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The people signing petition really amazes me.. Two wreckless drivers collide. And you are signing what.

It's only in Nigeria someone will do 150kmph.on a 20kmph designated road to showoff.

RIP be the way.

Ezini:
A police officer serving Nigeria lost his two sons gruesomely in the north , Atiku was mute,

The north is the problem of Nigeria
Any southerner that tries to align with north just to wrestle power from Tinubu will die miserably
Not impressed with tinubu either but this northerners are plain evil and biased

Don't derail the thread there are better examples than. Tinubu. Your love for a drug baron will still kill you.

Cry in peace. Alahji. Nigeria is In self destruct mode.

The benue massacre I didn't hear from you.
But you and I can make a change. Only a credible government can change the narrative.

1. Tunisia (Tunisian Dinar – 3.09 per US$)
Tunisia continues to have the strongest currency in Africa. The Tunisian dinar’s value is supported by a stable economic policy, controlled inflation, and robust trade relations with Europe.

2. Libya (Libyan Dinar – 4.83 per US$)
Despite past political challenges, Libya’s oil wealth has helped maintain the strength of the Libyan dinar. The country’s vast natural resources provide strong backing for its currency.

Morocco (Moroccan Dirham – 9.57 per US$)
Morocco’s strategic trade policies, tourism, and industrial development contribute to the strength of the Moroccan dirham. The country maintains a balanced economy that ensures its currency remains one of the strongest in Africa.

4. Botswana (Botswana Pula – 13.62 per US$)
Botswana’s strong currency is a reflection of its stable democracy and well-managed economy. The government’s prudent fiscal policies and wealth from diamonds keep the Botswanan pula valuable

5. Seychelles (Seychellois Rupee – 14.37 per US$)
Seychelles’ economy relies heavily on tourism, fisheries, and offshore financial services. The country’s well-regulated banking sector ensures that the Seychellois rupee maintains a high value against the US dollar.


6. Eritrea (Eritrean Nakfa – 15.00 per US$)
The Eritrean nakfa remains relatively strong due to the government’s tight control over foreign exchange and economic activities. Despite economic challenges, the currency holds firm compared to others in the region.

7. Ghana (Ghanaian Cedi – 15.49 per US$)
Ghana’s currency has seen fluctuations, but strong cocoa exports, gold reserves, and oil production have helped the Ghanaian cedi remain one of the top African currencies.

8. Lesotho (Lesotho Loti – 18.15 per US$)
The Lesotho loti is pegged to the South African rand, which provides stability. Lesotho benefits from trade agreements with South Africa, its largest trading partner.

9. Namibia (Namibian Dollar – 18.15 per US$)
Like Lesotho, Namibia’s currency is pegged to the South African rand, ensuring a strong and stable valuation. The country’s mining sector and tourism industry contribute to its economic strength.

10. South Africa (South African Rand – 18.15 per US$)
South Africa has one of the most developed financial markets in Africa, making the rand a key player on the continent. The country’s economy, driven by mining, manufacturing, and services, keeps the currency relatively strong.



https://businessday.ng/africa/article/top-10-strongest-currencies-in-africa-as-of-march-2025/

Donald Trump P. O. T. U. S

aka

Pharaoh Of the United States.

CNN
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Ukraine’s European allies say now is not the time for lifting sanctions on Russia, after Moscow said it would only agree to a US-brokered deal on ending fighting in the Black Sea if some sanctions were eased.


The leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Germany all affirmed at a summit on Thursday that Europe will not lift sanctions on Russia – a strong and seemingly coordinated message to the Trump administration, which has said it is still evaluating the Kremlin’s demands.

They spoke after a meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing” in Paris which discussed how to bolster support for Kyiv and what role they might play if a peace deal is struck with Russia.

While divisions remain among the leaders about how to respond, they spoke in unison on Russia’s demand to ease sanctions.

“(There is) complete clarity that now is not the time for lifting of sanctions,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.

