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Foreign Affairs › Spain Closes Airspace To US Aircraft Involved In Iran War by Ironfaceman(op): 4:04pm On Mar 30
Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, Madrid's Defence Minister Margarita Robles has said


"We will not authorise the use of Morón and Rota [military bases] for any acts related to the war in Iran," she said, adding that Spain had "made this clear to the American government from the beginning".

Foreign Affairs Minister José Manuel Albares stated that the aim of the decision was to "not do anything that could encourage an escalation in this war".

The US did not immediately comment but President Donald Trump has previously threatened to impose a full trade embargo on Spain over its opposition to the Iran war.

Since the start of the war in late February, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been one of the most vocal opponents of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, describing them as "reckless" and "illegal".



Earlier in March, Sánchez said Spain had denied the US use of the two jointly run military bases at Rota and Morón, both in Andalusia.

Last Wednesday, he also announced that "all flight plans that involved actions related to the operation in Iran were rejected - every single one of them, including those of refuelling aircraft."

"We are a sovereign country that does not wish to take part in illegal wars," he said.


Some US bombers involved in operations in Iran are stationed at the RAF Fairford base in Gloucestershire in the UK, after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced on 1 March that the UK had agreed to the request from the US.

Planes taking off from there will be forced to bypass much of the Iberian peninsula - either by flying over the eastern Atlantic or France.

Spanish newspaper El País reported that aircraft would only be able to transit through Spain's airspace or land at the bases in case of emergency.


In a 10-minute televised address on 4 March, the Spanish prime minister reflected on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as the Iraq War more than 20 years ago, and said the Spanish government's position could be summed up as "no to war".

Later in March, the Iranian embassy in Spain said Tehran would be receptive to requests from Madrid concerning transit through the Strait of Hormuz because Spain was "committed to international law".

Around 20% of the world's oil supply normally passes through the narrow waterway between Iran and the tip of the Arabian peninsula.

For weeks the threat of attacks by Iranian drones, missiles and potentially mines has kept it effectively closed, sending oil prices shooting.




https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy368j1e3lo

Science/Technology › Re: Astronauts May Struggle To Reproduce In Outer Space, Study Suggests — by Ironfaceman(op): 3:17pm On Mar 30
Let me tell you a secret. Do you no astronauts toilet is different from ours.

Theirs there is a suction pump the helps extract the poop and bag it in sachet.

If they where to poop like we do the whole chamber will be full of fecal droplet.





Offpoint1:
If you can poop you can definitely eja-cool-late.

The force sperm is shot out is greater than that of poop.

Is just zero gravity makes it harder for the journey down the right place
Science/Technology › Re: Astronauts May Struggle To Reproduce In Outer Space, Study Suggests — by Ironfaceman(op): 10:25pm On Mar 29
Use your brain how do you bang in zero gravity.

Movement in space is tedious let alone taking sex position.



oz4real83:
they never mentioned that humans can't bang in the article. They only mentioned the effects of micro gravity on sperm production, its movement, egg production,its movement, fertilization and embryo development.
Science/Technology › Re: Astronauts May Struggle To Reproduce In Outer Space, Study Suggests — by Ironfaceman(op): 7:21pm On Mar 29
Is like you did not read the write up well. With out gravity you can not bang. cool

Nlfpmod Seun Mynd44





oz4real83:
That won't stop astronauts from banging each other🤣🤣. The cheats among them will even be celebrating since the chances of pregnancy despite being without protection is zero😏
Science/Technology › Re: Astronauts May Struggle To Reproduce In Outer Space, Study Suggests — by Ironfaceman(op): 11:38am On Mar 29
This is weird. That means in space a man can not Ejaculate. angry

This zero gravity must account for low libido and zero pregnancy in the international space station. shocked

Truly God created a role for science. cool
Science/Technology › Astronauts May Struggle To Reproduce In Outer Space, Study Suggests — by Ironfaceman(op): 11:36am On Mar 29
A new study found that microgravity simulated on Earth hindered sperm cell movement, egg fertilization and embryo development ‪—‬ findings that have serious implications for the future of space colonization.

When it comes to successful fertilization, zero gravity means zero game, a new study suggests. When looking at sperm and eggs in simulated microgravity, scientists found that this environment hampered sperm navigation, fertilization and embryo development, posing serious challenges for the future of space colonization.

This human, mouse and pig study, published Thursday (March 26) in the journal Communications Biology, revealed that sperm became disoriented, mouse eggs had fewer successful fertilizations, and pig embryos experienced developmental delays, all due to microgravity.

