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Crime › Re: NDLEA Arrests Pastor, Wife With Drugs Hidden In Vehicle by Ironfaceman(m): 3:04pm On Apr 05
Nigerians and crime. Must your impress anyone.
Politics › Re: Who Amongst Them Was Or Is A Better Ruler. Photos by Ironfaceman(op): 3:02pm On Apr 05
Please be candid with your opinion. Let people know your taughts.
Politics › Who Amongst Them Was Or Is A Better Ruler. Photos by Ironfaceman(op): 3:01pm On Apr 05
Do you still remember Easter celebration under these men and which of them was you favorite.

For me General Ibrahim badamosi babangida is my favorite. During his time cost of living was cheap.

Then recreational centres like
Apapa Amusement park
Bar beach
Federal Palace hotel
National theater

Will come alive with families having fun during Easter. Nobody remembered who was ruling us, except politicians, who are now become worse than the military they often criticised.

During holidays like Easter families rich and poor could afford to go picnicking on bar beach
Or swimming at federal Palace
Or my favorite going to apapa amusement park
Or watching troupes at national theater igamu..
I can still remember paying 50kobo gate fee to swim at federal Palace Hotel. What a time to be a Nigerian.

So How have your easter been. Fun, sober, violent and depressing.

Politics › Re: In July 2025, Nafiu Bala Attended ADC Unveiling Of David Mark-led Leadership by Ironfaceman(m): 12:36pm On Apr 05
Something fishy is going on. Nafiu should tell us who his sponsors are.

If nafiu acknowledged proceedings from the meet. Therefore he is privy to it
Foreign Affairs › Re: Zelenskyy Offers Expertise On Keeping Waterways Open Amid Middle East Conflict by Ironfaceman(op): 9:11am On Apr 04
Dont mind the hypocrite. I don't know what he's trying to prove. Just today Russian drones bombarded Kiev. Yet he did nothing.




smallsmall:
I hear he is on Cocaine, 90% of the time?
The guy cannot secure his own Country, despite the whole NATO and EU military strength behind him, against just Russia, in the last 4yrs, now he wants to secure the Gulf? shocked shocked grin

The Green, little thing that plays the Piano with his tiny Prick, thinks too much of himself, because Sleepy Joe made him think he is the one fighting Russia, when in actual fact, it is US, EU/NATO combined.

He keeps his own Children in London, Wifey in France, hsi Parents in Israel (he is Jewish, by the way), himself hiding like a Rat in some secret Bunker, but is wasting away the Life of a whole Generation of Ukrainian Men, making their Women resort to prostitution in the EU and Gulf Countries.
What a disgrace.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Zelenskyy Offers Expertise On Keeping Waterways Open Amid Middle East Conflict by Ironfaceman(op): 9:09am On Apr 04
Expert sometimes fall and the price is high.



Beautifulday:
He is an expert in warfare. His CV is currently the most updated after Israel and Russia.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Zelenskyy Offers Expertise On Keeping Waterways Open Amid Middle East Conflict by Ironfaceman(op): 9:08am On Apr 04
Everybody will tackle their own first. This is common sense.
Thank you for you input this is all that matters.





JuanDeDios:
Everybody will tackle their own first. This is common sense. But as he's tackling his, a smart person will be assessing the situation and there are countless scenarios when you'd help your neighbour too as you're tackling yours. For example, let's say your fire is very big and your neighbour's own is tiny and your neighbour has 13 children. So you (assuming you're smart) will put on your steel-toed work book, stamp out your neighbour's little fire with your feet and then ask him to ask his 13 children to take their buckets to start pouring fire on yours. Countless other scenarios too.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Zelenskyy Offers Expertise On Keeping Waterways Open Amid Middle East Conflict by Ironfaceman(op): 11:52pm On Apr 03
I'm scared that his distraction are getting Ukrainians kill.

Moreso what about the Russian invasion.




PrinceOfLagos:
You're scared that his experience will put the terrorist country of Iran in a tight corner ?

Islamic Terorists will always be put to shame .
Foreign Affairs › Re: Zelenskyy Offers Expertise On Keeping Waterways Open Amid Middle East Conflict by Ironfaceman(op): 10:24pm On Apr 03
Tell me what you'll do.

