NORTH KOREA FIRED SEVERAL BALLISTIC MISSILES INTO THE SEA. (PHOTO).

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 North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal.  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea’s fifth missile launch event this year, were detected from the North’s Hwanghae province but gave no further details such as how far they flew.  Earlier Monday, the South Korean and U.S. militaries began their annual joint military exercises, which are scheduled to last 11 days. The Freedom Shield command post exercise began after the South Korean and U.S. militaries paused live-fire training while Seoul investigates how two of its fighter jets mistakenly bombed a civilian area during a warm-up drill last week.  The drills' start drew the condemnation of nuclear-armed North Korea, which issued a government statement calling the exercises a “dangerous provocative act...

EKITI GUBER: PDP PICKS A YOUTH,MUSLIM AS ELEKA'S RUNNING MATE.

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     The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ekiti State has picked immediate past Chairman of Ado Local Government, 39-year-old Kazeem Deji Ogunsakin , as the running mate to its Governorship candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka.
With the development, Ogunsakin, a Muslim, would complement the election of Eleka, a Christian cleric, on religious sentiment.
Recall also that the Muslim community in Ekiti a few months ago had demanded the choice of a Muslim as Deputy governor as condition to throw their weight behind Governor Ayo Fayose in his support for Eleka as the party's candidate.
According to a press release signed by the state's party chairman, Chief Gboyega Oguntuase, and made available to newsmen on Friday, the decision to pick Ogunsakin, a Muslim and young banker, was reached ": after an extensive consultations with various stakeholders, including the youths and, by extension, the Muslim community in the state."
He further said that: "The choice of 39 year old Economist and banker was informed by the need to involve the younger generation in governance of the Stage in line with the global teens as well as give the Muslim community in the State a sense of belonging.
Furthermore, it is our belief that Ado Ekiti, being the state capital with the largest voting population, deserves consideration for the deputy governorship position.".The PDP Deputy Governorship candidate, who is a graduate of Economics from the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, also holds a Masters' degree in Business Administration from the University if Lagos. Until his nomination, he was raining he head of the Due Process Office.
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