“Quite the contrary – what we discussed is how we can increase sanctions to support the US initiative, to bring Russia to the table through further pressure from this group of countries,” the British Prime Minister said, still striking a conciliatory tone toward the United States.

Starmer said the meeting involved more than 30 countries, including Ukraine’s European allies and NATO officials. He described the meeting as “very constructive.”
Echoing Starmer, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said stopping sanctions would be a “serious mistake.”

“It makes no sense to end the sanctions until peace has actually been achieved, and unfortunately we are still a long way from that, as you can see.”

This week the US announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to end fighting in the Black Sea. But Moscow soon followed up the statement by saying it would only implement the deal once some of the sanctions imposed on Russian banks and exports over its invasion of Ukraine are lifted.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the United States is “going to evaluate” Russia’s conditions to agreeing to a Black Sea partial ceasefire.



https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/27/world/russia-sanctions-europe-ukraine-intl/index.html

Major Yuriy Lomkin, deputy battalion commander of the 83rd Motor Rifle Regiment (unit 52034) of the 69th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces, was neutralized.

He was born on May 5, 1975, and was 50 years old at the time of his liquidation.

According to the assault regiment, the commander was neutralized with important documents, which, in addition to identifying him, helped the defenders obtain valuable information about the enemy.

“A career officer who did nothing good during his life but became useful after his death helped us with information about his ‘colleagues.’ There may be good news soon,” the 225th Regiment wrote.

Among the documents found on the major, the defenders discovered a passport, insurance policy, military ID, and driver’s license. His place of residence and activity was listed as Saint Petersburg or the surrounding region.

Militarnyi previously reported that on December 30, 2024, the Ukrainian Defense Forces killed Russian Lieutenant Colonel Valery Tereshchenko during a missile strike on Lgov.

Tereshchenko was a lieutenant colonel of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division, some of whose units were deployed in the Kursk region.

At the time of the strike, he was in the city of Lgov, which was probably their permanent deployment and command center. From there, they organized and coordinated their actions.

In addition to him, Lieutenant Colonel Pavlo Maletsky was also killed during a missile strike on the permanent deployment point in Luhansk.


He was the commander of the 656th Engineer Battalion of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division.



https://mil.in.ua/en/news/intelligence-officers-of-the-225th-regiment-eliminate-russian-deputy-commander/

Owon:
On top love me jẹjẹ
I'm on a wave right now...


Very wacky song and singer.

Overated.

Like to hear one of your song

Lalami3232:

Thank God say his life is still intact. If you see how most of these guys drive, especially the mechanics, you will just shake your head. The way the mechanics drive reminds me of how most men dey chop women wey no be their wives/girlfriends. They drive recklessly because no be dem get am. Na so Emeka chop one babe one time like a "mechanic", the screaming of the babe could be heard from hundreds of meters away. When the babe dey waka go house after the "innocent visit", you go know say Emeka really scatter some crankshaft and gearbox for her engine. Laslas, one innocent man comes and takes full ownership of the car.
What do I even know sef aside enlightening my fellow men nationwide with the good news

Oga if you no meet your wife as a virgin, Oga go for DNA test oooooooo because non-virgins aka boreholes can't be trusted atall atall

Was your mother a virgin. Just asking for a friend.

Chibuzoripob:
what about Emir Sanusi Lamido own

Sanusi is reaping what he sowed. He worked hard for the APC now they are paying him.

All these rogues. How many of you voted state of emergency in Rivers. Till date nobody knows. Let the reform start in the house.

Nigeria is working, yet people are suffering and smile.
Tinubu’s economic master plan is yielding results.

This is Africa where Evil men have their way.
Kenya is another coded satanic place.

zedman1:
You people will reading things on the internet and believe everywhere in Benue is on fire.

The people fulanis are killing in numbers is it not a course to worry.

How will students study, when herdsmen and cultist are on the loose. I pity the student because some may end up regretting.

Ranting about camping down irregular migration is cool but how will it work.

Up north the Northerners see chadians,nigeriens as brothers because of Islam.

Is going to be hard because this migrants add to the population of northerners.