You came back from work and you see your house on fire and a friends house was on fire too. Which of the houses will you extinguish.



JuanDeDios:
How does it not concern him? Shaheds supplied by Iran have been used by Mr Putin to murder Ukrainians in large numbers. He's also trying to keep attention on his country, as it risks being forgotten now. Plus he has genuine expertise dealing with Russia and Friends that he can trade for favours.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Zelenskyy Offers Expertise On Keeping Waterways Open Amid Middle East Conflict by Ironfaceman(op): 10:21pm On Apr 03
I'm so so sorry for you. You don't know who you're talking to.





Toktee:
Go and ask your drug kingpin in aso rock how he intend to end hunger, insecurities and darkness in nigeria.person wey him house the burn he no the chase rat....
How do you mean Iranian matter no concern him when it's Iran that's supplying Russia with drones and experts to kill Ukrainians?
Did you just come back from the past?
Foreign Affairs › Re: Zelenskyy Offers Expertise On Keeping Waterways Open Amid Middle East Conflict by Ironfaceman(op): 6:05pm On Apr 03
But you've read the news of Ukraine burying the men in numbers.


Nlfpmod Seun Mynd44


Lordly13:
Didn't you read the news;

1. Russian advance has slowed down drastically.

2. Russia haven't taken any territories since February to March.

3. Ukraine has been having major break throughs in taking back territories from Russia.

4. Ukraine has unblocked all the water ways block by Russia military.

He's already winning the war, Putin is losing it.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Zelenskyy Offers Expertise On Keeping Waterways Open Amid Middle East Conflict by Ironfaceman(op): 11:16am On Apr 03
I'm beginning to hate this man. He's been talking too much of recent to matters that doesn't concern him.

Thousands of Ukrainian men have been buried and many will suffer similar fate. Yet Strait of hormuz is your priority.

I think its time Ukrainians be asking Zelensky what is your plan to end Russian siege
Foreign Affairs › Zelenskyy Offers Expertise On Keeping Waterways Open Amid Middle East Conflict by Ironfaceman(op): 11:16am On Apr 03
‘Ukraine has expertise concerning sea waterways, and the defence and reopening of maritime traffic,’ says president. What we know on day 1,500

Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered on Thursday to provide Ukraine’s expertise in dealing with freedom of navigation in the Black Sea to those countries considering how to keep the strait of Hormuz open amid the conflict in the Middle East. The Ukraine president, speaking in his nightly video address, said the foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, had taken part in a virtual meeting devoted to reopening the strait of Hormuz, attended by about 40 countries. “Ukraine has relevant expertise concerning sea waterways, and the defence and reopening of maritime traffic,” he said. “If [our] partners are ready to act, we will consider how we can strengthen them, how we can apply our expertise, knowledge and technological potential.”

Russia’s army recorded no territorial gains on the frontline in Ukraine in March, for the first time in two and half years, AFP analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) showed. The Russian army’s advances have been slowing since late 2025 due to Kyiv’s localised breakthroughs in the south-east, and losing ground in March and February on the southern section of the frontline, between the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, the analysis showed. Across the entire frontline, Ukrainian forces managed to recapture 9 sq km in March.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/ukraine-war-briefing-zelenskyy-expertise-waterways-open-middle-east-conflict

Foreign Affairs › Re: War On Iran: Three Key Takeaways From Araghchi’s Interview With Al Jazeera by Ironfaceman(op): 6:52pm On Apr 01
Trump should admit that he let his ego get the better of him and swallow his pride.


Russia have shown that in this world you need allies to be a nation.

Imagine a Nigeria without over 5000 sanctions. That will make Nigerians to be eating human flesh. The country will explode but Russia is pulling through sanctions because of allies.

Trump should admit he is a failure and step down. Period.
Foreign Affairs › War On Iran: Three Key Takeaways From Araghchi’s Interview With Al Jazeera by Ironfaceman(op): 6:51pm On Apr 01
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed direct contact with United States President Donald Trump’s top envoy Steve Witkoff amid the ongoing war, but downplayed talks of negotiations in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Tuesday.

Araghchi also spoke about the future of the Strait of Hormuz – the critical waterway through which 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas pass in peacetime – after the war is over, and about Iran’s preparations for a potential US ground invasion.


