Who Makes the President Proud? Putin’s Top Answers at His Annual Q&A

Every year President Putin holds his year-end Q&A session, where both Russian and foreign reporters get to address the country’s major problems and achievements directly with the head of state. And every year journalists try to sneak in some personal questions. This year was no exception. Here is a selection of some of the president’s top answers.

This time the president started straight away with the questions, skipping his usual opening address where he touches upon what he deems most important. As he rightfully noted, he has had so many public appearances this year that he “does not know what else to add” to his previous statements.

Thanks But No Thanks: Iraq Rejects US Attack Helicopters in Ramadi Fight

The Pentagon indicated that the US would be willing to supply Iraq with attack helicopters to help combat terrorism, but the Iraqi government has respectfully declined the offer.

Last week, the US announced plans to give the Iraqi Army a fleet of Apache attack helicopters to be used in Baghdad’s fight against Daesh, also known as ISIL/the Islamic State.

NATO forces in AH-64 Apache helicopters take part in Exercise Trident Juncture 2015, NATO's largest joint and combined military exercise in more than a decade, at the San Gregorio training grounds outside Zaragoza, Spain, November 4, 2015

Photos of the Policeman who was reinstated & promoted by the Senate after 21yrs suspension

 Following a petition presented by Senator Solomon Adeola (Lagos West) on behalf of one of his constituents, Sgt. Amos Olaniyan on October 6, 2015, the Senate has ordered the reinstatement, promotion and payment of all dues to Sgt Olaniyan, who was verbally suspended from the Nigerian Police Force 21 years ago.

This follows the consideration and adoption of recommendations of the Report of the Senator Sam Anyanwu-led Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition that investigated the suspension of Sgt. Olaniyan from the Force.

Nasir El-Rufai Bans all religious procession in kaduna state after Army/Shiite clash.

Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has set a prohibition on all types of religious parade in the state taking after last Saturday December twelfth conflict between the Nigerian Army and Shiite individuals. Nasir made the declaration amid a state-broadcast today.

#NasirElRufai

Babatunde Fashola: Check out Official portrait of the Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing

Photo credit: Lukesh Photo

#NaijaGist

ISIS Eyeing The African Oil

Islamic State (Daesh) is struggling with the costs of its oil operations and to boost the income they are now eyeing the African oil.


Their main focus are the oil assets in Libya and elsewhere and we are keeping a close eye, said the US official. As the matter a fact they are preparing to target also the Sinai Peninsula. US intelligence services are looking at oil fields and we are ready to intervene, said the senior US official at a press briefing.

Top 15 Tips To Become A Great Entrepreneur- winetapper

1. Acknowledge your creator:

Let your creator be your guide and decision maker,Read great books to strengthen your faith and believe in Olodumare to help you in times of need.

2.Sincerity:

Your Yes should be Yes and your No should be No.

Your 1000 should be 1000 not even 999.5 or 1000.5

Your sincerity would get people to trust you more and bring you good reputation

3.No to Greediness

Do not in the quest to make more money lose the ones you have .

Especially those that would want to use #3000 to get #50,000 and use #10,000 to get #400,000 shocked . Even Dangote didn’t start like that.

4.Learn to Save and set Target:

Even if the money comes in bit by bit or in full. Save immediately irrespective of the amount and set Target amount to be saved monthly or weekly to save and work to achieve them.

5 .Spend Wisely:

Not every latest device should be purchased, do not spend your money in a way to impress, always spend on what has value and durability and on something that you would see and be proud of.

6 . Work harder and stop Procrastination

When ever you have the urge to procrastinate,work hard to accomplish that task and you would be glad later on you did.

Work hard,play, sleep and eat when necessary.

7 . Owe less Lend out Less.

That moment you think you owe less and you total the amount you owe different people you would realise you are actually RICH cool grin

We ought to help each other when in need but do with care not all who promise to pay back would do.

