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This game to end 0-2
In favor of arsenal .
Just believe.

Haaland. World best. Premier league golden boy.

Bukola saka anytime scorer.........................

Sky blue all the way.

I hope Kaduna would be placed under state of emergency. Because of the violence there.

We say no to state capture.

Russians be showing Africans fake love since the days of Gobachev

But why won't Russians or even Europeans or Asians treat Africans badly. When their government sow discord and strife amongst the people and treat them like prisoners.

Well hear this if you receive offer of work and live in Russia don't go because you're walking into a meat grinder.

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I'm Kenyan, don't shoot' - the athlete who says he was duped into the Russian army

With tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia.

"I will die there," Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday by a Ukrainian army brigade.

The 36-year-old prisoner-of-war is wearing a red sports top. The brigade's flag is pinned up behind him.

The aspiring long-distance runner says he was tricked into joining the Russian army and is desperate to go home to see his 16-year-old daughter.

In a Facebook post accompanying the video, the 57th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade said it was an example of how Russia treats foreign recruits but added that he had "fought on the side of the enemy, so whether to believe the words and tears is up to your discretion".

The brigade said the interview was filmed with Kibet's consent, but the BBC has not verified this. Though recruits from abroad in the Russian army are not unheard of, this is a rare case of a captive foreigner speaking on video.

Citizens of Somalia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cuba and Sri Lanka , among others, are currently held in Ukrainian prisoner-of-war camps, Petro Yatsenko, Ukraine's spokesperson on the treatment of prisoners of war, told the BBC.

"Most of these individuals come from poorer countries and end up on the Russian side in different ways. Some are deceived – promised jobs at factories – while others join the war voluntarily. It is important to understand that very few are captured alive; most are either killed or seriously injured," he added.

Back in Kenya, Kibet's family and friends are in shock over what they have seen.

After a heavy sigh and a long pause, his cousin Edith Chesoi told the BBC that she had been replaying the video over and over in her head.

"I am so traumatised. I didn't sleep at night. I don't even know what to say."

Kibet's younger brother, Isaac Kipyego, described him as "humble guy and a man with a few words" as well as a pillar and advisor to the rest of the family.

They know him as someone dedicated to his sport.


'I'm Kenyan, don't shoot' - the athlete who says he was duped into the Russian army
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Akisa WanderaBBC Africa, Nairobi andVitalii ChervonenkoBBC Ukrainian, Kyiv

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Edith Chesoi A head shot of Evans Kibet wearing a pink shirt and looking at the camera.Edith Chesoi
With tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia.

"I will die there," Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday by a Ukrainian army brigade.

The 36-year-old prisoner-of-war is wearing a red sports top. The brigade's flag is pinned up behind him.

The aspiring long-distance runner says he was tricked into joining the Russian army and is desperate to go home to see his 16-year-old daughter.

In a Facebook post accompanying the video, the 57th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade said it was an example of how Russia treats foreign recruits but added that he had "fought on the side of the enemy, so whether to believe the words and tears is up to your discretion".

The brigade said the interview was filmed with Kibet's consent, but the BBC has not verified this. Though recruits from abroad in the Russian army are not unheard of, this is a rare case of a captive foreigner speaking on video.

Citizens of Somalia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cuba and Sri Lanka , among others, are currently held in Ukrainian prisoner-of-war camps, Petro Yatsenko, Ukraine's spokesperson on the treatment of prisoners of war, told the BBC.

"Most of these individuals come from poorer countries and end up on the Russian side in different ways. Some are deceived – promised jobs at factories – while others join the war voluntarily. It is important to understand that very few are captured alive; most are either killed or seriously injured," he added.

Back in Kenya, Kibet's family and friends are in shock over what they have seen.

After a heavy sigh and a long pause, his cousin Edith Chesoi told the BBC that she had been replaying the video over and over in her head.

"I am so traumatised. I didn't sleep at night. I don't even know what to say."

Kibet's younger brother, Isaac Kipyego, described him as "humble guy and a man with a few words" as well as a pillar and advisor to the rest of the family.

They know him as someone dedicated to his sport.


Edith Chesoi Evans runningEdith Chesoi
Evans Kibet never made the big time but did compete in lower profile events
"I love running, I love running," Kibet says on the Ukrainian video. And it was this that may have led him to becoming an unwitting Russian recruit.

Kibet had built his life around athletics, a sport that has lifted many Kenyans like him from villages to global recognition.

He grew up in a farming family from the Mount Elgon area in western Kenya.

