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Russia has banned all United Kingdom registered airlines from landing at its airports or crossing its airspace.   The Russian civil aviation regulator said on Friday. The move followed UK’s ban on the flights of Russian flag carrier, Aeroflot in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.   Virgin Atlantic and British Airways are the airlines that are most affected by the Russian decision, last night both airlines already used a southern route en route to London Heathrow where normally the airlines would use Russian (and Ukrainian) airspace.   Russia's civil aviation authority said: "This measure was taken in accordance with the provisions of the Intergovernmental Air Services Agreement between Russia and the UK as a response to unfriendly decisions by the UK aviation authorities regarding the restriction on regular flights of aircraft owned, leased or operated by a person associated with Russia or registered in Russia."   British Airways said in a statemen...

President Joe Biden has warned Americans they will have to pay a price for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Gas prices are likely to rise. The post-World War II world order that has maintained relative peace in Europe is threatened. But Biden has also been very clear on another point: US troops will not be sent to Ukraine to take part in the conflict. When he announced sanctions against Russia for beginning its invasion on Tuesday, Biden took great care to make clear the US was not being aggressive toward Russia. "Let me be clear: These are totally defensive moves on our part. We have no intention of fighting Russia," Biden said. Earlier in February, Biden told NBC News he would not consider any scenario that included sending US troops to evacuate Americans in Ukraine. "There's not.  That's a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another," he said. While Biden's clarification that US troops would not become offensively in...

Motorists who have recently plied the Orsumoghu-Azia-Mbosi-Ihiala Road, a highway between Anambra and Imo states, have raised the alarm over the activities of unknown gunmen in the area.   In the last four days, the gunmen had unleashed terror on motorists resulting in the death of a number of persons. Some motorists who fell victims plied the  besieged road in an attempt to avoid traffic gridlock created by an accident caused by Police roadblock on the Ihiala-Owerri Road, diverted to use the Azia Road.   On account of what is happening in that area, fear-stricken residents and motorists who survived attacks have been dishing out warning notices on social media platforms about the dangers of plying the Orsumoghu-Azia-Ihiala road.   Just recently, the gunmen killed one Chief Gab Ofoma (Ojemba Enweilo Nnewi) Chairman/CEO of Ofoma Associates Ltd while he was travelling on the same road, Vanguard reports.   According to a Facebook post by a kinsman, Azuk...

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to Northerners not to avenge the death of Northern traders and cattle killed in Abia State last week. A statement by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Wednesday also commended Northerners for showing restraint by not retaliating against Southeasterners in the North.  Although MURIC in the statement said 15 northerners were killed in the attack, the state government had said eight persons were killed by gunmen at a new cattle market in Omuma-Uzo in the Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state.  The state Commissioner for Information, Chief Eze Chikamnayo, who confirmed the killing, said on February 15, around 11.35 pm, some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums attacked traders at the cattle market, killing eight persons.  The MURIC statement reads, “About fifteen (15) Northern traders and 150 cows belonging to the victims were killed in Abia State blast week. The killings occurred on Tuesday, 15th February, 2...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the old generation of Nigerians to give way for the younger generation to build a prosperous nation. According to him, rather than compete, the old generation should collaborate with younger people and provide them with the requisite knowledge and experience to transform the country. Olusegun Obasanjo Obasanjo stated these in his capacity as Chairman while speaking virtually at the 2022 annual lecture of the Murtala Muhammed Foundation with the theme, “Beyond Boko Haram: Addressing insurgency, banditry and kidnapping across Nigeria.” During the event, the guest speaker and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, suggested a national response to stem the tide of insecurity in Nigeria. x andso, the Chief Executive Officer, MMF, Aisha Mohammed-Oyebode, said the organisation was committed to improving the socio-economic development of Africa in line with the dreams of her father and late Head of  States d see t, General Murtala yo...