Putin wasting Russian lives.

Russian authorities are offering to pay schoolgirls $1,200 to have children in a desperate attempt to boost the country’s birth rate after it lost a reported quarter of a million soldiers in the Ukraine War meat grinder.

School-age girls in the western Russian region of Oryol, some 200 miles south of Moscow and close to the Ukraine border, are the first in Russia to receive the payment if they have children.

From this year, girls in “full-time education,” will be eligible for the one-off payment of 100,000 rubles ($1,200), Oryol’s regional Governor Andrei Klychkov announced in a statement.

The region is already one of 40 in Russia that offer payment to female university students who have children, but on Thursday, Governor Klychkov extended the program to school-age girls in a statement on the region’s website.

Klychkov’s move sparked backlash after independent outlet 7×7 Horizontal Russia shared the amendment on Telegram, leading the Putin crony to accuse the media of sensationalizing his announcement as he insisted he was following orders from the Kremlin in a statement on Telegram.

“Unfortunately, journalists did not specify that there is an order of the Ministry of Labor of Russia dated February 11, 2025, ‘On approval of methodological recommendations for the implementations for the implementation of measures of regional programs to increase the birth rate, subject to co-financing from the federal budget,'” he fumed.



https://nypost.com/2025/03/24/world-news/russia-to-pay-schoolgirls-to-have-children-to-boost-birth-rates/

3 Square meal

PDP is in a dilemma with the likes of Atiku. Atiku has no regard for party policy but only regards his selfish interest.

I don't expect Atiku to be talking about being president when you know the southern presidency slot is 2 term.

Atiku will not work with Obi or Makinde.
Atiku has become a disease.

Grammy winner Tems stunned fans in her South African concert.

The international superstar performed at The recently opened Dome, Nasrec, Johannesburg, which seats 6,000 people.

Tems dazzled fans with a collection of her hit singles while also engaging exciting fans in a meet-and-greet session at the sideline of the concert.

South Africa is the first African stop for Tems' Born In The Wild tour after she earlier cancelled a show in Kigali Rwanda.

The singer made this announcement on her X account on January 30 in a move that has been praised by both South African and DRC fans.

In the post, the Grammy winner shared that she promoted her Kigali concert ignorant of the ongoing crisis between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The 29-year-old star apologised if her actions appeared insensitive to the current political climate while also sharing a thought for all those affected by the conflict.

Tems' ongoing world tour followed the release of her debut album 'Born In The Wild' which earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Global album.

2025 has gotten off to a busy start for the singer who won her second Grammy award for Best African Song Performance at the 67th ceremony.

She also recently performed at the O2 Arena at the unveiling of Ashton Martin's new car for the 2025 F1 season which captured her status as one of the biggest African stars on the global stage.



https://www.pulse.ng/articles/entertainment/music/tems-sold-out-concert-leaves-south-african-fans-in-awe-2025032412534738241

Democracy in the hands of a drug baron is like a loaded gun in the hands of kids.

Tinubu is the worst of the worst people to rule Nigeria..

What kind of report is this. Something that happened years ago is been reported like it happened today.

Anyway 15 and 22years I don't see anything wrong here.

How many petitioners or was it by voice process.

APC is a disease.

When you leave governance in the hands of drug baron, terrorist, election riggers and politically blind followers. This is what you get.

Kirin X90 chip just as good as Intel

Huawei is tightening the screws on its great American tech purge, marching ahead with plans to rid its personal computers of anything remotely tied to Silicon Valley.

With US sanctions still hammering its supply chains, the Chinese tech giant is leaning heavily on its in-house Kirin X90 chip, which just bagged a Level 2 national security certification from China’s Information Technology Security Evaluation Centre—essentially a golden ticket for adoption in government and enterprise sectors.

Troubled Chipzilla has already felt the squeeze, with Washington yanking Qualcomm and Intel’s special licences to supply Huawei with older-generation chips. Now, even Microsoft's Windows is getting the boot, as Huawei preps HarmonyOS-powered PCs for launch later this year.