Kibet trained in Iten, the high-altitude town famed for producing Olympians and world champions, but in a competitive field he never reached that status. Instead, he competed in lesser-known 10km and half-marathon road races in Europe and Asia, according to family and friends.

"Kibet has been running since he was a child," his younger brother said. "He's always been talented. Running was his life."

But while the sport defined his identity, it had not delivered the financial breakthrough he longed for.

Friends say Kibet had been struggling financially.

In March, he asked a training partner, Elias Kiptum, to help him race in Poland, but the team that was going was already full.

"I guess that's how he ended up in Russia," Kiptum told the BBC.

When, later in the year, a sports agent offered him a trip to Russia to take part in races, Kibet seized the opportunity. The BBC's calls to the agent to confirm this have not been picked up.

"He was very excited when he told me he was going to race in Russia," Kibet's brother said. "Even I was happy for him. We had high expectations."

His cousin, Ms Chesoi, who escorted him to the bus park on the first leg of the journey at the end of July, said he carried just "a small-sized suitcase".

Kibet told his family he would only be gone for two weeks.

On the video filmed in Ukraine, Kibet says that he went to Russia as a visitor and not for a "military job".

Then, after a fortnight, his host asked him if he would like to stay longer.

"I said: 'Yes, but the problem is that my visa is expired'. He said: 'No, I can do something for you.'" And then he promised Kibet a job.

"In the evening, he came with some papers written in Russian. He told me: 'This is the job I want you to do.'

"I didn't know it was a military job."

Kibet says he then signed the papers and the man took his phone and passport.

"And that is how everything went wrong... that signing ruined my life."


Either you fight or we'll kill you'

According to Kibet, some other people turned up and told him to get in a car. They then drove for around seven hours.

"I found myself in a military camp."

Kibet says he was informed that he had signed up to be in the army and that he had no choice.

"I was told: 'Either you go to fight or we'll kill you.'"

He says a week of basic training followed, during which he was shown how to handle an automatic rifle. None of his commanders spoke English, so instructions came through shoves and gestures.

Kibet insists he never engaged in combat and then on the way to what would have been his first mission, he ditched his equipment and escaped, wandering for two days through a forest near Vovchansk in Ukraine's north-eastern Kharkiv region.

He then approached some Ukrainian soldiers.

"I went there with my hands up," he says repeating the gesture for the camera.

"I said: 'I am a Kenyan, please don't shoot me.'

"Everyone pointed their guns at me, but I told them to calm down. The commander came, they tied me. I told them: 'No, I am unarmed, I don't want anything. I'm here to save my life."

Despite Kibet's family being in shock over the video, there is some relief that he is in the hands of the Ukrainians.

"We feel that he's a bit safe [with them] rather than being in Russia," his brother Mr Kipyego said.

The family is asking the Kenyan authorities to intervene. The ministry of foreign affairs has not yet responded to a request for comment.

"If the government of his country of origin expresses interest in his repatriation, Ukraine is open to negotiations about transferring him home," Ukrainian spokesperson Mr Yatsenko said.

However, speaking about other prisoners-of-war, he added that "most African states show little interest in the return of such citizens and do not wish to take them back".

For Kibet's loved ones, their only priority is his safety.

"If he made a mistake, let them forgive him. We only want him back," his brother said.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79vqpnqgy7o

Japarians there's life outside the United States. What an eye opener.

I left the US after being laid off from Amazon. Living in the Netherlands is more affordable, and my small business is thriving.

Denise Segler was laid off from her role as a project manager at Amazon in 2023.

Seeking a fresh start, she moved to the Netherlands in 2024 for a calmer and more affordable life.

Denise Segler told BI that she's saving money, feels more relaxed, and her small business is thriving.

I fell in love with Europe at 18 during a school trip and promised to live abroad someday. I didn't know when or where, but I would make it happen.

Later in life, I found myself divorced, with grown children, and recently laid off from my job. I'm a project manager in Information Technology (IT), and I used to work for Amazon. In January 2023, the company laid off my entire team.

After that, I asked myself: What do I want to do with my life? I also questioned what was keeping me in the US.

A lot of different things were pulling me toward Europe. I wanted to be my own boss and work as a freelancer. But health insurance in the US is incredibly expensive, and that's not the case in much of Europe. I also think Europeans have a better quality of life and work-life balance. In addition, the political climate in the US added a sense of urgency.

Europe was calling my name
When 2024 came around, I knew it was finally a good time to take a chance abroad.

I had earned higher-level project management credentials and started actively promoting my own business as an IT project manager.