Here are key takeaways from Araghchi’s interview with Al Jazeera:


Talked to Witkoff, but no negotiations

Araghchi confirmed that he had held conversations with Witkoff, Trump’s trusted envoy for peace negotiations around the world, during the current conflict.

But the Iranian foreign minister downplayed that contact.

“I receive messages from Witkoff directly, as before, and this does not mean that we are in negotiations,” he said.


“There is no truth to the claim of negotiations with any party in Iran. All messages are conveyed through the Foreign Ministry or received by it, and there are communications between security agencies,” he added



Araghchi explained that they have never had a “good experience” negotiating with the US, referring to Washington’s decision to withdraw from the Barack Obama-era nuclear deal during Trump’s first term. The US has also twice attacked Iran during negotiations over the past nine months — in June 2025 and with the current war, which began on February 28, at a time when Oman, the mediator between the two sides, had said they were on the cusp of a breakthrough over Tehran’s nuclear programme.



We do not have any faith that negotiations with the US will yield any results. The trust level is at zero,” Araghchi said, adding: “We don’t see honesty.”

Pakistan has been facilitating the contacts between Araghchi and Witkoff in recent days, officials close to these developments have told Al Jazeera. Pakistan also hosted talks with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkiye last weekend, to try and build momentum for direct talks between Iran and the US. Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar also visited Beijing on Tuesday to try and secure China’s support for those efforts

Iran, Oman to decide Strait of Hormuz future

In the interview, Araghchi argued that the waters of the Strait of Hormuz fall under the territorial control of Iran and Oman, and that once the war is over, it is these two countries who would decide the future of the waterway.

But he added that the strait should be a “peaceful waterway”.

Gulf nations, including Qatar, have, however, insisted that they be included in any talks to decide the future of the strait.

Araghchi also insisted in the interview that, from Iran’s perspective, the strait is open for ships from most nations.

“Only for the ships of those who are at war with us, this strait is closed. That is normal during war – we cannot let our enemies use our territorial waters for commerce,” he explained.

'' Ships linked to other countries – because of security concerns, because of high insurance prices, or whatever other reason – they have decided not to use the strait,” he said. He also mentioned that some countries have engaged in negotiations with the Iranian government for the transit of their ships: some Indian, Pakistani, Turkish and Chinese vessels have passed through the strait

On a US ground invasion: ‘We are waiting for them’

Even as Trump and his administration have spoken of diplomacy with Iran, the US has ramped up troop deployments to the Gulf in recent days.

Recent media reports from the US have also suggested that the Pentagon is preparing options for a ground invasion of Iran.

Asked about those reports, Araghchi said Iran was ready to fight US troops if they were to engage in a land war

“We are waiting for them,” he said. “I don’t think they’d dare to do such a thing. There will be a lot of strength waiting for them.”

“We know very well how to defend ourselves. In a ground war, we can do it even better. We are completely ready to confront any sort of ground attack. We hope they do not make such a mistake,” Araghchi said




https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/1/war-on-iran-three-key-takeaways-from-araghchis-interview-with-al-jazeera

Autos › Re: Nigerian Govt Bans Vehicle Imports Without Certification by Ironfaceman(op): 5:31pm On Apr 01
This is bad news for those people at trinity, wharf, ladipo and owode onirin.

But will stem the tides of vehicular theft abroad.

The problem is implementation because many Nigerian agencies use their office to take bribe...

Expecially Nigerian immigration service. Those people are corrupt as Satan.
Autos › Nigerian Govt Bans Vehicle Imports Without Certification by Ironfaceman(op): 5:31pm On Apr 01
The Nigerian government has announced a ban on the importation of used vehicles without proper certification, introducing stricter regulations for automotive imports into the country.

The minister of state for industry, trade, and investment, John Enoh, made this known on Tuesday during an event organized by the National Automotive Design and Development Council.

According to him, the directive is part of the government’s policy framework known as the Standard Organisation of Nigeria–National Automotive Design and Development Council Vehicle Conformity Assessment Programme.

Enoh explained that the policy introduces a strict “no certification, no entry” rule for all vehicles — both new and used — being brought into the country.

Under the new regulation, all vehicles must obtain pre-shipment certification before they can be processed for importation into Nigeria.



