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The Lagos State Government says it has commenced the publication of details of sex offenders in the state.
The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, Mrs Titilola Vivour Adeniyi says the details include the name and picture of the sex offender, the nature of the offence as well as the duration of the sentence handed down by the court.
She also said letters of advisory have been issued to local governments and traditional rulers of the communities where the convicts previously resided.
The Executive Security reiterated that the stance of the State government is resolute in preventing incidents of sexual and domestic abuse while ensuring justice for all survivors.

Germany’s federal prosecutor has opened a probe into suspected war crimes by Russian troops since the invasion of Ukraine, amid international outrage over attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure.
Justice Minister Marco Buschmann told the Passauer Neue Presse newspaper that Germany would collect and secure all evidence of war crimes committed in the war-torn country.
He says Germany’s federal prosecution office in Karlsruhe has opened a so-called structural investigation to begin collecting evidence.
He says the aim is to determine the criminal nature of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

FIFA says foreign footballers and coaches working at Russian and Ukrainian clubs will be allowed to temporarily break their contracts and move elsewhere due to Russia’s continuing assault on its neighbour.
Football’s world governing body says clubs in other countries will be allowed to sign up to two players who had been at clubs in Russia or Ukraine outside of the transfer window.
They say the moves are only authorised until the end of the season on June 30.
FIFA says the new measures were designed to facilitate the departure of foreign players and coaches from Russia should they wish to leave.

A top Russian diplomat has announced plans for another ceasefire in Ukraine, saying Moscow will open humanitarian corridors to let civilians in besieged Ukrainian cities evacuate in the direction of their choice.
Vassily Nebenzia’s announcement at the United Nations Security Council came after Ukraine rejected an earlier Russian plan that proposed evacuation routes mostly to Russia and its ally, Belarus.
Kyiv had called the earlier plan completely immoral.
Nebenzia, the Russian ambassador to the UN, says Russian forces will observe the new ceasefire at 10 am Moscow time on Tuesday and open humanitarian corridors leading away from the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mariupol.

Shell has pledged to stop buying oil from Russia as it apologised for its purchase of cheap Russian crude at the weekend.
The energy giant says it would close all its service stations in the country and stop all current work there.
Shell came under huge criticism at the weekend after it purchased a cargo of Russian crude at a discounted price.
The company says it will immediately stop purchasing Russian crude oil and will shut about 500 service stations there, as well as halt its aviation fuel and lubricant operations in the country.
The rest of the company's exit from Russian oil and gas is expected to take some time.

South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk is being urged on Twitter to provide his internet service to Eritrea after recently coming to the aid of Ukraine.
The SpaceX founder has donated Starlink dishes to Ukraine over fears internet access will be disrupted following Russia's invasion.
Using the hashtag #Starlink4Eritrea, those mainly in the diaspora have been saying that Eritrea has been isolated for two decades because of its lack of access to the internet.
The satellite also needs to communicate with a nearby ground station, or gateway, to supply the internet. In Ukraine’s case, there is a gateway in neighbouring Poland.

The Premier League is set to cancel its television broadcast contracts in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters last week said the current deal with Russia was under review due to the invasion.
Reports from Sky Sports and the Daily Telegraph claimed lawyers have been told to start the process of ending broadcast agreements with Russian partners.
The Russian television rights for the current Premier League season are owned by a company called Rambler and broadcast on streaming platform Okko.

Moroccan truck and taxi drivers are observing a three-day strike in protest at spiralling fuel costs as oil prices spike over Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Mounir Benazouz of the SNPTR truckers’ union says they are calling on the government to put a ceiling on fuel prices and the profit margins of distributors because the situation is becoming more and more critical.
He added that the strike could be extended unless the government responds.
The government of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch has for weeks been facing growing unrest over mounting living costs, with price hikes on fuel and other essential goods sparking demonstrations across the North African kingdom.

Authorities of the Nigeria Customs Service have finally announced the suspension of the implementation of the Vehicle Identification Number valuation policy recently introduced on imported used vehicles.
The policy which allows for importers to auto-generate tariffs on imported cars had led to weeks of demonstration and the shutdown of port activities by licensed Customs Agents, while the service insist on implementation led to the shutdown of port activities
The communique however says it has approved one month window to enable the clearing agents to clear the backlog of vehicles held up in the port as a result of the strike.
It further states that the VIN-valuation protocol is still in operation as reviews and updates are being captured in our system to reflect these adjustments.

Members of the House of Representatives have rescinded their decision on three bills earlier rejected in the process of the 1999 constitution amendment.
The bills are on indigenship, citizenship, and 35% affirmative action for women.
The bills will be recommended for consideration and will be part of the second batch of the constitutional amendment to be presented in a couple of months.
The women, under the aegis of Nigerian Women Groups last week protested against the action of the lawmakers after rejecting all bills relating to women.
The groups demand that the Federal lawmakers take another look at the requests for 111 seats for women, citizenship, 35% representation in party leadership, more appointive positions in government, and vote in favour of these amendments.