I had also taken a trip to Ireland. I spent three weeks there — two on my own, and then my 27-year-old joined me for the last week. During that trip, I realized: OK, I can do this. I can go somewhere unfamiliar and be just fine.

I researched different European visas and discovered the Dutch American Friendship Treaty (DAFT) visa. It allows Americans to live in the Netherlands as independent business owners. They just need to maintain a minimum of 4,500 ($5,278) in a business bank account.

The visa was attractive to me. I also found out that the Netherlands had more affordable health insurance. Then I looked around, and other things were cheaper: cellphone and internet services. I thought, "Why not give that a try?"

While you can do it yourself, I used a Dutch legal professional to file my visa paperwork. The legal office submitted my visa application and documents to the Dutch government on my behalf in August 2024 and let me know the visa was approved in September. I landed in Amsterdam on November 5.

The Netherlands is the perfect place for me

Before I moved to the Netherlands, I had never visited. But I received a lot of advice from people who had. Everyone had wonderful things to say — it was beautiful, and the people were fantastic.

I live just south of Haarlem, the capital of North Holland, in a really cute neighborhood with shops, restaurants, and cafs. I feel very lucky, there's a train station just an eight-minute walk away from my apartment, and I'm right near a shopping area with all kinds of grocery stores.

In some ways, the area reminds me of parts of Seattle, like the South Lake Union neighborhood.

Before moving to the area, I hired a makelaar, a real estate agent, who helped me find a place to live. There's a housing shortage in the Netherlands, so you have to be either very flexible about where you live or be prepared to spend a lot of money.

I was very lucky and ended up getting the first apartment I looked at. I had to pay six months' rent in advance because, as someone new to the country, I didn't have any local rental history.

My apartment has a bedroom, a bathroom, and a small second room that I use as an office. There's also a combined living and dining area that leads past the kitchen.

I spend more on housing but less on everything else

I am self-employed, and I am withdrawing from my retirement account for now, which I do not recommend. So budgeting is important.

I am paying more for housing in the Netherlands, about 1,735 ($2,041) for my apartment, but all my other bills are significantly cheaper than in the US.

I pay 38 ($45) a month for internet and TV, whereas in the US, I paid over $100. My health insurance is also much cheaper here.

Legally, you must have health insurance in the Netherlands, and there are a variety of insurance companies to choose from. In the US, I was on COBRA, which cost over $800 a month. Here, I pay 190 ($224) a month. It could be cheaper, but I added dental coverage and extra benefits for chiropractic care.

Since I've been here, I've had my teeth cleaned once by a dentist, and that was about 150 ($176). The insurance paid half, and I paid the other half.

I worried that food would be more expensive in the Netherlands, but it's not that bad. Produce is pretty cheap. For example, eggs usually come in packs of 10, costing between $3 and $4, depending on the type.

The produce here is fantastic. There are farmers markets all over. I go to one every Wednesday, and I have to be careful because I always come back with all kinds of potatoes and cheeses. I think the bread is better here, too; many stores have in-house bakeries.

There are pros and cons to living here

English isn't an official language of the Netherlands, though most people speak it fluently.

French is also commonly spoken, which works well for me. While I wasn't fully immersed in French, I practiced it five days a week for over a decade, starting when I was about nine years old.

The locals are generally welcoming. I have seen someone shouting at people speaking a language other than Dutch or English, but only once or twice in the several months that I've been here. No one has been angry with me for speaking English. I think they take me as a tourist and are glad that I have a few words of Dutch.

Moving to the Netherlands was the right decision for me


My life is more relaxed in the Netherlands because, honestly, I feel safer here.
There aren't nearly as many guns, and I'm living in a safer neighborhood than I was in the US. I'm also not worried that a medical emergency is going to bankrupt me.

I'm paying significantly less in bills, and the money I am saving every month on health insurance is going toward my savings and my business.

My business is also about ready to take off. I joined two networking organizations of business owners, one based in the Netherlands and one based in the UK. I am working with a business coach, and I will be hiring a branding expert next month.

My visa expires in July next year. I can request an extension, which I believe would grant me an additional three years. At that point, I would have been here five years, and I can apply for permanent residency, or, after taking Dutch classes, citizenship.

I don't know if I want to become a citizen of the Netherlands, but for now, I'm just happy to be here because I can support myself.


https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/i-left-the-us-after-being-laid-off-from-amazon-living-in-the-netherlands-is-more/69pq6t7

Sometimes I wonder if this Macrons marriage was a publicity stunt.

