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American Female Basketball Player Detained in Russia Over Hashish Oil
Russia’s Customs Service says it has detained Brittney Griner, one of America’s most decorated women’s basketball players, after it found hashish oil in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. Though Ms Griner’s name was not released, a Russian news agency identified her as the Phoenix Mercury centre who won two Olympic gold medals with…
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Russian Plane Lands In U.S. To Pick Expelled Diplomats
A Russian plane landed at Washington’s international airport Saturday to pick up about a dozen diplomats from Moscow’s UN mission who are accused by Washington of espionage, authorities said. The United States closed its airspace to all Russian aircraft after Moscow invaded Ukraine. The Ilyushin Il-96 aircraft was allowed, however, to land at Dulles International…
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2022 UTME Registration: JAMB Issues Warning To Vendors, Agents
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it will blacklist any vendors or its agents who violate its rules for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination exercise. The Registrar of the board, Prof Is’haq Oloyede, stated this in Ibadan on Saturday, while monitoring the registration exercise at some centres. Oloyede, who said he was…
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Imposing No-fly Zone Would Have Catastrophic Consequences To World, Putin
Russian President, Vladimir Putin said Saturday that any country that sought to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be considered by Moscow to have entered the conflict. “Any movement in this direction will be considered by us as participation in an armed conflict by that country,” the Russian leader said during a meeting with…
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Russia’s Defence Ministry Announces Partial Ceasefire in Ukraine
Russia’s defence ministry announced a partial ceasefire Saturday to allow residents of two besieged cities, including the strategic port city of Mariupol, to evacuate. “Today, March 5, from 10 am Moscow time, the Russian side declares a regime of silence and opens humanitarian corridors for the exit of civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha,” it said.The…
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Ukranian President Knocked NATO For Ruling Out No-fly Zone Request, Watch NATO Reaction (Video)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday knocked NATO for ruling out a no-fly zone over his country, saying the Western military alliance knew further Russian aggression was likely. Earlier Friday, NATO rejected Ukraine’s request to impose a no-fly zone to halt Russia’s bombing, but Western allies did warn President Vladimir Putin of fresh sanctions if…
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2022 UTME: JAMB Speaks On Extension of Registration Deadline
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Friday, hinted that, there may be no need for extension of registration deadline for candidates aiming to seat for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, stated this while monitoring the registration exercise in some centres on Friday, in…
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Drug War: NDLEA Makes Lagos NURTW Boss, MC Oluomo Ambassador
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, as an ‘ambassador of war against drug abuse (WADA)’ in Lagos motor parks. According to Mallum Musa, Lagos NDLEA spokesperson, Akinsanya was decorated as an ambassador when Callys Alumona,…
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I Was Acting Movie Script With Minor Spotted In Viral CCTV Footage, Comic Actor, Baba Ijesha
Embattled comic Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James better known as Baba Ijesha has claimed he and the minor in the viral closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage were acting a movie script. Baba Ijesha is slammed with six counts of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault by penetration. He…
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Popular Nigerian Pastor Offers Scholarship To Two ‘Sacked’ Security Guards Dancing in Viral Video, as Chicken Republic Reacts
Popular Nigerian Pastor, Chibuzor Chinyere, has offered scholarships to two young Nigerian security guards spotted dancing during work hours in a viral video. The cleric who is alla the General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries made the offer while reacting to a Facebook post claiming that the workers were sacked. In the video, the security…
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