He stressed that the policy is not experimental but a fully adopted government directive that takes effect immediately upon implementation.

“No vehicle or automotive product shall be imported, cleared, registered, or licensed without valid certification,” Enoh said.

He warned that any vehicle that fails to comply with the certification requirement would face denial of clearance, possible seizure, or other sanctions in line with existing laws.


https://dailypost.ng/2026/04/01/nigerian-govt-bans-vehicle-imports-without-certification/

Politics › Re: "Is The Money Still There?" — Bishop Oyedepo Sparks Debate On Vote Buying by Ironfaceman(m): 3:35pm On Apr 01
Beating about the Bush. The money is not the problem the judiciary is.

I have never gotten any money yet my vote doesn't count because I was asked to goto court.
Politics › Re: Lagos 2027: Gbajabiamila, Muri-okunola, Alausa Out Of Governorship Race? by Ironfaceman(m): 8:06am On Apr 01
Except by executive order. The deadline is fixed.



Mynd44:
But they can still change their minds later. The president's deadline isn't contitutionaly binding on these people
Crime › Re: lagos Court Jails Man 30 Years Over $62,500, €36,020 Fraud by Ironfaceman(op): 7:24pm On Mar 31
"The court further ordered that the sum of $62,500 and €36,020 be returned to the nominal complainant within six months''
These our crooked judges won't stop amazing me. grin

So you think the man will pay back $62,500 and €36020 so he can spend thirty years in prison.

Very funny. grin
Crime › lagos Court Jails Man 30 Years Over $62,500, €36,020 Fraud by Ironfaceman(op): 7:23pm On Mar 31
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced Olumuyiwa Teniola Idowu and his company, Tennyvans Nigeria Limited, to a total of 30 years’ imprisonment over fraud involving $62,500 and €36,020.

In a statement by the EFCC, the judgment was delivered on Monday, March 30, 2026, by Justice Ismail Ijelu, who found the defendants guilty on a six-count charge bordering on stealing and failure to declare assets.

The offences were said to be in violation of Section 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, and Section 27(3) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act, 2004, which deal with non-disclosure of assets and refusal to declare properties.

One of the charges presented in court stated:

“Olumuyiwa Teniola Idowu and Tennyvans Nigeria Limited, sometime in 2012 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly converted to your own use the sum of $62,500 (Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred United States Dollars), being the cost of caterpillar parts, property of Rene Theodorous Johannes Brouwers of Brouwers USA Trucks and Parts.


Another charge stated: “Olumuyiwa Teniola Idowu and Tennyvans Nigeria Limited, sometime in 2012 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly converted to your own use the sum of €36,020 being the cost and shipping of a DAF truck, box trailer and two (2) tippers, property of Rene Theodorous Johannes Brouwers of Brouwers USA Trucks and Parts B.V.”

The defendant was first arraigned on November 27, 2024, where he pleaded not guilty, leading to a full trial


During the proceedings, the prosecuting counsel, E. S. Okongwu, called three witnesses and presented eleven exhibits, all of which were admitted by the court. The defence counsel, Kehinde Olawumi, called one witness

In his judgment, Justice Ijelu held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and consequently found the defendant guilty as charged.

The court sentenced Idowu to five years’ imprisonment on counts one to four, to run concurrently. He was also handed five years’ imprisonment on counts five and six, with an option of a fine of N1 million on each count, to be paid within six months or serve the custodial sentences


The court further ordered that the sum of $62,500 and €36,020 be returned to the nominal complainant within six months

Following the judgment, the convict was remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre
https://dailypost.ng/2026/03/30/lagos-court-jails-man-30-years-over-62500-e36020-fraud-efcc/

Politics › Re: Again, Court Nullifies PDP’s 2025 Ibadan Convention by Ironfaceman(op): 11:50am On Mar 31
Did the judgment favor you. cool




Peacecore:
Complaining because it didn't favour you grin
Politics › Re: Again, Court Nullifies PDP’s 2025 Ibadan Convention by Ironfaceman(op): 9:11am On Mar 31
My taught also. Those houses and cars are pay backs. For there wickedness.




cmikel:
What's is the essence of democracy when the judiciary is compromised



I don't think judges at any level should be taking houses and cars from politicians


They will sure be compromises weda its directly gifted or not.
Politics › Re: Again, Court Nullifies PDP’s 2025 Ibadan Convention by Ironfaceman(op): 7:39am On Mar 31
Lovely input and well said.