In summary Borrow what you won’t have difficulty paying back and Lend out what you can Forfeit

8 .Avoid Distraction and Unnecessary Expenses:

Examples like Opposite sex, alcohol, clubbing, boasting,attention seeking etc

They are necessary activities that should be done once in a lifetime ,but they should be done when financially stable.

They might be tempting and calling but the Ability to Overcome them makes you a Great Entrepreneurs

9 . Dream Big and Be Determined:

Dream big ,yes very Bigdreams cheesy. Dream of you having that company,having your own workers, your own car,mansion, family, kids etc

Then after your dream your Determination and Hard work would help you achieve those dreams

No food for Lazy Man tongue

10 . Be Prepared for Unforseen circumstances and have PLAN-B standby :

We are not perfect and that is what makes us Humans. Our plans should be carefully set out and every areas touched and PLAN-B set aside coupled with preparation for Unforseen circumstances.

Many upcoming Entrepreneurs Omit this and it cause them some setbacks and disappointment.

11 .Learn and Seek more Information.

Never stop learning about your area of work ,Google is your friend,meet professionals on the field,ask questions,after digesting every info and embark on any project be sure of success and less error.

12. Have a Mentor and Role Model.

Have that Role model you would always look up to that would give you 1001 reasons never to give up.

Have a worthy Mentor you can run to at any time when ever you need information, who is also ready to guide you to make your Success his Joy.

13. Learn more Trades.

You are a GREAT ENTREPRENEUR not a Doctor,Lawyer,Engineer,Dentist etc that are fixed to one field of work for a Lifetime.

When ever you have that Spare time,Utilize it and learn more Trades and attach them to your existing trade. Be it Blogging,Mini-importation,PLAN-B,Forex, Biogas, BulkSmS etc

Even those White collar worker have PLAN-B

14. Health is Wealth.

In the quest to make more money you should not ignore your Health.

Note: When your health is down your business goes down. When you are in good health you acquire more wealth.

15.Thites and Charity Donations.

To whom much is given much is expected. After achieving your goals and plans do not forget to appreciate your creator.

Helping those in need of donations and visitation even if you know them or not.

The Blessing is Divine!

**climbs down from Palm tree**

 

 

#Entrepreneur

Ukraine SITREP December 13th, 2015 by Scott

It’s been over a month since my last Ukraine SITREP.
and the Saker’s Ukraine SITREP covering the latest “democratic” elections in Ukraine.

Nothing has changed since then. It seems that Ukraine experiences Groundhog Day over and over again. Even worse, since Russia has commenced its fight against ISIS in the Middle East, since the beginning of the Middle Eastern and African refugee crisis in Europe, since the Paris terror attack and since the closing of the EU borders and the establishment of the European Union army, Ukraine has been all but forgotten in the Western media. Unfairly so, because everything that’s going on in Ukraine, starting with the fascist putsch in February 2014, is a horrifying sick farce, but a very European farce nevertheless, with its brutal anti-culture, anti-history, and anti-Russian nature.

The Petro-Islamic extremism phenomena

by Nauman Sadiq

In its July 2013 report [1] the European Parliament identified the Wahhabi-Salafi roots of global terrorism, but the report conveniently absolved the Western powers of their culpability and chose to overlook the West’s role in nurturing Islamic extremism and violent Jihadism all over the Islamic world, especially when it used the Jihadists as proxies during the Cold War against the erstwhile Soviet Union; and even today, during the Libyan Jihad against the Gaddafi regime in 2011 and the Syrian Jihad against the Alawi (Shi’a) Assad regime. It is an incontrovertible fact that the US-led Soviet-Afghan Jihad gave birth to the Islamic extremists like Al Qaeda and Taliban for the first time in history and then again the Libyan and Syrian Jihads 2011-onward spawned myriads of Islamic jihadist groups especially the Islamic State.

