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Russia on Tuesday shut schools temporarily in the city of Kursk near the Ukraine border, after attacks on the region by pro-Kyiv militias and an increase in Ukrainian drone strikes. The news that schools would close until the end of the week followed an announcement by Moscow that it had deployed warplanes, rockets and artillery…
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Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa has approved the reduction of working hours for workers in the state by two hours for the duration of the 2024 Ramadan fast. Alhaji Muhammad Dagaceri, the state head of the service, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Dutse. Dagaceri said that workers were expected to report to…
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Families of the two Biannce officials detained in Nigeria have revealed their identities. Nadeem Anjarwalla, 37, and Tigran Gambaryan, 39, have been in Nigerian detention since last month when they flew into Nigeria to discuss with the country’s investigators as authorities began an intense scrutiny of cryptocurrency exchanges. Gambaryan currently heads Binance’s financial-crime compliance and…
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Iran has arrested four people on suspicion of giving a foreign-based broadcaster video of an argument between a Shiite cleric and a woman not wearing the mandatory headscarf, Iranian media reported Tuesday. Closed-circuit television footage of the row in Iran’s Shiite clerical centre of Qom has gone viral on social media and has also been…
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The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says that former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele allegedly awarded multi-billion naira worth of contracts to his family members and associates. EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, in a statement, said a seventh Prosecution Witness, PW7, in the trial of Emefiele revealed this on Monday, March…