The findings have big implications for building a lasting human presence off Earth. The long-term settlements planned for the moon and Mars depend not just on keeping astronauts alive but on whether people can eventually reproduce

Sperm in microgravity

Previous studies have shown that microgravity can impair estrogen production and lower sperm count in mice. But what goes on at a cellular level when the sperm and egg float in near-zero gravity remains unclear.

To simulate microgravity, the researchers used a device called a clinostat machine, which works "by continuously rotating cells or samples in multiple directions, essentially randomising the direction of gravitational pull so rapidly that the cells never get a chance to settle or orient themselves," Nicole McPherson, a researcher who runs the Sperm and Embryo Biology Group at Adelaide University's Robinson Research Institute and the study's senior author, told Live Science via email. "From the cell's perspective, there is no consistent 'up' or 'down', it experiences a kind of continuous free fall, which closely mimics what living cells experience in the weightlessness of space."

With their space simulator, the researchers added human and mouse sperm to small mazes designed to mimic the female reproductive tract. In both cases, fewer sperm successfully navigated through the maze in microgravity compared with sperm that moved in Earth's gravity.

"Many of the proteins found on sperm act as mechanosensors, tiny molecular devices that detect physical forces," McPherson said. "Remove the force of gravity and it stands to reason that these sensors would be thrown off, disrupting the sperm's ability to orient and navigate."
https://www.livescience.com/space/astronauts-may-struggle-to-reproduce-in-outer-space-study-suggests-what-does-that-mean-for-the-future-of-space-colonization

Travel › Re: What Nigerians Will Pay For UK Visas, Citizenship From April (Full List) by Ironfaceman(m): 3:51pm On Mar 28
grin real dividend of democracy




Khallicopyro:
Benefits of Tinubu's UK visit I gueess. APC! Lolz
Politics › Re: Band A Customers Pay More For Darkness by Ironfaceman(m): 3:47pm On Mar 28
Some will say is propaganda. That there's light 24/7
Politics › Re: Wike 5 Court Cases Win That Left Nigerians Confused by Ironfaceman(op): 9:52am On Mar 28
What a time to be a Nigerian.
Politics › Wike 5 Court Cases Win That Left Nigerians Confused by Ironfaceman(op): 9:51am On Mar 28
1)Expelled by PDP in 2023
But justice James omotosho 's ruling on February 2 2023 nullified the expulsion.

2)Expelled by PDP in 2024
But justice Inyang Ekwo' s ruling in April 18 2024 nullified his expulsion


3)Expelled by PDP in 2026
But justice John kayode's ruling in March 24 2026 nullified his expulsion.

4)Ibadan convention care taker committee 2025
But justice James omotosho's ruling in October 31 2025 nullified the outcome and reinstatied wikes Committee.

5)Umar damagun acting PDP chairman 2025
But supreme Court ruling in June 2025 nullified the election and reinstated Samuel anyawu wikes ally

Politics › Re: Obi’s Transition From Serious Contender To Mascot - Azu Ishiekwene by Ironfaceman(m): 8:51am On Mar 28
Like wike is resolving the problems in PDP





Jokay07:
Obi should have stayed and resolve the in-house issue in labour party. That's what a true leader does.
Foreign Affairs › Re: All The Justice And FBI Employees Who Investigated Trump Have Been Sacked by Ironfaceman(op): 7:09pm On Mar 27
Before you quote me, you should have looked up my write ups.

Well that the problem of Nigeria nobody wants order..


Nlfpmod Seun Mynd44


angelboy01:
You ma sef dey support Tinubu na so why you dey complain? If na you won't you do the same? If you aren't in my team, you are out. It's that simple.
Foreign Affairs › Re: All The Justice And FBI Employees Who Investigated Trump Have Been Sacked by Ironfaceman(op): 4:42pm On Mar 27
Trump is using Tinubus play book.

1) Weaken government institutions
2) Make a lot of scapegoats
3)institutionalize fear factor
4)Stand up for nothing
5)Harvest the weary ones.

Rinse and repeat.
Foreign Affairs › All The Justice And FBI Employees Who Investigated Trump Have Been Sacked by Ironfaceman(op): 4:41pm On Mar 27
All the Justice and FBI employees who investigated Trump have left, deputy attorney general boasts
Every Justice Department or FBI employee who worked on the criminal investigations into President Donald Trump has been fired, resigned, or took early retirement, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday.

“There is not a single man or woman at the Department of Justice who had anything to do with those prosecutions,” Blanche said during a fireside chat at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC.