EU Sanctions on Russia to be Extended – No Veto or Discussion Allowed

This article was originally written for Russia Insider: http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/eu-sanctions-russia-be-extended-no-veto-or-discussion-allowed/ri11858

In conversations with Russian news agency TASS EU diplomats and officials outline the undemocratic means whereby the decision to extend the sanctions will be imposed.

by Alexander Mercouris

Recently I wrote a piece for Russia Insider discussing how the EU really works.

I pointed out that the veto small states supposedly have over key EU decisions is a fiction.

Decisions are made by a small group who decide things between themselves and who because they control the EU’s bureaucracy can impose their decisions on everyone else.

An EU official – someone described as “close to the European Council” (the EU’s main policy making body) has basically confirmed as much in an interview with the Russian news agency TASS.

The subject discussed was the sectoral sanctions the EU has imposed on Russia, which are due to expire on 31st January 2016.

Chess in the Age of ISIS

by Tom Mysiewicz

“Iraq is breaking up before our eyes and it would appear that the creation of an independent Kurdish state is a foregone conclusion.”

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to John Kerry in Paris, 26 June 2014

“The goal is to proclaim a ‘Kurdistan’ straddling the border between Iraq and Syria, and then expel the Syrian populations who live there, followed by the transfer of 10 million Turkish Kurds to this new state.”

Thierry Meyssan, 2015

Unfolding now is a multidimensional chess game comprising centuries-old animosities, petrodollars, pipelines, a neo-Ottoman sultanate, plans for balkanizing the Mid East into manageable ethnic states, Israeli energy plans and oligarchs, Neoconservatives, the U.S. military-industrial complex, Daesh-ISIS, NATO, the EU, Kurdistan, Ukraine and a gaggle of nation states. I first addressed this hard-to-fathom situation in my 2014 piece “War With ISIS: Multiplexing a New World Order.”

Western Media Shows Russian Airstrikes as US-Led Coalition's

Western Media often rebrand the footage of Russian airstrikes in Syria as the US-led coalition's actions - due to the lack of cooperation, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

A picture taken on September 30, 2015 shows damaged buildings and a minaret in the central Syrian town of Talbisseh in the Homs province. Russian warplanes carried out air strikes in three Syrian provinces, including Homs, along with regime aircraft on September 30, according to a Syrian security source

Once Done With Daesh, US Commandos Will Start Aiding Free Syrian Army

The contingent of elite US commandos which is currently on the ground in Syria could well start helping the Free Syrian Army in its fight against the country's government as soon as they are done with Daesh (ISIL/ISIS), political analyst Dr. George Masse from the American University of Science and Technology in Beirut told RIA Novosti.

The US Special Operations Forces, which have been deployed and are currently on the ground in Syria, could well start helping the Free Syrian Army in its fight against the country's government forces as soon as they are done with Daesh (also known as ISIL/ISIS), the political analyst said.

APC Out To Win Rivers, Akwa Ibom –Oyegun

NATIONAL Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie- Oyegun, has said the party will do everything within its powers to win the gov­ernorship seats in Rivers and Akwa-Ibom states.
Oyegun argued, how­ever, that APC has more mathematical chances of winning in Akwa Ibom than Rivers.
He noted that APC’s suc­cesses at the 2015 general elections have changed the political dynamics in the South-South, specifically in Rivers State.

Dokpesi Leaves Jail After Three Days In Kuje Prison

The former Chairman, Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi (middle), with operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Federal High Court, Abuja... on Wednesday Photo: Sam Adeko.
A businessman and founder of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, finally left detention on Wednesday after spending three days in Kuje prison in Abuja, where a Federal High Court in Abuja remanded him pending when he would meet the N400m bail conditions granted him with respect to N2.1bn fraud charges preferred against him

Obama Appoints 34-Yr-Old Nigerian, Adewale Adeyemo As Deputy NSA

U S President Barack Obama has appointed a Nigerian, Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo who served in top roles at the Treasury Department to succeed Caroline Atkinson as his deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs.
Adeyemo, 34, has served in Obama’s administration since 2009. He joined the White House’s National Economic Council as deputy director. He was the Treasury’s lead negotiator on the currency agreement that was part of the Pacific trade deal.
A statement by Obama reads “For the past four years, I have relied on Caroline Atkinson, most recently as my Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, as we’ve navigated pressing challenges to the global economy.

