Author: NPO Admin II
Livestreams on the social media app are a popular place for men to lurk and for young girls — enticed by money and gifts — to perform sexually suggestive acts. “You’re paying my bills,” MJ told the audience, running a finger over her mouth. “$35 for a flash,” one viewer responded. Another asked how much to send to her Cash App. As she posed and pursed her lips, her long blonde hair draped over her tight black bralette, some asked MJ to show them her feet. “I’m 68 and you owe me one,” one attendee told her as more requests…
Mysterious explosions in Transnistria, a breakaway Russian-controlled territory in Moldova bordering on Ukraine, have raised fears that the Ukraine conflict may be spreading. Separatist authorities said Ukrainian “infiltrators” were responsible. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has blamed Russian special services. Russia says it is concerned. It has about 1,500 troops in Transnistria. An official has said Russian speakers in Moldova are being oppressed. This is the same excuse used to justify the invasion of Ukraine. In the past two days, the Transnistria authorities say, explosions targeted: Their state security HQ in Tiraspol, the main city Old Soviet-era radio masts used…
A court in Singapore has executed a Malaysian drug smuggler, his sister has confirmed to the BBC. Nagaenthran Dharmalingam had been on death row for more than a decade for attempting to bring around three tablespoons of heroin into Singapore. His case was highly controversial as he was assessed by a medical expert to have an IQ of 69 – a level that indicates an intellectual disability. But the government said he “clearly understood the nature of his acts”. In an earlier statement, the government said they found he “did not lose his sense of judgment of the rightness or…
The Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) season has been terminated and the title will not be awarded due to continuing martial law in the country. No organised football matches have been played since Russia invaded Ukraine in February in what Moscow calls a “special military operation’. The last round of fixtures were played in December before the league went on a three-month winter break. Shakhtar Donetsk were top of the league table then with 47 points from 18 games, two points ahead of Dynamo Kyiv. Some sides have played friendlies during the hiatus to raise funds for victims of the war.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano State says it has approved 11,222 polling units ahead of the 2023 general polls. INEC Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Riskuwa Arabu, made this known at a one-day workshop on electoral reportage organised by the Kano State Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and sponsored by INEC. “Media are part of INEC, they project our work in a way that people appreciate us particularly in the area of voter education,” he said. Arabu noted that the interactive session was to help the commission fine tune processes and procedures in…
Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have called for a review of the implementation arrangements of the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) to define roles and responsibilities of private sector, Federal and State Governments. Some of the stakeholders made the call on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 2022 summit on NLTP organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural in collaboration with Agriculture Correspondents of Nigeria (ACAN) in Abuja. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations representative in Nigeria and to ECOWAS, Fred Kafeero, said such reviews will fast track its implementation, monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability…
Former Vice-Chancellor of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, Prof. Dennis Agbonlahor, has said appointing ministers of educations from the nation’s academia is the only way to checkmate the incessant strikes in the Universities. Agbonlahor stated this on Wednesday in Benin following the 10-week-old industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). His proposal is coming more than three months into the ongoing strike by ASUU to press home its demand for the implementation of its 2009 renegotiated agreement with the Federal Government. Federal Government has, however, set up another team to renegotiate the deal, the effort that is…
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has said no boat mishaps happened on its waterways. In reference to media reports of Tuesday which showed a viral video showing some alleged “slow rescue” efforts at the Three Cowrie Terminal at Falomo area of Ikoyi, the agency said the video was wrongly posted to the public with a wrong narrative. It said it’s attention has been drawn to a video making rounds across social media falsely claiming that a boat mishap occurred at the Five Cowries Terminal. It’s statement signed by Wuraola Alake read, “The incident in the purported boat mishap video…
The Russian government has accused the UK of “provoking” Ukraine into attacking Russian territory. Russia’s defence ministry said it was ready to hit “decision-making centres” in Kyiv should such attacks occur. The presence of Western advisers at such centres might not affect its decision to retaliate, it added. It comes after a UK defence minister said it was “not necessarily a problem” for Ukraine to use UK-supplied arms against military targets in Russia. James Heappey said Ukrainian military strikes to disrupt supply lines were a “legitimate” part of war, and described Russian claims of Nato being in conflict with Russia…
A stone statue of an ancient goddess of beauty, love and war has been found in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian archaeologists say that the head of the Canaanite deity, Anat, dates back 4,500 years to the late Bronze Age. The discovery was made by a farmer digging his land in Khan Younis, in the south of the strip. On social media, some Gazans are making wry comments suggesting the goddess’s association with war seems apt. In recent years, they have seen a series of devastating flare-ups in the conflict between Israel and militant groups in Gaza, which is governed by…