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An online discussion has ensued over Tiktok video featuring girl dancing in burqa.
This video has brought about different reactions. Some said, may Allah forgive her and give her good health while others are c¥rsing her for her actions.
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Russia needs migrants in order to develop because of its dwindling domestic workforce, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview published on Friday.
“Migrants are a necessity,” he told state news agency RIA Novosti. “We have a tense demographic situation. We live in the largest country in the world but there aren’t that many of us,” he said.
Earlier this week, Russia’s parliament approved legislation banning “child-free propaganda”, effectively outlawing any person or organisation from encouraging others not to have children. It was a move designed to help remedy a demographic crisis inherited from the Soviet era and which has worsened since the conflict in Ukraine. “We need a labour force in order to have dynamic development and carry out all our development projects,” Peskov said. He said Russian authorities welcomed migration.
Anti-migrant rhetoric is common in Russia, especially towards labourers from ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia who fill key sectors of the economy. In July, the Kremlin acknowledged the low population was “disastrous for the future of the nation”. The country’s population has not recovered since Soviet times despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government offering generous payouts and mortgage subsidies to large families.
Recent demographic problems include a low birth rate, large numbers of Covid deaths and hundreds of thousands of men fleeing the country to avoid being mobilised to fight in Ukraine. In 2023, the fertility rate was 1.41 births per woman of child-bearing age, according to estimates from the national statistics office Rosstat, cited by news outlet RBC.
That is under the 2.0 rate needed to replace the existing population. Rosstat figures show 920,200 babies were born in Russia between January and September this year, a 3.4 percent drop on the same period last year. Russian media said that was the lowest number of births since the 1990s.
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Footballer Jude Ighalo’s ex-wife, Sonia has warned married people out there to please always wear their wedding rings.
She said married people in Lagos, should please always wear their wedding rings. They are a symbol of commitment to your significant other and a public statement to total strangers. Stop confusing singles out there.
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In an effort to combat dr¥g-related crimes, the National Assembly has amended the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act, imposing life imprisonment for dr¥g offenders and traffickers.
Senate has concurred with the recommendation of the House of Representatives to commute the d3ath sentence penalty for persons found guilty of storing, moving or concealing hard dr¥gs and other illicit substances to life imprisonment.
The alignment of the Senate with the House of Representatives yesterday was a sequel to the amendment effected on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act. The amendment was considered at the plenary, presided over by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, APC Kano North, after majority of senators supported the harmonisation of the conference committee of the two chambers of the National Assembly on Section 11 of the NDLEA Act.
Recall that recently, the House of Representatives passed an amendment to the NDLEA law to prescribe life imprisonment for dr¥g traffickers but the Senate version of the amendment prescribed d3ath penalty for the offenders. In order to address the differences, both the Senate and the House of Representatives needed to hold a conference committee on the amendment where they will conclude on a final amendment to the section. The then Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Tahir Monguno, had told his colleagues that the Senate would adopt the amendment of the House prescribing life imprisonment for dr¥g traffickers.
Monguno, who is the chairman of the conference committee, explained that if the National Assembly adopted the dath sentence, it meant over 900 accused persons behind bar on dr*g related cases would be executed.
He, therefore, urged his colleagues to support the resolution in order to reduce the effect of dr*g consumption and trading in the country. After the presentation, the Deputy Senate President put the resolution to a vote and majority of the senators supported it. Senator Barau, thereafter, approved the amendments to include life imprisonment for drug traffickers. With the amendment, the section now reads: “Anybody who is unlawfully involved in the storage, custody, movement, carriage or concealment of dngerous drgs or controlled substances and who, while so involved is armed with any offensive wapon or is disguised in anyway, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and liable on conviction to be sentenced to life imprisonment.”
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by detained Nnamdi Kanu has again dissociated itself from Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government In Exile (BRGIE) and his operations.
It was reported on Thursday that Finland district court in Lahti ordered that he should be remanded in prison following his arrest for suspected terrorist activities.
