Russia officially adds the LGBTQ movement to its list of tеrr0rist and extr3mist organizations.

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1 year ago

March 22, 2024

MOSCOW, March 22 (Reuters) – Russia has added what it calls the “LGBT movement” to a list of extremist and terrorist organisations, state media said on Friday.

The move was in line with a ruling by Russia’s Supreme Court last November that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, a move that representatives of gay and transgender people said they feared would lead to arrests and prosecutions.

The list is maintained by an agency called Rosfinmonitoring that has powers to freeze the bank accounts of the more than 14,000 people and entities designated as extremists and terrorists. They range from Al Qaeda to U.S. tech giant Meta and associates of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The new listing refers to the “international LGBT social movement and its structural units”, state news agency RIA said.
As part of a shift under President Vladimir Putin towards what he portrays as family values that contrast with decadent Western attitudes, Russia has tightened restrictions over the past decade on expressions of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Among other steps, it has passed laws outlawing the promotion of “non-traditional” sexual relations and banned legal or medical changes of gender.
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Reporting by Reuters; writing by Mark Trevelyan Editing by Tomasz Janowski

10 die in Lagos-Ibadan expressway road accident

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4 hours ago

June 24, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

About ten people have reportedly lost their lives in a road accident that occurred in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Ekwutosblog gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday.

The incident occurred around the Soka area at the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

It was learnt that about ten people have reportedly lost their lives.

According to a live report monitored on Tuesday morning on a popular radio station, Lagelu 96.7 FM, by PMParrot, the road mishap…

Ekwutosblog gathered that the accident involved three Nissan Micra taxi cabs and three articulated vehicles.

Sources said that all the vehicles involved in the accident were coming from Iwo Road when the incident occurred.

All efforts made by Ekwutosblog to get a reaction from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state proved to be abortive as at the time of filing this report on Tuesday.

Netizens Discover That The Man President Tinubu Introduced As His Chicago Classmate Was An Alleged Arm Dealer Who Was Arrested In DRC In 2021 And Was Only 13 Years When Tinubu Claimed To Have Graduated From Chicago University

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6 hours ago

June 24, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

President Bola Tinubu is facing scrutiny after social media users uncovered that the man he introduced as his former classmate at Chicago State University has a controversial past—including an alleged arrest for arms dealing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2021.

Additionally, records suggest the individual was only 13 years old in the year Tinubu claimed to have graduated (1979), raising further questions about the authenticity of the President’s academic claims.

The revelation has sparked renewed debate over Tinubu’s academic history, which has been a subject of controversy in the past.

Tension in Kano as man remains hanging in tall billboard, attempts taking own life

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23 hours ago

June 23, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

An unidentified man has climbed a tall billboard at Gadar Lado area in Zaria road, Kano state in a suspected attempt to commit suicide on Monday.

Eyewitnesses said the man has remained perched on the billboard for over an hour, muttering inaudibly to himself.

His actions have caused a severe traffic gridlock in the area, prompting swift intervention from the police to manage the growing crowd and restore order.

An eyewitness Mujahid Ameenu told Ekwutosblog that the man had been atop the billboard for over an hour now.

“We still don’t know why he is up there. I was passing when I saw the crowd and stopped to see what was going on. The police are doing their best to disperse the crowd so traffic can start flowing again”

As at the time of filing this report, authorities have yet to confirm the man’s identity or his motive for the daring act though speculations are running wild among those gathered that it could be due to economic frustrations.

He remains on top of the billboard even as this report was filed.