For a company that once relied on Intel’s Core processors and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon for its laptops, the shift to homegrown silicon is a seismic one. The Qingyun W515x and L540 laptops, featuring Kirin 9000C and 9006C chips, respectively, have already received certification, paving the way for a wider rollout in the mainland.

Huawei’s consumer boss Richard Yu Chengdong said last year that current laptops might be the last to run Windows.

Despite the sanctions, Huawei’s PC business is growing at a healthy clip. Shipments increased by 15 per cent in 2024, reaching 4.3 million units and capturing an 11 per cent share of the Chinese market. That puts it firmly behind Lenovo’s 35 per cent, but momentum is on its side—except for a slight stumble in Q4, where a lack of new launches saw shipments dip by seven per cent.

With HarmonyOS looming on the horizon, Huawei is betting big on a future where it controls the hardware and software stack.


https://fudzilla.com/news/60719-huawei-dumping-us-hardware

RepoMan007:
WriterNG.

Ukrainian forces carried out an attack on an airbase deep inside Russia this week.
New satellite images reveal extensive damage at the Engels-2 airbase.
It marks Ukraine's latest deep-strike operation as Kyiv attempts to degrade Russia's war machine.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um_38MHPri0

Negotiating to ending a war is not by mouth or threat. But patience, Grace, long suffering and sacrifice.

Not by talking too much.

When Donald Trump met President Zelensky in New York last September, the then US presidential candidate exuded confidence he could bring the war in Ukraine to an early end. "If we win, I think we're going to get it resolved very quickly," he said.

How quickly he meant varied over time. In a TV debate a few days earlier, Trump had promised he would "get it settled before I even become president". This was an escalation on his previous commitment in May 2023 to stop the fighting in the first 24 hours of his presidency.

Trump has now been in office for more than two months and the penny may be beginning to drop in the White House that trying to end a conflict as bitter and complex as this may take time.

In a television interview last weekend, the US president admitted that when he promised to end the war in a day, he was "being a little bit sarcastic".

There are many reasons for the slower progress than Team Trump may have anticipated.

First, the president's belief in the power of his personal, one-on-one diplomacy may have been misplaced. He has long believed any international problem can be solved if he sits down with another leader and agrees a deal. Trump first spoke to Vladimir Putin on 12 February, an hour-and-a-half conversation he described as "highly productive". The two leaders spoke again on 18 March.

But it is clear these telephone calls failed to secure the immediate 30-day interim ceasefire Trump wanted. The only substantive concession he squeezed out of Putin was a promise to end Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities, a commitment he is accused by Ukraine of breaking within hours of the call.

Second, the Russian president has made it clear he does not intend to be rushed. His first public comments about the negotiations came last week in a press conference that was a whole month after his telephone call with Trump.

Putin showed he was resolutely opposed to the US two-stage strategy of seeking an interim ceasefire before talking about a longer-term settlement. Instead, he said any talks must address what he sees as "the root causes of the war", namely his fears an expanding Nato alliance and the very existence of Ukraine as a sovereign state somehow present a threat to Russia's security. He also set out detailed questions and conditions that must be answered and met before any deal could be agreed.


Third, the US strategy of directing its initial focus on Ukraine may have been misjudged. The White House came to the belief that President Zelensky was the obstacle to peace. Western diplomats acknowledge the Ukrainian government was slow to realise just how much the world had changed with the arrival of Trump.

But the US pressure on Kyiv that led to the now infamous confrontation in the Oval Office - when Trump and his vice-president, JD Vance, harangued the Ukrainian leader - consumed time, effort and political capital.

It also ruptured transatlantic relations, setting Europe and the US at odds, another diplomatic problem that took time to settle. All the while Vladimir Putin sat back and enjoyed the show, biding his time.

Fourth, the sheer complexity of the conflict makes any resolution hard. The Ukrainian offer was initially for an interim ceasefire in the air and at sea. The idea was that this would be relatively straightforward to monitor.