At the Justice Department, Blanche said, that number amounts to “over 200” people. CNN has not independently verified that number.

Since the second Trump administration began, the Justice Department and FBI have gutted several offices whose work touched on high-profile cases, included the two prosecutions of Trump led by former special counsel Jack Smith. Both cases that Smith brought against Trump — one for retention of classified records and a second for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election — were dropped before Trump returned to office in January 2025.

Their ousting fulfilled a Trump campaign promise: to rid the department of what he claimed was “weaponization” of justice against him and his supporters.

The firings have affected dozens of lawyers, FBI agents, and various members of support staff, CNN has reported.


In some cases, the employees received termination letters that said they couldn’t be “trusted” to “faithfully” implement Trump’s agenda because of their involvement in his prosecutions.

“You played a significant role in prosecuting President Trump. The proper functioning of government critically depends on the trust superior officials place in their subordinates,” then-acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote in one such letter in early 2025. “Given your significant role in prosecuting the President, I do not believe that the leadership of the Department can trust you to assist in implementing the President’s agenda faithfully.”

Most recently, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen employees involved in the classified documents investigation
.
The move was part of a wider internal investigation into actions taken in Smith’s investigation, which he launched after discovering records that showed the FBI used subpoenas to obtain his communication records and the communications of now White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.




https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/26/politics/fbi-justice-who-investigated-trump-left-doj

Education › Re: Phd Holder Shares Payslip From Time As Covenant University Lecturer by Ironfaceman(op): 6:27pm On Mar 26
Stop wasting your time Google expensive universities in Nigeria..

May be you never attended uni in naija to know that private university are richer than federal.



CodeTemplarr:
Extremely chaotic argument. If N1.5m makes a private school rich, what is making another federal school collecting average of that N1.5m on behalf of each student from the FG a poor school?
Politics › Re: 2027: APC Government Destroying Opposition For Tinubu To Stay In Power – ADC by Ironfaceman(m): 6:16am On Mar 26
By using judges and the court. Many opposition cases are trivialised and thrown out.


Take for instance wike. Wike has been expelled by PDP but the court will nullify the expulsion.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iran Lays Mines In Strait Of Hormuz by Ironfaceman(op): 9:11am On Mar 25
I will not support laying of mines in Strait of hormuz. Because it can affect Nigerian vessel's too

But all the blame goes to that fake adolph Hitler in the white house, spreading fakes news and bullying other nation.

Iran is not Venezuela that you bribe their army to betray their president.

To tackle a country like Iran the United Nations has to be involved for a wholistic solution. Any thing outside the UN is just attrition.
Foreign Affairs › Iran Lays Mines In Strait Of Hormuz by Ironfaceman(op): 9:10am On Mar 25
Published 24 March 2026 12:58pm GMT

Iran has laid at least a dozen mines in the Strait of Hormuz, US intelligence officials have claimed.

Some 20 per cent of the world’s oil is shipped through the narrow passageway, but the flow has been paralysed because of Iranian threats to tankers off its coast.

Now, US officials have reported that there are at least a dozen Maham 3 and Maham 7 Limpet Mines in the water, which will need careful extraction before safe travel can resume.

The Iranian-manufactured Maham 3 is a moored naval mine that uses magnetic sensors to detect nearby vessels without physical contact, while the Maham 7 Limpet Mine is a compact, high-explosive sticking mine.

The intelligence assessment, first reported by CBS, follows Donald Trump’s announcement of a five-day ceasefire on Iranian energy targets on Monday, after he said peace talks with the Islamic Republic were progressing.


The US president later declared he would “jointly control” the Strait of Hormuz with Iran, adding that he was talking with a “respected” Iranian leader who would be “exactly what we’re looking for”.

The news initially prompted oil prices to fall by 10 per cent, as markets showed optimism for a resolution to the conflict.

However, senior Iranian regime figures said Mr Trump had “backed down”, adding that no negotiations had taken place.

They accused the US president of spreading “fake news” to “manipulate the financial and oil markets”, and air strikes on Israel and Gulf states continued overnight.

Despite the ceasefire on energy sites, senior US military officials are reportedly considering deploying a combat brigade from the army’s 82nd Airborne Division and some of its headquarters staff to the region.

The combat forces would come from the “Immediate Response Force,” a brigade of about 3,000 soldiers capable of deploying anywhere in the world within 18 hours, defence officials told the New York Times.

They added that these forces could be used to seize Kharg Island – an Iranian island in the Gulf which is the regime’s main oil export hub.