I don't know how his doing it, Bridgette is old and not photogenic. There are some older women that are naturally pretty even at old age.

Macron With his looks and composure he can get Camille Rowe or Sigrid Agren without stress.

I hope this doesn't mar his legacy.

Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman.

Their lawyer says the French president and Mrs Macron will present the documentation in a defamation suit they have taken against the right-wing influencer Candace Owens after she promoted her belief that Brigitte Macron was born male.

Ms Owens' lawyers have responded with a motion to dismiss the claim.

Speaking to the BBC's Fame Under Fire podcast, the Macrons' lawyer in the case, Tom Clare, said Mrs Macron had found the claims "incredibly upsetting" and they were a "distraction" to the French president

"I don't want to suggest that it somehow has thrown him off his game. But just like anybody who is juggling a career and a family life as well, when your family is under attack, it wears on you. And he's not immune from that because he's the president of a country," he said.

Mr Clare said there would be "expert testimony that will come out that will be scientific in nature" and while he would not reveal, at this stage, its exact nature, he said the couple were prepared to demonstrate fully "both generically and specifically" that the allegations are false.

"It is incredibly upsetting to think that you have to go and subject yourself, to put this type of proof forward," he said.

"It is a process that she will have to subject herself to in a very public way. But she's willing to do it. She is firmly resolved to do what it takes to set the record straight.

"If that unpleasantness and that discomfort that she has of opening herself up in that way is what it takes to set a record straight and stop this, she's 100% ready to meet that burden."

When asked if the Macrons would be supplying pictures of Brigitte pregnant and raising her children, Mr Clare said they existed and would be presented in court where there are rules and standards.

Ms Owens, a former commentator for conservative US outlet Daily Wire who has millions of followers on social media, has repeatedly promoted her view that Brigitte Macron is a man.

In March 2024, she claimed she would stake her "entire professional reputation" on the allegation.

The allegation originated in fringe online spaces years earlier, notably through a 2021 YouTube video by French bloggers Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey.

The Macrons initially won a defamation case in France against Roy and Rey in 2024, but that ruling was overturned on appeal in 2025 on freedom of expression grounds, not on the basis of truth. The Macrons are appealing the decision.

In July, the Macrons filed a lawsuit against Ms Owens in the US. It alleges she "disregarded all credible evidence disproving her claim in favour of platforming known conspiracy theorists and proven defamers".

In American defamation cases against public figures, plaintiffs are required to prove "actual malice" - that the defendant knowingly spread false information or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.
In August, Emmanuel Macron explained to French magazine, Paris Match, why they had chosen to pursue legal action.

"This is about defending my honour! Because this is nonsense. This is someone who knew full well that she had false information and did so with the aim of causing harm, in the service of an ideology and with established connections to far-right leaders."

Ms Owens' lawyers have responded to the Macrons' lawsuit with a motion to dismiss, arguing that the case should not have been filed in Delaware, as she says it does not relate to her businesses, which are incorporated in the state. They claim forcing her to defend the case in Delaware would cause "substantial financial and operational hardship".

The BBC has approached Candace Owens' legal team for a comment. She has previously said she believes what she is saying is true and there is nothing more American than free speech and the ability to criticise.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg3llj5nxdo

OK I if you say so, I want for further explanation.

DelilahMakinde:
As for immigration control, that is myth the UK govt is spinning. Young men of fighting age from the middle East are being settled,housed and fed on state funds.

Please don'xt ask me to explain further.

The more obvious that they're protecting their own, Nigerians you hear of in the UK that commit crime don't you see their picture and even their name along with the story.

SamuraiXXX:
What makes you so sure that the pilot is not a blackman after all his race was not stated in the repoprt?

Can I get your opinion on this , in the light of immigration control, shortage of skilled jobs for indigenes and coded discrimination.

Do you think the UK authorities will forgive a black man.

DelilahMakinde:
The British are more pragmatic,and less emotional looking at things from a cost effective point of view. Training pilots is a very expensive investment.
New intakes into pilot school is down due to lack of interest. So...

Says who, Caucasians many are regretting black emancipation and civilization. Know this.

MrPOTUS:
How valuable you're to an organization determines if some of your crimes will be forgiven.

See the paragraph that said he's a specialist in flying that particular plane compared to the Nigerian woman who can be replaced without stress.

That's is a powerful statement and well befitting the lap dog wike.

You understand what am saying.. You expression speaks volume.

Softmirror:
Irony of life. The likes of Charlie Kirk would have said.