Created with ListenTo - Free Smart URLs & Pre-Save Links Streams and downlNew music released by Daniya Irmiya. Daniya Irmiya is from Taraba state Nigeria. He started his music career in 2021 where in September he released his first single titles "celebration", followed by the second single titles "proud" in October.  He proceeded to release his another single titles "my name" on November 2021. You can follow him on his social media handles;  Instagram @irmiya.daniya Twitter @daniyairmiya Facebook page @Daniyairmiya Tiktok @daniyairmiya

Cross-dresser, Bobrisky Disses Female Celebs As He Flies Private Jet With Aides Cross-dresser, Bobrisky has thrown shades at female celebrities while flaunting the 'luxury lifestyle' he's enjoying. Sharing videos of him boarding a private jet and being on-board, the cross-dresser revealed that he was flying with his "glam team and workers. "Bobrisky, whose real name is Idris Okuneye has been the subject of trolls after his colleague, James Brown made it to London. To reinforce his reign as a top cross-dresser,  Bobrisky has been sharing his luxury lifestyle. Created with ListenTo - Free Smart URLs & Pre-Save Links In a video, where he was eating jollof rice and throwing cash on the table, Bobrisky said, "None of your favourite female celebs flies with their glam team and workers.  We don't share space on PJ. We pay for the full jet. I will always top the charts. You wanna compete with me, then you should be ready to use your dad for mo...

There was confusion in Kaduna metropolis on Saturday as fire outbreak gutted the residence of controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi. It was gathered that the fire gutted the Islamiyya School located around the Alimi road area in the heart of the city. The Islamiyya school also housed the residence of the fiery Islamic cleric often linked to banditry. A source, who craved anonymity, noted that there was thick smoke coming out of the glasses, forcing other residents of the area to fetch waters to put out the fire. “We just saw smoke coming out from one of the classes. We immediately drew the attention of the people around and started fetching water to prevent the fire from reaching to the other buildings,” the source told journalists. Meanwhile, the controversial cleric through his media consultant, Malam Tukur Mamu, has confirmed the incident, adding that there was no life lost. He said the Sheikh, his family as well as his domestic staff were not affected by the ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over his government’s failure to publish the details of the agreement it reached with US micro-blogging giant, Twitter. Joined in the suit as Respondent is Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture. The Nigerian Government had in January lifted the suspension of Twitter operation in Nigeria, stating that, “Twitter has agreed to act with a respectful acknowledgement of Nigerian laws and the national culture and history.” But in the suit number FHC/L/CS/238/2022 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Lagos, SERAP is asking the court to “direct and compel President Buhari and Alhaji Lai Mohammed to release and widely publish a copy of the agreement with Twitter, and the terms and conditions of any such agreement.” In the suit, SERAP is arguing that: “It is in the interest of justice to grant this application. Publishing the agreement would en...

Papu Gomez broke through with an inspired second half goal as Sevilla got back to winning ways on Friday with a book 2-0 success against Elche to keep the pressure on Spanish league leaders Real Madrid. Argentine forward Gomez found the space to blast in after an impressive solo run with 20 minutes to go with new arrival Anthony Martial teeing up Rafa Mir to head in a second five minutes later. Second-placed Sevilla ended a series of three consecutive draws to move three points behind Real Madrid who play at Villarreal, sitting sixth, on Saturday. Sevilla’s run of draws had allowed Real to preserve a healthy lead at the top of the table, despite Carlo Ancelotti’s side only winning two of their last four games. Injuries had played a part in Sevilla’s dip while Ivan Rakitic missing an injury-time penalty in the goalless draw with Osasuna last weekend was particularly hard to take. Martial, who joined on loan from Manchester United in January, was supposed to provide some fres...

The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Ministry of Finance to provide details of how it spent the sum of N512million and other funds in its 2018 budget. The Chairman House Committee on Public Accounts, Wole Oke (PDP, Osun) and members of the committee gave the directive when the  Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs Suzette Taylor, and other officials appeared before the Committee on Thursday. Their appearance was based on the audit reports by the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation on the ministry for 2018, 2019 and 2020. The committee specifically demanded documents regarding the utilisation of the funds as well as the President’s approval authorising the utilisation. Speaking on the matter, the chairman of the committee, Wole Oke said other documents submitted indicated that, another N550 million was allegedly used to provide sector laboratories by the ministry. Oke added that the committee had discovered another alleged N37.7million extra-budgetar...