Mandate1:
it's best for them to avoid that Wike PDP and move to another. As for the Nigerian judiciary, a travesty.
Politics › Re: Again, Court Nullifies PDP’s 2025 Ibadan Convention by Ironfaceman(op): 7:38am On Mar 31
Tinubus end game with wike is that PDP will have no candidate. Towards election you hear PDP is supporting Tinubu for president.



yomi531:
This Wike of a Man is something else o. He's never caught offside. Which kain person/striker be that sef
Politics › Re: Again, Court Nullifies PDP’s 2025 Ibadan Convention by Ironfaceman(op): 6:14am On Mar 31
Wow! Just wow!, for nairalanders wondering how wike is working for APC and still wants to be a member of PDP. Here is your answer.

Mind you Uche Ogah, Sen. Nkechi Nwaogu and Chris Akomas. Were expelled from APC just because they attended Gov Alex Ottis programme and recommended him for 2nd term. The same court will uphold the APC request.

All this are indicators that the judges and the court are following a script.
Politics › Again, Court Nullifies PDP’s 2025 Ibadan Convention by Ironfaceman(op): 6:14am On Mar 31
Again, court nullifies PDP’s 2025 Ibadan convention, bars INEC from recognising its outcomes

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday again nullified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, in November 2025, and barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising its outcome, including the leadership election conducted at the event.

Judge Joyce Abdulmalik issued the orders in her judgement in the suit instituted by the faction of the party loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike.

The judgement, in sync with the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Abuja delivered earlier this month, came just hours after the Wike faction concluded its version of the national convention of the party in Abuja, producing Abdulrahman Mohammed, as the national chairman, and other members of the National Working Committee (NWC).

Monday’s judgement also came while Kabiru Turaki, who emerged from the invalidated Ibadan convention as the party’s national chairman and others who were purportedly elected there as the party’s officials, are banking on the final resolution of the dispute by the Supreme Court following the defeat they suffered at the Court of Appeal.

Ms Abdulmalik ordered in her judgement on Monday that Mr Wike’s group be granted access to the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, which was sealed off after chaos erupted there over the scramble between the factions last year. The judge also directed relevant agencies to provide them adequate security to use the secretariat.


She held that the purported convention held in Ibadan between 15 and 16 November 2025, including the election of party officials and expulsion of some notable members of the party, violated section 287(3) of the Nigerian Constitution, as well as the party’s constitution and prior court orders.

“I considered the expulsion of the members of the plaintiffs as not only an affront to the subsisting judgement, but also a direct assault to a democratic and principled society” where the rule of law is in practice, the judge said.

The court held that “all proceedings, resolutions and decisions taken at the said convention, including the suspension of members of the first plaintiff, were unconstitutional, unlawful, null and void, and of no effect.”

The Mr Wike faction, through its then acting chairperson Mohammed Abdulrahman, and secretary Samuel Anyanwu, filed the suit on 21 November last year to restrain the Kabiru Turaki-led group from representing the party and to bar the police and Stste Security Service (SSS) from granting them access to the PDP secretariat in Abuja.

The defendants sued in the suit included INEC, the Nigerian police and the SSS.

The rest were PDP members and officials who participated in, or were associated with, the November 2025 convention, led by the Turaki-led faction, and other relevant bodies and agencies.

The plaintiffs sought to prevent INEC from recognising any other office address for the Turaki-led faction apart from theirs.

They also prayed the court to declare that INEC, the police, and the SSS are constitutionally bound to enforce the decisions of the Federal High Court as delivered by Judges James Omotosho and Peter Lifu.

‘Ibadan convention held in violation of court decisions’
Delivering the judgement, the court held that, in line with the Constitution and other enabling statutes, including earlier judgements, it would not shy away from its duty to do what is just in the circumstances.

The judge noted that the the main determinant of the case is Section 287(3) of the Nigerian constitution, which provides that the decisions of the Federal High Court and other courts established by the Constitution shall be enforced by all authorities and persons across the Federation.

