Section: Africa&ME
Olanrewaju Kayode: Nigerian striker held by customs in Greek airport over illegal possession of cash
Kayode was held for failing to declare the cash he was carrying into Greece. Nigerian striker Olanrewaju Kayode was held by customs officials in a Greek airport for illegal possession of cash. Kayode was recently held by customs officials at the Kyiv Boryspil airport for failure to declare the €26,500 in cash he was carrying.The 25-year-old...
Russia’s Putin drives truck to open bridge link with annexed Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin, driving a truck, unveiled the auto section of a new road-and-rail bridge linking Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula on Tuesday, defying Ukraine which said the move showed cynical disregard for international law. …read more Source: The Daily...
‘What FG Will Do With $320 Million Abacha loot’ – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says the $320 million Sani Abacha loot will be put into the conditional cash transfer (CCT) scheme targeted at the “poorest of Nigerians”. Buhari said this on Monday while declaring open the 8th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Abuja. The president said it was heartwarming to...
Winner of ‘Ukraine’s Got Talent’ gives Israel a sandy birthday present
In honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary, Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova gifts the Jewish state with a dramatic 7-minute sand art story to the tune of Ofra Haza’s ‘Jerusalem’ …read more Source: The Times of...
Offices of Russian Media Outlets Raided in Ukrainian Capital
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukrainian security agencies have raided at least two offices of Russian state-owned media outlets in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, media outlets said Tuesday. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Putin To Open Crimea Mega Bridge Linking Russia
Russian President, Vladimir Putin Alexander ASTAFYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to unveil Tuesday a highly symbolic bridge linking southern Russia to the Crimea, four years after the peninsula was annexed from Ukraine. The Crimean Bridge, at 19 kilometres (nearly 12 miles) will be Europe’s longest, overtaking...
Ukraine detains local director of Russian state news agency
KIEV – Ukrainian state security agents searched the offices of Russian state news agency RIA Novosti and detained the director of its Kiev office on Tuesday, accusing RIA of being used in an “information war” by Russia against Ukraine. , Relations between Kiev and Moscow nose-dived after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and backed...
Putin to open mega bridge linking Crimea to Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to unveil Tuesday a highly symbolic bridge linking southern Russia to the Crimea, four years after the peninsula was annexed from Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian mayor, diplomat caught engaging in antisemitic rhetoric
One Ukrainian mayor had quite a lot to say about “the Jews.” …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukrainian mayor, diplomat slammed for anti-Semitic rhetoric
Ukrainian consulate official and mayor Ukrainian town slammed for spreading anti-Semitic canards. …read more Source: Arutz...