But in last week's talks in Jeddah, the US insisted any immediate ceasefire should also include the more than 1200km-long front line in the east. Instantly that made the logistics of verifying any ceasefire more complicated. This, of course, was then rejected by Putin.

But even his agreement to the more modest proposal - to end attacks on energy infrastructure - is not without its problems. It is the details about that proposal which will occupy much of the technical negotiations that are expected to take place in Saudi Arabia on Monday. Military and energy experts will draw up detailed lists of potential power plants – nuclear or otherwise – that might be protected.

They will also try to agree which weapons systems should not be used. But agreeing the difference between energy and other civilian infrastructure may take some time. Remember: Ukraine and Russia are not talking to one another; they are engaging separately and bilaterally with the US which is promising to shuttle between both sides. This again adds to the time.

Fifth, the US focus on the economic benefits of a ceasefire distracted attention from the priority of ending the fighting. Trump has spent time trying to agree a framework deal giving US firms access to Ukrainian critical minerals. Some saw this as the US investing in Ukraine's future - others as it extorting the country's natural resources.

President Zelensky argued initially he could agree a deal only if the US promised to provide Ukraine with security guarantees to deter future Russian aggression. The White House refused, saying the presence of US mining firms and workers would be deterrent enough. Eventually Zelensky conceded defeat and said he would agree a minerals deal without security guarantees. But despite that, the US has yet to sign the agreement, hoping again to improve the terms, possibly by including access to or even ownership of Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

Ending wars can be complex and time consuming. We would not have got to this stage without Trump's pushing, but progress has not been as quick or simple as he believed. In December 2018, as he campaigned for the presidency, Volodymyr Zelensky suggested negotiations with Vladimir Putin would be quite straightforward. "You need to talk in a very simple way," he told the Ukrainian journalist, Dmytro Gordon. '"What do you want, what are your conditions?" And I'd tell them: 'Here are our points.' We would agree somewhere in the middle."

Well, on the evidence of the last two months, it may be harder than that.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89yngk2z7qo

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Russia has declared a state of emergency after a Ukrainian drone strike on a strategic bomber air base in the Saratov region triggered a huge blast and fire which caused serious damage to nearby homes.

Ukrainian forces claimed responsibility for the attack on the Engels-2 air base, which houses Russian Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers.

Newsweek has contacted the Russian Foreign Ministry by email for comment.

Why It Matters


Russia rarely acknowledges attacks on its military installations during the war. Authorities often attempt to cover up incidents or downplay the extent of the damage. The declaration of a state of emergency underscores the severity of the destruction caused by the attack.

Ukrainian forces claimed responsibility for the attack on the Engels-2 air base, which houses Russian Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers.

Newsweek has contacted the Russian Foreign Ministry by email for comment.

Why It Matters
Russia rarely acknowledges attacks on its military installations during the war. Authorities often attempt to cover up incidents or downplay the extent of the damage. The declaration of a state of emergency underscores the severity of the destruction caused by the attack.


What To Know

The attack on the Engels-2 air base was conducted jointly by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, sources from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told RBC-Ukraine.

The airfield houses Russia's Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers, which are capable of carrying out nuclear and conventional long-range strikes. The aircraft have repeatedly been used by Russia's military to launch missile attacks on Ukraine in the war

The military base is located some 500 miles southeast of Moscow, and it has been targeted several times throughout the war.

Footage from the attack showed a huge plume of smoke rising from the base and an intense blaze. Other footage showed that the blast completely destroyed some homes, tearing off roofs and blowing them across the street.

Roman Busargin, the governor of Russia's Saratov region said 30 residential homes were damaged in the attack. Evacuations were carried out in the area "for safety reasons," he said.

Ukrainian OSINT journalists said the drone strike hit an ammunition depot.

Andriy Kovalenko, an official on Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said a number of missiles, including Kh-101 cruise missiles, were destroyed in the blast.



https://www.newsweek.com/russia-emergency-engels-air-base-attack-2047940

Nigerianxpress:
Cult initiation gone wrong

You read my mind.