Anderson Cooper announced live on air Thursday that he and his parenting partner have welcomed their second child, a boy. Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper weighed 6.8 pounds at birth and was born via surrogate. Cooper and Benjamin Maisani also have an almost 22-month-old son, Wyatt. “He is healthy and happy, and even his occasional hiccups are to me adorable,” Cooper told viewers. “He mostly just sleeps and eats, and he certainly poops, but he already seems like a wise and thoughtful little chap.” Sebastian, like Wyatt, will be raised by both Cooper and Maisani. “We are co-parents. Wyatt calls me Daddy, and Benjamin is Papa,” Cooper has said. Maisani is in the process of adopting Wyatt and noted that Wyatt’s last name will be changed to Maisani-Cooper. “Wyatt helped us put together Sebastian’s crib and calls his little brother by his middle name, Luke,” Cooper said. “Sebastian is a mouthful for a 22-month-old.” What is surrogacy like? Watch 2 families go through an embryo tran...

Former UK prime minister urges Australia to lift its game on climate change Theresa May has declared Australia should pick up its climate change agenda "rather more proactively" during the former British prime minister's first visit. Former British prime minister Theresa May has criticised Australia for not being proactive enough in combating climate change while visiting the nation for the first time. The ex-Conservative Party leader, who served in the top job from 2016 to 2019 before leaving Downing Street over her failure to secure a Brexit deal, is in Australia at the invitation of the Victorian Liberal Party. Ms May appeared to take a thinly-veiled dig at the party's federal branch on Friday when alluding to the coalition government's climate change credentials during an address at a business event in Melbourne. The MP for the UK constituency of Maidenhead branded as "absolutely wrong" the recurring argument that countries must choose between tackli...

 Confrontation with China is not inevitable, but the United States must stand up with its allies for a rules-based system threatened by Chinese aggression, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. Blinken was speaking shortly before a meeting with the foreign ministers of Australia, India and Japan. The four nations form the so-called “Quad,” a bloc of Indo-Pacific democracies created to counter China’s regional influence. Asked by a reporter if a confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific was inevitable, Blinken replied: “Nothing is inevitable.” “I think we share concerns that in recent years China has been acting more aggressively at home and more aggressively in the region and indeed potentially beyond,” Blinken said. The Quad partners are united by an “affirmative vision for what the future can bring” and a “commitment to defend the rules-based system that we have spent tremendous time and effort building,” he added. Blinken’s trip is designed to reinforce A...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has asked Nigerian advertisers to update their Value-Added Tax identification numbers by February 25. Failure to do so, the social media giant said Nigeria customers risk not having their adverts displayed on the platform. This is after the Federal Government announced plans to tax foreign-based social media platforms earning money from Nigerian advertisers. The social media platform’s parent company, Meta, in an apparent bid to comply with the government regulation also requested its Nigerian customers to carry out basic requirements to help its compliance. In a statement on Thursday, Facebook said recent updates have been made to allow Nigerian customers to provide 11 or 12 digit VAT identification to pay the 7.5 percent charge. Facebook had last year announced that all advertisers from Nigeria would pay an additional 7.5 percent VAT on ad placement from January 1, 2022. The statement read, “It was identified that some Nigerian custom...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that for Nigeria to achieve desired prosperity and security, there was need for genuine and deliberate investments in children and youths across the country. This was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, titled, ‘Every Child Counts, We Must Invest in Our Children to Guarantee Security, Prosperity- Osinbajo’ on Thursday. Osinbajo spoke during the Stakeholders Summit of the At-Risk Children Programme, ARC-P, at the Statehouse Banquet Hall, Abuja. According to him, the only way to guarantee the long-term peace and prosperity of our communities is to invest in our children by providing opportunities for them to thrive and be productive within their chosen paths, thereby giving them hope for a better future. Osinbajo noted that the Federal Government has taken a multi-dimensional approach in addressing the challenges faced by the vulnerable in society, especially children and young people, nationwide, with various in...

Nigerian military fighter jet eliminated some leaders of gangs of bandits and terrorists in Niger State. The bandit leaders and their 'boys', had launched violent attacks on several communities in Kontagora, Mariga and Rijau local government areas of the state. Aside from killing children, the criminals also looted shops, razed many houses and rustled over a thousand cattle. A military intelligence officer had said that it was bad weather that prevented Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets from launching offensives against the 'rampaging' bandits.   However, the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki on Wednesday dispatched an Alpha jet and helicopter gunship to the locations to take out the targets as the ground troops with local volunteers were moving in. Credible intelligence from locals as well as land forces had indicated the movement of several armed bandits with rustled herds of cattle along Shadadi-Maundu axis.   An intelligence source involved in the operati...