She observed that “in spite of the judgements which have not been set aside, the 5th to 25th defendants went ahead and organised the convention.” She added that those same judgements had also been affirmed by the Court of Appeal.

She further held that a political party’s constitution is meant to be followed by its members.

The court concluded that the issues raised in the plaintiffs’ suit were meritorious and granted the declaratory and injunctive reliefs sought.


Therefore, the judge declared that the defendants “are bound to comply with and give full effect to the subsisting judgments of the Federal High Court earlier referred to.”

She held: “The first to the fourth defendants are not entitled to recognise or give effect, in any manner whatsoever, to the purported National Convention held on 15 and 16 November 2025 by the 5th to 25th defendants and their associates.

“The purported convention, including the election of officers and suspension of members, is unconstitutional, null and void.”

She also held that the plaintiffs “are entitled to remain in office and continue to use the party’s national secretariat and properties” and ordered INEC not to recognise the said defendants as officers or representatives of the first plaintiff (the PDP) or to accept any change of address from them other than the one already in its records.



She also ordered the SSS and the police to provide adequate security for the plaintiffs in the use of the party’s national secretariat.

The court also restrained the 5th to the 25th defendants from entering, using, or interfering with the party’s properties, including holding meetings or events at the national secretariat.

It restrained INEC from accepting any address for the party other than the one already recognised in its records.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/867876-again-court-nullifies-pdps-2025-ibadan-convention-bars-inec-from-recognising-its-outcomes.html

Sports › Re: Amnesty International Warns Fifa World Cup Risks Becoming ‘stage For Repression’ by Ironfaceman(op): 5:40pm On Mar 30
I see infantino going to jail very soon.

The man has become the most notorious official in fifa till date.

All his after is money and women. In fact infantino is a disgrace.

I spit on his bald head
Sports › Amnesty International Warns Fifa World Cup Risks Becoming ‘stage For Repression’ by Ironfaceman(op): 5:40pm On Mar 30
Amnesty International has warned that the World Cup, spread across three North American countries, risks becoming a “stage for repression”. The human rights organisation published a report on Monday – “Humanity Must Win” – calling on Fifa and the host countries, the US, Canada and Mexico, to take urgent action to protect fans, players and other communities.

Fifa has promised a tournament where everyone “feels safe, included and free to exercise their rights”. But Amnesty said that pledge sat in “stark contrast” to conditions in all three host nations, especially the US, which hosts three-quarters of the 104 matches.


Amnesty described the US as facing a “human rights emergency” under the Donald Trump administration, marked by mass deportations, arbitrary arrests and what it called “paramilitary-style” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. The acting director of ICE said last month the agency would be “a key part of the overall security apparatus for the World Cup”. This comes despite anger at the killing of two American citizens by ICE agents in Minneapolis in January.

Amnesty said none of the published US host city plans addressed how fans or local communities would be protected from ICE operations. Fans from four countries – Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti, Iran and Senegal – face US travel bans and LGBTQ+ fan groups from England and across Europe have said they will not attend matches in the US, citing risks to transgender supporters in particular.

“This World Cup is very far from the ‘medium risk’ tournament Fifa once judged it to be and urgent efforts are needed to bridge the growing gap between the tournament’s original promise and today’s reality,” the report said.

Fifa said this month the 48-team tournament – the biggest World Cup in history – would proceed as scheduled with all teams taking part, despite uncertainty over Iran’s presence due to the conflict in the Middle East.

The global football governing body, heavily criticised over its decision to award a newly created peace prize to president Trump in December, stands to earn $11bn (£8.3bn) from the tournament cycle.


“While Fifa generates record revenues from the 2026 World Cup, fans, communities, players, journalists and workers cannot be made to pay the price,” said Steve Cockburn, Amnesty’s head of economic and social justice. “It is these people – not governments, sponsors or Fifa – to whom football belongs and their rights must be at the centre of the tournament.”


https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/30/fifa-world-cup-amnesty-international-donald-trump-ice-human-rights

Foreign Affairs › Re: Spain Closes Airspace To US Aircraft Involved In Iran War by Ironfaceman(op): 4:04pm On Mar 30
I think the era of hypocrisy is about to come to an end.

Evil prevails when good men choose to do nothing

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