Another possibility being considered was an attack by the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to seize the island.

It is understood that around 2,200 marines from the unit are set to enter the Middle East on Friday – when Mr Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait expires.

The marines – along with the USS Tripoli and USS New Orleans will move into Central Command control, and will probably take a few more days to reach the Strait itself.

On Monday, Mr Trump sought to paint Pete Hegseth, his defence secretary, as the person who pushed the US towards war.

“Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up and you said let’s do it because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon,” the US president said at a meeting in Tennessee.


Meanwhile, in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia had agreed to give the US access to its King Fahd Air Base, as it edged closer to joining the conflict in a more offensive role.

The move would reverse its long-held position that its sites could not be used to attack Iran.

Dr Pnina Shuker, of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, told The Telegraph: “It appears that in recent days, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain, have transitioned from a cautious posture of mainly warnings and diplomatic statements, to a more assertive posture, in response to the continuous direct Iranian strikes on their territory and critical infrastructure.



https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/24/iran-lays-mines-strait-of-hormuz/

Foreign Affairs › Re: Statue Of Christopher Columbus Installed On White House Grounds by Ironfaceman(op): 7:15pm On Mar 23
It is good you ask yourself the question again.





esnbrutality:
Who is this now..

Omo leave me out of your crass reasoning. angry
Foreign Affairs › Re: Statue Of Christopher Columbus Installed On White House Grounds by Ironfaceman(op): 6:24pm On Mar 23
grin. Why you dey swap moniker. I tire for you.

ESN way Nigerian Army Don kill finish.




Kalashnikov49:
Why una like to cry like this .. grin That Esnbrutality guy dey finish all of una for this platform with facts and figures.

Wetin koncern Nnamdi Kanu for here na..is that how deep your pain is?

Esnbrutality said you should face ypur direct challenges...is that bad? Have you used all these propaganda against Trump to ask why your OBAS and citizens are being exterminated without TINUBU saying anything?

Or you need the same TRUMP to come and help you again?

grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Statue Of Christopher Columbus Installed On White House Grounds by Ironfaceman(op): 6:20pm On Mar 23
I don't understand what your saying. We are not talking about tinubu or Camille.

Do you know how many Africans Colombus enslaved.




esnbrutality:
But upu are LOYAL to BRITISH COLONIALIST till today after shouting INDEPENDENCE grin

Even your PRESIDENT went to UNITED KINGDOM recently to kiss the hands of a MISTRESS who later became WIFE 'NOT QUEEN' to the king of UK.

Camilla is not addressed as QUEEN and TINUBU used his kpomo mouth to kiss her hand and you cheered on as if its an achievement.

Face your own Issues busybody. grin
Foreign Affairs › Re: Statue Of Christopher Columbus Installed On White House Grounds by Ironfaceman(op): 6:16pm On Mar 23
Thank you so much for your input. So many people here can't see that.



PigTormentor:
Trump is doing everything and anything to erase African American history from slavery to today
Sad day in America.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Statue Of Christopher Columbus Installed On White House Grounds by Ironfaceman(op): 6:14pm On Mar 23
Stop your whining. We are looking into the man that enslaved your fore father.

So how will you feel when monuments built to honor nnamdi Kanu was converted to refuse dump.



.
esnbrutality:
You guys are something else. How can you be so fixated on America and you PROUDLY bear the name NIGERIAN given to you be the mistress 'not the wife' of Lugard.

Chai... grin
Politics › Re: Failure To Zone ADC Ticket To South Will Make Tinubu Win - Obidient Movement by Ironfaceman(m): 6:07pm On Mar 23
For a Southern candidate in ADC.



BATified2023:
step aside for who?
Politics › Re: Failure To Zone ADC Ticket To South Will Make Tinubu Win - Obidient Movement by Ironfaceman(m): 6:06pm On Mar 23
It's a Southerners turn. Although it's not constitutional but for equity southerners are entitled to 2 terms.

Atiku in the picture will create disharmony in ADC




Peterobiisathie:
why?
Foreign Affairs › Re: Statue Of Christopher Columbus Installed On White House Grounds by Ironfaceman(op): 5:14pm On Mar 23
The Apaches and the Navajos are indigenous Americans.

Seun Nlfpmod Mynd44



zoedew:
Who discovered America? He was white.
Politics › Re: Failure To Zone ADC Ticket To South Will Make Tinubu Win - Obidient Movement by Ironfaceman(m): 4:05pm On Mar 23
If Atiku means well he should step aside.




zoedew:
Work hard to push Atiku out of ADC then
Foreign Affairs › Re: Statue Of Christopher Columbus Installed On White House Grounds by Ironfaceman(op): 3:06pm On Mar 23
While many village illiterates on nairaland will celebrate the installation of such a statue.