I Owe Nobody Apology For Commitment To Nigeria, Says Obasanjo

FORMER president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said that he owes nobody any apology for his commitment to the Nigerian project.
Obasanjo stated this Tuesday night at a dinner organized in his honour by Governor Samuel Ortom during his private visit in Makurdi, Benue State capital.
He disclosed that shortly after his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) membership card was torn he withdrew from all partisan politics and became an impartial Nigerian.

The former president further said that he had a similar history to that of Governor Ortom, who recently revealed he was once a motor park tout at his youthful age, stating that he was called a tout at his old age in 2014.

Amaechi: I Never Knew Railway Transport Existed In Nigeria

Minister expresses ignorance of contract awarded to Tompolo
In a bizarre twist, the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, On Tuesday announced that he never knew the railways as a means of transport efficiently existed in Nigeria.
The minister who stated this when he and other officials of the ministry toured the facilities of the Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC) in Lagos, added that the government would concentrate on building standard gauge railway lines that would befit Nigeria status as a developing economy as well as compliment it.

PDP: PMB Erred By Collecting SUVs From Dasuki.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari for dealing with the office of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser, instead of that of the secretary to the government of the federation, for the compensation of the attack on his convoy.
Buhari had refuted the allegation that he received $300,000.00 and up to five armoured SUVs from Dasuki, explaining that only two SUVs were sent to him.

EFCC To Establish Procurement Fraud Unit – Magu

Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 indicated his resolve to create a new unit, to be known as Procurement Fraud Unit, PFU, with a view to strengthen the Commission’s efforts in fighting corruption.

US, UK Call For Probe Of Army/Shiite Clash

The United States and the United Kingdom have expressed concern over reports of violent clashes between members of the Nigerian Army and the Shiite Islamic Movement in Zaria, Kaduna State over the past days.
The US Embassy in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja expressed dismay over the reported killing of many people and called on the Federal Government to probe the incident.
It advised the two sides to exercise restraint to avoid actions that may further destabilize the situation.
“While many details of the incidents that reportedly began on December 12 remain unclear, we are dismayed to learn of multiple civilian deaths. It is essential that all sides refrain from actions that further destabilize the situation.

Wike Rejects Appeal Court Ruling, Heads To S’Court

FOLLOWING the Appeal Court ruling that a fresh governorship election should be conducted in Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike, has directed his lawyers to appeal today’s judgement at the Supreme Court.
Wike said in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, that he disagreed with the Appeal Court judgment, hence his decision to exhaust his constitutional right by challenging the judgment at the apex court.

Saudi Arabia Can't Just Declare War on the Terror They Themselves Created

Commenting on Saudi Arabia's announcement that they would be forming a 34-nation 'Islamic anti-terrorism coalition', prominent Pakistani columnist and political analyst Wajahat Masood warned that Riyadh might have a hard time fighting against a phenomenon which they themselves have done so much to support over the past thirty years.

How The Looters Stand.

Jega Also Presided Over Inconclusive Elections, Says Yakubu.

Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says elections were declared inconclusive during the tenure of Attahiru Jega, his predecessor.
Reacting to the criticisms that have trailed the state elections which the commission has conducted since he came on board, Yakubu, who was speaking at a public lecture in Abuja, said inconclusive elections were reflections of competitiveness of the polls.
The situation of the elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, where winners were not announced on the first ballot, have earned the body critical comments, with suggesting that INEC should be renamed Inconclusive National Electoral Commission.