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5starMan:
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I know arguing with you will be like shooting myself in the foot.
How are sure that I am pro Trump on everything he does?
I know you find it difficult to understand that there are people who have the mind of their own irrespective of whoever is in contention whether a tribesman or not, regional man or not, same religion or not and black or fair.
I don't have time for parochial thinking like this.
What is wrong with you guys?

Sonnobax15:
just listen to yourself . Omoh,which kind people I dey share nationality with . Imagine justifying criminality and corruption by bringing up a similar case that got away with his. And una expect Nigeria to get better when we have people who have this kind of mentality like you.

NEVER.

Memphis357:
It has to be these two afflictions of the mind that Batists have been gripped by, for them to shamelessly canvass for his reelection. And on that note, one can only feel pity for them and pray they are healed and rehabilitated. It takes a certain level of damage to a person's mind before they fall in love with the very source of their sufferings and enslavement.

Harrowing goodbye messages leak from inside Iran as citizens are ordered 'to bring children to the streets' before Trump announces two-week ceasefire


As the clock ticked toward President Donald Trump's 8pm Eastern deadline for Iran to come to the negotiating table, panic gripped the nation.

Facing the threat of devastating military strikes, terrified civilians told the Daily Mail they were frantically evacuating major cities and saying goodbye to loved ones - even as defiant government leaders deploy a chilling tactic: ordering their own citizens onto the streets as human shields.

The call to gather at infrastructure sites came directly from an Iranian official, captured in an Associated Press video clip.

Speaking in Farsi, he urged 'youth, athletes, artists, students and professors' to assemble at power plants the following day at 2pm local time, arguing that their presence would expose any American strike as a war crime.

The extreme request came after President Trump wrote on Truth Social: 'A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will.'

With the President openly pledging a 'Power Plant Day' and 'Bridge Day' to dismantle Iran's infrastructure, sources in Tehran and Isfahan described scenes of chaos - road blockages, mass evacuations, and state television brazenly instructing citizens to gather around key sites with their children.

'They are announcing on national TV - come to the streets and bring your children,' one source with family inside Iran tells the Daily Mail. 'It's their thing to use people as human shields. Same pattern as in Palestine. They do this instead of surrendering or making a deal.'

He added: 'Government supporters will go. They are barbaric. They believe even if they die - even if their children die for the sake of Islam - they will end up in Heaven. My mom says every night they come onto the streets, chanting death to America, death to Israel. Even until midnight.'

Thankfully Donald Trump announced late on Tuesday night that Iran has agreed to a two-week ceasefire and will re-open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran submitted a 10-point peace plan to end the war.

Despite the terror, some anti–regime citizens see a glimmer of hope that the new Ayatollah's grip on the country might finally be loosened, if not shattered.

'At the end of Trump's message, you can clearly see he mentioned that 47 years of death and corruption will end - so that means no more Islamic tyranny,' the source added.

But Trump's ultimatum appears to be explicitly about Iran's blockade and nuclear program, not regime change. His public messaging has framed a successful deal in terms of denuclearization, not necessarily toppling the entire Islamic Republic.

Trump's rhetoric has left many Iranians conflicted. One points to the tension at the heart of his message: 'It's paradoxical - he says a whole civilization will die tonight, but also blesses the great people of Iran.'

Across the country, citizens are bracing for the worst. Supermarket shelves are being stripped bare as people stockpile ahead of threatened rolling blackouts and severed supply chains. One Iranian says he and his family have already stocked up on water and supplies - but fear cuts both ways.

They are very stressed,' the source says, 'but at the same time, if this war ends now, it would literally be a living hell - because the government would retaliate.'

For many, the regime is as frightening a prospect as American airstrikes. The government's crackdown on communications has prompted a wave of digital self-erasure: two Iranians - one in Tehran, one in Isfahan - are already saying their goodbyes and frantically deleting message threads with contacts abroad

.My internet connection keeps cutting out for long periods. If our chat stays on Instagram, it could put me in serious danger - the regime randomly connects people's phones to the internet in the streets and checks their apps. I have to delete our chat. Wishing you a path full of success.'

That was Bahareh's last message. She asked that her surname not be published.

For those with the means, leaving the city is the only option. Major roads are jammed with families fleeing to remote areas, far from the power grids and military installations likely to be in the crosshairs.

One Iranian says his entire family has relocated to his uncle's villa in the countryside. 'They are safer there, it is a pretty calm and peaceful place,' he said, declining to say where.

With hours left until the 8 p.m. deadline, the world is watching to see whether last-minute diplomacy can pull back from the brink - or whether Iran goes dark tonight.

Iran has executed three people who were accused of killing two police officers after taking part in anti-regime protests.

Champion wrestler Saleh Mohammadi, 19, was reportedly killed in a public hanging along with Mehdi Ghasemi and Saeed Davoudi in the city of Qom on Thursday.

Mohammadi was sentenced to death in February, less than three weeks after his arrest, over the murder of a security agent during the anti-regime protests on January 8, according to Amnesty International.

He denied the accusation and claimed his earlier confessions had been extracted under torture. But the court dismissed his claims without any investigation.

Ghasemi was accused of participating in the killing along with Davoudi, who was also accused of murdering another policeman on the same day.

Their deaths, which marked the first official executions related to the protests which began last year, were reported by the judiciary's Mizan Online new agency.