They never knew that Christopher Colombus,
the father of segregation


why his statues were pulled down across the US.

And why many black heritage site in the US are converted to amusement Park and slave trade emancipation statues are being pulled down by executive order. Is like some people are trying to erase black history in America.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administration-is-intentionally-erasing-the-black-history-told-by-public-lands-and-waters/#:~:text=In%20January%202026%2C%20the%20Trump,hostility%20toward%20formerly%20enslaved%20people.
Foreign Affairs › Statue Of Christopher Columbus Installed On White House Grounds by Ironfaceman(op): 3:05pm On Mar 23
A statue of Christopher Columbus has been erected outside of an ornate federal office building on the White House grounds — the latest sign of the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape cultural and historical representations across the nation’s capital.

The installation of the statue — which is a replica of one toppled in Baltimore during racial justice protests in 2020 — occurred over the weekend outside of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. It comes as the Trump administration pushes forward with its efforts to bring back statues that were removed in the wake of the protests.

President Donald Trump, in a letter published by the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations, praised the group for its “incredible generosity” in bringing the statue to Washington after the original was “torn down by anti-American rioters.”

Many statues of Columbus, an Italian often falsely credited as the first overseas explorer to discover America, were taken down at the height of the demonstrations over George Floyd’s murder in 2020. Columbus has long been a contentious figure in history for his treatment of Indigenous communities and for his role ushering in European colonization in the Americas.

The White House said it’s “proud” to honor Columbus. “As we celebrate our Nation’s 250th anniversary of independence, the White House is proud to honor Christopher Columbus’s legendary life and legacy with a well-deserved statue on the White House grounds,” spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement to CNN on Monday.

“President Trump has rightly hailed Christopher Columbus as ‘the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth.’ In this White House, Christopher Columbus is a hero, and President Trump will ensure he’s honored as such for generations to come.”


The 13-foot statue recently installed on the White House campus is a copy of a work that was wrenched down from its pedestal and thrown into Baltimore’s harbor in 2020. While it stands across from the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery and near the White House building, it’s not accessible for close public viewing and is blocked off by rows of fences.

The new work contains pieces of the statue that were retrieved from the Baltimore Harbor, according to a release from the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations, which worked with the White House to bring the statue to Washington in celebration of Italian American culture and the United States’ 250th anniversary.

“Columbus statues have long stood as symbols of pride and cultural identity for more than 18 million Americans of Italian descent,” the group’s president, Basil Russo, said in a news release. “For over a century, Columbus’s legacy helped Italian immigrants navigate prejudice and hardship, serving as a source of unity and belonging as they built new lives in this country.”

“Christopher Columbus was the original American hero and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the Earth,” Trump said in his letter, adding Columbus’ voyage in 1492 “carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas.”

The installation builds on Trump’s push to bring back statues that were removed in the wake of the Floyd protests. Across the country, controversial statues — especially Confederate monuments — were removed after the mass demonstrations in 2020.


So far, the Trump administration has reinstalled a statue of Confederate officer Albert Pike in Washington, DC, and announced plans to return a Confederate memorial to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/22/politics/christopher-columbus-statue-white-house-grounds

Foreign Affairs › Re: Iranian Strikes On Bases Used By US Caused $800m In Damage, New Analysis Shows by Ironfaceman(m): 3:40pm On Mar 21
How much are you buying petrol, that's if you have a car

And how much do you spend on transport to work, that's if you have a job.




NairaMaster1:
Where's Ayatollah etc ? What's the cost of the over 100 warships sank?

The damages to Iranian airforce?
Foreign Affairs › Re: Iranian Strikes On Bases Used By US Caused $800m In Damage, New Analysis Shows by Ironfaceman(m): 10:06am On Mar 21
Trump the daft you think Iran was Venezuela. Think again whimp.

This shows that the strength of US was in the allies.

Drunk POTUS
Celebrities › Re: Chuck Norris Dies At 86 by Ironfaceman(m): 4:17pm On Mar 20
I recommend missing in action by chuck noria.

However one mans meat is another man's poison.


Lithiumite:
Never really liked him noh his movies,shitty actor with very lame lines interpretation......same with Steven siege,never liked him too......jet li is also one not too fantastic in acting but his martial arts skill is top notch.

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