Reacting to his arrest, IPOB in a statement issued on Friday morning by its Media, and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, stated that Ekpa was never a member of IPOB, adding that he was not a registered member in any country including in Finland. IPOB also disassociated itself from his BRGIE, adding that he was an agent paid to infiltrate and destr3y the IPOB peaceful movement for Biafra self-determination.
The statement partly reads: “For public records, Simon Ekpa has never been a member of IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is currently being detained illegally in the DSS solitary confinement by the Nigerian Government since almost four years.”
Powerful noted that contrary to the disinformation from the BBC News report that Simon Ekpa is an IPOB leader, “Ekpa is not an IPOB member, let alone be a leader in IPOB.” He said, “IPOB has some family units in Finland, and Simon Ekpa is not a registered member of any IPOB unit in Finland or any unit globally. Mazi Nnamdi Okwu Kanu established IPOB as a peaceful movement to seek Biafra Independence via a supervised UN referendum
IPOB is a peaceful global movement that has never taken to vilence or arms struggle in two decades of our self-determination struggle.” IPOB said though it has been provoked by various “murderous regimes” in Nigeria, it has “remained resolute and peaceful”. It said, “On the other hand, Simon Ekpa was seen by some innocent Biafrans as someone sympathetic to the Biafra course.
Until they discovered that he was a destructive. He recruited viol3nt criminals to destabilize the South East Region in 2021. “He is a self-acclaimed prime minister of a small group called Biafra Government in Exile (BGIE). The infamous BGIE led by Simon Ekpa created a violent group that call themselves the Biafra Liberation Army. They have perpetuated various vilent acts against the civilians in the Eastern Region in the name of Biafra agitation. IPOB family worldwide refused to accept that system to achieve Biafra freedom and sovereignty. His group and the Nigerian Army are responsible for many kidnappings, r3p3s, forceful disappearances, k3llings, and bring of homes in the South Eastern region. Undoubtedly, Simon Ekpa has claimed responsibility for the viol3nt actions of his criminal gang.
The Simon Ekpa-led group has no alliance or relationship with IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. He recruited his criminals who have been terrrizing the Biafran territory since 2021 after the kidnap, extraordinary rendition, and illegal detention of the IPOB leader, Maxi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria.
The Nigerian government and politicians whom Biafrans believe contracted Simon Ekpa has been tagging his group’s vilent and terrrist activities on IPOB just to bl3ckmail and demonize the genuine and peaceful Biafra self-determination struggle led by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
IPOB is by this press release calling on BBC News and Finnish Authorities to note that Simon Ekpa has no relationship with IPOB in Finland or any other unit globally. He should not be associated with IPOB because IPOB does not support vilent agitation that he represents. IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a peaceful movement that has adopted civil disobedience to press our demand for Biafra’s self-determination and referendum. Unlike Simon Ekpa, who recruits and funds criminals who carry out k3llings of civilians and government agents, destr3yed many homes in Biafra territory.”
IPOB warned that no person or institution should link Simon Ekpa and his group to IPOB, insisting that it has no relationship whatsoever with his group. “Simon Ekpa has been shielded from arrest and terrrism charges against innocent Biafran civilians by the Nigerian and the Finnish governments’ diplomatic maneuvering. However, for every crime, there is a day of reckoning,” Powerful said.
Regarding Ekpa’s arrest, Powerful urged all IPOB members, ‘Biafrans’ and lovers of Biafra freedom to remain calm and focus on the ball, which is the release of Kanu from detention and the Biafra restoration project. “IPOB does not do vilent agitation or vilence against civilians. IPOB does not do vilent agitation or vilence against the Nigerian Security Forces or the sponsored infiltrator criminals represented by Simon Ekpa,” Powerful added.
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A fan has revealed that maturing is accepting Wizkid as the greatest living Afrobeats artiste of all time.
He added that it’s unarguable and his success is attributed to the Ibrahim in him.
