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This wasn’t how Pavel Butorin expected to celebrate the anniversary of 21 years together with his wife, with her in a Russian prison and barely any communication available. Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva — who works as an editor for Radio Free Europe, funded by the U.S. government — has been detained in Russia for almost…
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How International Students Can Cope with UK’s Strict Labour Laws International students studying in the UK often face challenges in finding employment due to the country’s strict labour laws. However, with proper planning and understanding of the regulations, it is possible for international students to navigate these laws and secure employment opportunities. Here are some…
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The Ekiti State Government has directed hospitals and medical facilities in the state to save the lives of gunshot victims by treating them even without police report. A statement made available to journalists in Ado-Ekiti by the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani, explained that the directive followed the decision of the…
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Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has revealed in a statement that he has been arrested on suspicion of rape. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the MP for Reigate wrote: ‘It has been reported that an MP was arrested yesterday in connection with an allegation of rape. I am confirming that MP was me. The…
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Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Federal Executive Council on Monday approved the application for a $3.45bn loan to finance five items. They include projects in the power sector, renewable energy, states’ resource mobilisation programme, adolescent girls’ initiative for learning and empowerment and a women’s empowerment project. 2. President…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Kogi State Government, on Sunday, said that there was an assassination attempt on the state governor, Yahaya Bello, a few kilometres away from Abuja. According to a statement issued by the State Commissioner for information, Kingsley Fanwo, the attack occurred at about 4…
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When Dr. Paul Ezike’s video on the alleged plight of some Nigerians in the Ethiopia’s Kaliti Prisons, Addis Ababa, recently hit the social media space, it was a quick reminder of what Nigerians have been going through in several prisons outside Nigeria, particularly in the Asian countries, and Libya over the past couple of years.…
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The exiled former lawyer of the Russian punk rock and activist group Pussy Riot has been put on the Kremlin’s wanted list, Russia’s TASS news agency reports. A source told the agency that Mark Feygin, who previously represented the anti-Kremlin group before fleeing to Ukraine, had been charged with spreading “false information”. In a call with the Moscow…
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A Nigerian lawyer has touched on the illegality of sharing screenshots of private chats without the consent of the other party. In a video shared online, the lawyer stated that section 37 of the Nigerian constitution frowns at people sharingscreenshots of their conversations with other personswithout consent. According to him, this is an act of…
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Kyrgyzstan’s president Sadyr Japarov with Vladimir PutinPic: Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via Reuters Vladimir Putin is set to visit Kyrgyzstan next week, according to reports, marking his first trip abroad since a warrant was issued for his arrest. Kyrgyz news agency Kabar reported that the visit – expected to take place on 12 October – comes at the…
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President Bola Tinubu has reluctantly allowed a federal judge in the United States to give his university certificate to his political opponent Atiku Abubakar. But the Nigerian leader pleaded with Judge Nancy Maldonado to block all other details, especially the gender, and admission records, among others, of the person who owns the certificate from being disclosed.…
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When Chief Obafemi Awolowo died in 1987, amid a deluge of musical tributes in his honour, a line among those offerings stood out evergreen. Sang by Fuji music lord, Kollington Ayinla, while extolling Awolowo’s panegyrics, he sang: “ookan ile l’osa gbe, Baba Yinka//eyin t’o funfun kii gbe koro enu”. This line profoundly articulated the open…
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One of Russell Brand’s accusers has claimed a BBC car took her from school to the star’s house when she was 16 years old. “Alice” told BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour the alleged abusive relationship left her feeling “cheap and dirtied”. She went on to say Brand’s denial of the accusations was “insulting”, adding: “It’s laughable that…
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Kevin Costner will pay his estranged wife Christine Baumgartner less than half of what she currently gets in child support payments after their divorce judge sided with the Hollywood actor, according to US media. The Bodyguard star, 68, must give her $63,000 (£50,000) each month for their three children. She had been getting $129,000 (£102,000)…
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A Bulldozer of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) demolished the multimillion-naira duplex built on Plot 226, in Wuse Zone 6, an unapproved land. Mr Mukhtar Gidado, Director, Department of Development Control, said that the building was illegally developed against all warnings. Gidado said that his team had carried out extensive investigation to ascertain the…
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Peeved by the growing level of filth and haphazard transportation system in the nation’s capital, Abuja, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has charged top officials of the administration to sit up or seek redeployment elsewhere. Specifically, he ordered the director in charge of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board, AEPB, to clean…
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