Australia will reopen its borders to tourists from February 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday, ending some of the world’s strictest and longest-running pandemic travel restrictions. “It’s almost two years since we took the decision to close the borders to Australia,” Morrison said after a meeting of the national security cabinet. He announced the borders will reopen to all visa holders “on the 21st of February of this year,” adding, “if you’re double vaccinated, we look forward to welcoming you back to Australia.” Australia’s borders slammed shut in March 2020 in the hope of protecting the island continent against a surging global pandemic. For most of the time since then, Australians have been barred from leaving and only a handful of visitors have been granted exemptions to enter. The rules have stranded nationals overseas, split families, hammered the country’s multi-billion-dollar tourist industry, and prompted often bitter debates about Australia’s sta...

A sexual health expert, Omolola Adefuye, says men engaging in masturbation with the hope that ejaculating through it can help prevent prostate cancer should stop it, noting that there is no scientific evidence to back their assumption. Adefuye, a Lagos-based sex therapist, said while there are studies suggesting ejaculation during sexual intercourse could help reduce the risk of getting prostate cancer in males, there is no research indicating that engaging in masturbation has similar benefits. Also known as self-induced orgasm, masturbation is the act of stimulating, rubbing, or caressing the genitals or other parts of the body for pleasure. On the prevalence of masturbation, a 2011 survey carried out in America, showed that across age groups, more males (73.8%) reported masturbation than females (48.1%). “Among males, masturbation occurrence increased with age: at age 14 years, 62.6% of males reported at least 1 prior occurrence, whereas 80% of 17-year-old males reported ...

Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji, simply known as Olamide, on Saturday announced that his next album, Unruly, was 95% ready. Taking to his verified Instagram page, the rapper noted that though he didn’t know the release date for the album, he was making it “the best ever” Noting that Unruly may be his last album, he stated that he would drop singles occasionally when he felt like it. His tweet read “Next Album = #Unruly 95% ready. Release date = I don’t know Taking my time to make it the best ever… probably my last album. “Though I’ll drop singles once in a blue moon when I feel like it. It’s been a mad ass run; giving albums back to back.” The rapper also shared the screenshot of his tweet on his Instagram story. Olamide’s last album, Uy Scuti, was released in June 2021. Uy Scuti is a red supergiant star in the constellation Scutum. It is considered one of the largest known stars. Olamide had revealed to his fans that it was not easy for him to keep Uy Scuti to himself for...

The Australian police have said two separate incidents of grave sites being disturbed in Australia’s Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, were recorded with the suspects yet to be identified. According to CNN, the police have appealed to the public for information about the theft of human remains from cemeteries, and which they suspect were linked to a “satanic ritual.” The police said the first theft took place at the Geelong Road cemetery sometime between 7:30p.m. on January 27 and 6:15 a.m. on January 28. It added that the second incident was said to have taken place between 6:00pm on January 31, and 10:00am on February 1. Victoria Police said in a statement that officers found the plaque and plasterboard inside a mausoleum had been removed and partial human remains had also been stolen. Police believe that unknown offenders broke into a mausoleum before stealing partial human remains where two human heads were stolen. It is not clear if the two incidents are...

Thursday stormed Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo, in the Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State to protest against the rejection of their wards in the school.    However, the protest which started as a peaceful one, took a violent turn when an unidentified man rushed to the school to inform other protesters of a machete cut. This triggered an angry reaction from the protesting Muslim parents as they looked around for various weapons to defend themselves. However, police officers swiftly dispatched them. NAN reports that the police fired warning shots into the air and also used teargas to dispatch the protesters in order to control the situation as unidentified persons from inside the Oyun Baptist High School, were seen throwing missiles at those outside the premises. Meanwhile, several persons have sustained varying degrees of injury. For instance, a man in his early 20s was seen being rushed to a nearby hospital for reportedly being shot at. Normalcy was howeve...