The individuals were involved in the killing of two law enforcement personnel, Mizan said, adding that their execution was carried out after they were found guilty of the capital offence of 'moharebeh', or 'waging war against God'.

Iran Human Rights condemned the three men's deaths, claiming they followed 'grossly unfair trials, based on confessions extracted under torture and coercion'.

'We consider these executions to constitute extrajudicial killings, carried out with the intent of creating terror to suppress political dissent,' the Norway-based NGO added.

The organisation claimed Mohammadi had turned 19 last week while Davodi would have turned 22 this weekend.

Protests broke out in Iran in late December against the rising cost of living before morphing into nationwide anti-government demonstrations that peaked on January 8 and 9.

Iranian authorities later launched a brutal crackdown on the protests claiming they had turned into 'foreign-instigated riots' involving killings and vandalism.

Tehran has acknowledged that more than 3,000 people died during the unrest and attributed the violence to 'terrorist acts'.

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), however, has recorded more than 7,000 killings, while warning the toll could be far higher.

The brutal crackdown also saw the deaths of more than 220 children, the agency said.

Other human rights organisations have tallied many more, and medical professionals have estimated that 30,000 could have been killed.

By late December, as protests slowly began to take hold across Iran, the regime had already carried out more than 2,200 executions in 91 cities, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).

This was the highest figure in decades, signifying an unprecedented peak in brutality in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's 36-year rule as Supreme Leader before his death.

In the aftermath of the security forces' brutal massacre of protestors on January 8, 9 and 10, many Iranians describe a 'sea of blood' separating civilians from the lethal government that rules them.

The protestors arrested in the government crackdown have alleged abuse while in custody, including forced nudity, exposure to cold conditions, and 'injections with substances of unknown composition', according Iran International, citing a source close to a detainee in prison.

Samira Parvareshkhah was arrested by security forces on January 9 in Rasht and was released two days later with 'extensive bruising' across her body, Hyrcani Human Rights Media claimed.

Shortly after returning home, her condition deteriorated with severe nausea, and she died while being transported to Bandar Anzali Hospital. No official explanation has been provided for the cause of her sickness.

During the nationwide 'Woman, Life, Freedom' protests of 2022, over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini who was arrested for wearing her hijab incorrectly, authorities dismissed similar mysterious deaths as cases of overdose or suicide.

The Iran women’s team face the uncertain prospect of returning home after a 2-0 defeat by the Philippines ended their Women’s Asian Cup campaign.

Sara Eggesvik and Chandler McDaniel scored the goals on the Gold Coast on Sunday night. It was the Philippines’ first win of the tournament, but they will need other results to go their way to qualify as one of the two best third-placed sides.

Iran finish fourth in Group A and are eliminated despite some heroic saves from their goalkeeper, Raha Yazdani. Their third loss came after the players and coaches sang the national anthem, displaying a military salute before the match.

It was the second time they had sung the anthem in the tournament after they decided not to before their opening game against South Korea last Monday. Iran’s state television called them “traitors” for not singing, saying the team were “the pinnacle of dishonour” because it came less than 48 hours after the US-Israel assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

On Sunday fans also held up multiple flags of Imperial Iran, the country’s official flag before the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

It is not known how or when Iran’s players will be able to return home, given the war and fears the regime could arrest them.

Australia’s shadow attorney general, Julian Leeser, has called for the government to offer asylum to the Iranian team. “On International Women’s Day we must stand up for the women in our midst,” Leeser said on Sunday.

“We know that in recent days serious threats have been made against the courageous Iranian women’s soccer team who are playing in Australia. Given the serious threats, members of the Iranian team should be offered asylum if they want it. The Australian government should not turn a blind eye to the danger these women face.”

It is unclear what help the government can or will offer to the players. On Sunday the foreign minister, Penny Wong, dead-batted questions on whether the federal government had contact with any of the players.

The former Socceroos captain Craig Foster has urged Fifa and Football Australia to uphold their obligations to protect the safety of players.

“Human rights must be granted to all athletes during competition,” he posted on X. “The rights of all athletes must be the paramount consideration at all times. Under Fifa’s human rights policy, the safety of all players takes precedence over the protocols of a member federation, whether in tournament or otherwise.

“At all times this requires individual player agency, not group decision-making or imposed diktats. Given the public threats in response to the protected actions of the Iranian women’s team, concerns for their safety are justified and urgent.”

Twelve Iranian community organisations and civil society groups have sent a letter to Australia’s home affairs minister, Tony Burke, outlining they have “grave concerns” for the team.

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TerriblePresido:
World-renowned boxer Anthony Joshua was involved in a road accident today in Makun, Ogun State.

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jordyspices:
Una neva chi shumtin keep singing on ur mandate

Rapmoney:
I just stumbled on the Super Mario Bros game that was first released in 1985. Fond memories. I used my saved pocket money to buy the Terminator Game Console that we used in playing Super Mario and other games like Contra, Duck Hunt and Mortal Kombat.

I literally trekked to school for a long time just to save N850 which I used to purchase the game. This was in 1996. My house became a theatre, always filled with friends until Popsy seized the game and asked me to concentrate on my books. If you get this game console that year, you be sabi pikin.

How many of you saw the princess at the end in Super Mario?