this discipline within contemplative practice he said1 he said he would continue to use yoga for the two dimensions of drug addiction and contemplative prayer1 he added that the kripa model is now used all over the world as a tool for recovery1 i will propose to the english parliamentarians to implement the same method also in the united kingdom .he added1 according to the indian priest meditation and yoga have the power to help us get in touch with the true inner self and to transcend the world of prakriti and of materialism and to operate from a level of awareness which brings us to our essential uniqueness1 -
Breaking: Buhari visits storm-ravaged Bauchi
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president muhammadu buhari has arrived bauchi capital of bauchi state where a windstorm on saturday destroyed many buildings and schools1 buhari who only several months ago visited the city returned this morning to commiserate with the people over the loss of lives and property1 president buhari had on 19 june also dispatched a team led by the minister of education malam adamu adamu to assess the damage done by the storm1 an estimated 1505 houses including the office of the news agency of nigeria were destroyed by the storm1 the presidential delegation included the director general of national emergency management agency nema mr mustapha yunusa maihaja1 gov. mohammed abubakar of bauchi had said 349 schools were damaged across the state by the windstorm1 abubakar disclosed this while receiving chairman and members of the universal basic education commission ubec governing board in bauchi on a courtesy visit1 from the report we received so far 349 schools were affected by the recent disaster from 13 out of the 20 local government areas of the state1 the schools need immediate renovation because the roofs furniture and computers were all damaged and students are about to start examination he said1 abubakar called on management of ubec to assist in renovation of some of the schools just as he urged the chairman to find time and inspect some of the affected schools1 -
South Korea to ban killing of Dogs
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source63 a revised animal protection law that aims to ban killings of dogs has been proposed by lawmakers in seoul1 it also mandates people in slaughtering business to prepare measures to minimize sufferings of animals in a killing1 the current law doesnt force suffering preventions but states that slaughtering should not cause fear or stress to animals1 this proposed bill aims to ban arbitrary killings of animals and stop any gruesome acts of killing1 the proposed legislation seeks to prohibit unlawful killings of animals such as dogs and cats that are not categorized as livestock1 across the country dogs are raised and slaughtered for the dog meat trade but are not regulated by the sanitary processing of livestock act said lee so-young pyos secretary officer1 eating dog meat has been practiced for many pears here. however it has met criticisms for the horrific conditions and ways in which dogs are raised treated and later killed for the dog meat trade1 as dogs fall into the gray area in the law there are still many cases in which dogs are slaughtered cruelly in unreported places lee so-young secretary of lawmaker pyo chang-won of the democratic party of korea told upi1 this revised law responds to the growing interest in animal protection and the need for a legislation that would offer practical measures to prevent animal abuse and illegal killings said lee1 it will give lawful protection to animals and ban any killings of animals that fall into the gray area of the current animal protection law pyo chang-won of the democratic party of korea said in the press statement1 -
Nigeria to shut it's borders due to Rice smuggling
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rice2 the nigerian government says it will shut the land border between it and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. chief audu ogbeh1 the minister of agriculture and rural development1 made the disclosure in abuja on monday while speaking with youths in a leadership clinic under the auspices of guardians of the nation international gotni. ogbeh who did not mention the particular country and border1 said that shutting the borders had become n1 rice smuggling in nigeria1 rice production1 -
Fayemi, Fayose hurl brickbats again
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the pdp chairman claimed that documents from the dmo and the federal ministry of finance agencies in charge of the debts and statutory allocations revealed that the debts were incurred under several headings1 ekiti state chairman of the peoples democratic party pdp chief gboyega oguntuase has alleged that the debts incurred by the kayode fayemi administration from 2010 to 2014 had so far cost the state n35.34billion1 but the former governor and immediate past minister of mines and steel development fayemi has swiftly denied the allegation describing it as a deliberate falsehood sponsored by gov. ayo fayose to smear his image as well as cover up the failure of his government to deliver on his electoral promises1 fayemi who reacted through the media director of his campaign organization wole olujobi said the campaign of lies was a sign of frustrations from the fayose camp1 fayemi said fayose and his party decided to embark on character assassination because of his rising political profile and the imminence of the pdp candidates rejection at the coming gubernatorial poll1 it is ridiculous that fayose and his aides can still be peddling inaccurate debt figures after the debt management officedmo had published the debts taken by fayose himself alone in the last three years which has amounted to n56billion even though he swore and lied many times that he never borrowed a kobo1 we admit that fayemi borrowed n25b to be defrayed within three years and records are there at the dmo that fayemi paid back n14.5billion of the debts leaving the balance of only n10.5billion before he left office on oct. 16 20141 if the official debt figures are as stated above how then did they come about spending n35.34billion to service an outstanding debt of n10.5billion fayemi queried1 nan reports that the state pdp boss had in a statement issued in ado ekiti raised the alarm that by calculation the n35.34billion sum already paid to service debt allegedly incurred by fayemi meant that the state was servicing the debts at an average of n1.1billion monthly1 he added that it also means about 40 percent of the states allocation was being deducted from source monthly1 the pdp claimed that the n35.3 billion was used in the servicing of debts and deductions from statutory allocations from october 2014 till date1 he added that between october and december 2014 the states allocations had n1.71billion deducted to service the debts1 in 2015 the sum of n7.85billion was deducted from our allocations. in 2016 it was n11.30billion in 2017 it was n12.12billion and from january to may this year the sum of n4.94billion had been deducted1 while we have paid off the commercial agriculture credit scheme we are yet to pay off others and some will run till 20361 the implications of this are many. if we had such a huge sum we wouldnt be owing workers salaries and more welfare programmes and projects would have been executed by the fayose administration1 the debts are under these headings contractual obligations fertiliser foreign loans bonds commercial agriculture credit scheme water projects restructuring of bank loans excess crude loan among others1 for instance under contractual obligations is the vehicles and buses they purchased for traditional rulers and various groups that they did not pay a kobo before they left office1 under commercial agriculture credit scheme is their ycad programme that failed woefully they also took money for the rehabilitation of water scheme and the money they borrowed for ero dam rehabilitation just went down the drain1 we all know the n25billion they borrowed from the capital market to finance some projects but where are the projects they never built any governors office. they did not build a new oja oba market they did not complete their event centre. even the state pavilion was not fully completed1 fayemi is the reason ekiti state is under financial burden. he plunged the state into debts and cant point to any tangible project he executed while in office. his administration also got the highest revenues from the federation account in the history of the state he claimed1 oguntuase who asked the electorate not to vote for fayemi in the coming poll said members of the public could get the details of the debts on the websites of the dmo and the federal ministry of finance and in their offices. nan1