Not when it comes to skin colour over there.. What is if this man was black.

Allfavours:
The value of the individuals involved usually determine the punishment, the pilot and the senior staffs are more valuable to the airline than any low-level staffs

I get your point but you don't get mine. A black pilot of 20years experience with an offence like this will be barred from flying for life

Kobicove:
Finding a replacement for a 20 year specialist pilot and finding a replacement for a cleaner is not the same thing!

. Bad guy no be only alien, predator too.
The fruit has stayed under the sun too long without being watered to cool it down.

It's pure science the heat vaporises the inside creating pressure, rapid cooling, like putin it in refrigerator will cause imbalance inside making the heat to excape with a bust.

Jeezuzpick:
Omo!

😳😳😳😳😳

Bill Gates tinzzz.....

She better check everywhere make e no be say one alien don burst out from the watermelon.......

Mehn I don't think there's any difference between China and the United States with regards to human rights.

Because what is going on in the US amounts to dictatorship.

Imagine your social media is censored
You calls are monitored
No more constitution but executive orders
Yet they carry bible to deceive the world

Thank God for the Elites.

Omoawoke:
Trump is no more hiding his racism, hate and dictatorship, same with his people

Charlie Kirk said very very horrible things about others and they were cheering him up

He literally called blacks criminals,… he said blacks are responsible for most of the crimes in the US…

He said blacks are better at NBA and he won’t trust a black pilot

Only God can reinstate her now. There is no more democracy.

The United states people look too now practises autocracy.

I hope sane Nigerians are seeing this.

The expulsion is so severe a penalty. A suspension and fine could suffice. For a country that prided itself with free speech and democracy.

A Texas State University student has been expelled after a video showed him mocking the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a memorial event on campus. The clip, filmed on Monday at the San Marcos campus, quickly spread online and drew national political attention.

The video appeared to show the student, wearing a backpack, cursing at a crowd gathered by a Turning Point USA memorial. He then struck his neck and collapsed as if he had been shot, before standing in front of a statue and saying, “Hi, my name is Charlie Kirk,” while repeating the act. The student later spat near TPUSA members and used what looked like a vape pen, a violation of campus policy.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott condemned the performance and demanded the student’s removal.

“Hey Texas State. This conduct is not accepted at our schools. Expel this student immediately. Mocking assassination must have consequences,” Abbott wrote on X.

https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1967986189136519573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1967986189136519573%7Ctwgr%5E1cffd959c1c42811cf6c686127502577808d8632%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fwatch-texas-student-mocks-charlie-kirks-death-at-vigil-expelled-after-abbotts-call%2Farticleshow%2F123940160.cms


By Tuesday, Texas State University President Dr Kelly Damphousse confirmed action had been taken. “I will not tolerate behaviour that mocks, trivialises, or promotes violence on our campuses,” he said. “It is antithetical to our TXST values. The individual is no longer a student at TXST.”


Damphousse added that federal law prevented him from commenting further on individual conduct cases.

Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University last week has triggered a wave of disciplinary action across the country. Dozens of people — including journalists, academics, airline staff and corporate employees — have been suspended or fired for mocking or making light of his death. Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah was dismissed over social media posts, while MSNBC severed ties with analyst Matthew Dowd after he linked Kirk’s rhetoric to political violence.

Airlines including Delta, United and American also removed staff for online comments.
The crackdown has fuelled fierce debate. Supporters argue mocking a political killing crosses the line, while critics say universities and employers are caving to political pressure and threatening free expression. The ACLU and PEN America have both warned that punishing individuals for speech risks chilling dissent.
Kirk, 31, was the founder of the conservative youth group Turning Point USA and a father of two. His death has shaken US politics, with Vice President JD Vance and other Republicans urging institutions to hold accountable those seen to glorify political violence.



https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/watch-texas-student-mocks-charlie-kirks-death-at-vigil-expelled-after-abbotts-call/articleshow/123940160.cms

All I can say is if this man was black he would have been sacked.

I remember that Nigerian women that was sacked despite putting in 30 years on the job. Because she picked a watch and reported the matter the next day.

That's the v clown 🤡 in him talking. No vision no sense.

Science courses are very expensive, if you take medical science or computer science, the money you need to graduate will produce 4 banking and finance graduates.

GboyegaD:
Is it only in science that research are conducted?

This is interesting but truth is not all companies involved with BB9ja are into science.

However it would make sense to see the same enthusiasm for BB9ja channelled to science and technology.

That is for taking loan on opay. China is a huge influence on Nigerias economy.