Tag: Ukraine
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Amid ASUU strike, FG facilitates admission for Ukraine returnees
Amid the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the federal government of Nigeria has said it is facilitating admission placement for returnees from Ukraine into Nigerian universities. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Francisca K. Omayuli (Mrs), Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs made this known in a statement on Monday.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Nigeria set to supply gas to Europe
With the ongoing war between two European countries, Russia and Ukraine, the president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that his nation is set to fill the natural gas gaps in Europe. The President made the announcement on Thursday in Lisbon, Portugal, where he is on a State Visit. Buhari said with over 200 million…
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British PM slams Putin after missile hits mall in Ukraine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned Vladimir Putin’s “cruelty and barbarism” after a missile strike on a shopping centre in Ukraine left scores feared dead. The prime minister said the attack, on the day Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the G7 summit, would strengthen the resolve of allies to resist Putin.
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War: Washington to support Ukraine with $450m in weapons
The U.S. States will send another 450 million dollars in military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems, to help fight back Russian progress in the war. John Kirby, a senior White House official said in the four months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, the U.S. has delivered or pledged weapons…
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EU leaders to set Ukraine, Moldova on path to membership
EU leaders are set to designate Ukraine and Moldova as official candidates for membership of the European Union (EU) at a two-day summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday. The highly symbolic move amid the Russian invasion came after months of lobbying from war-torn Ukraine and close neighbour, Moldova, to start the long process of…
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UKRAINE INVASION: Why Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective
U krainians have said they are ready to die for the European perspective, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy maintains that Ukraine has powerful support in Europe for joining the EU0:46. Ukraine may become a member of the European Union after the EU Commission proposed it as a candidate, the first step on a long road toward…
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Ukraine: World Bank predicts more Nigerians’ll plunge into extreme poverty
Again, a new report of the World Bank has predicted that more people in Nigeria and its Sub-Saharan neighbours are expected to plunge into extreme poverty. The report published in the World Bank newsletter titled, “Global Economic Prospects,” disclosed that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its effect on the commodity market, supply chains, inflation, and…
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There is such a thing as a bad peace – By Owei Lakemfa
I am not a pacifist. Not all who seek peace are pacifists. There is such a thing as a bad peace, which is the silencing of the gun even if the terms are not favourable. This is what the unforgettable Russian President Vladimir Illich Ulyanov, alias Lenin, in 1918 called a “shameful peace”. This is…
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RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: Putin warns West on arms
Following Western military supplies for Ukraine, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has warned that any deliveries of longer-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck. The Russian leader’s cryptic threat of military escalation did not specify what the new targets might be. It came days after the United States announced…
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Peace is costly, but far cheaper than war – By Owei Lakemfa
The European Council met this Monday, May 30, 2022 on the Ukrainian-Russian War, made the same old arguments, declarations, threats against those who do not support Ukraine, imposed additional sanctions on Russia, and returned to the comfort of their homes. Nothing in its 18-point long communiqué expressed sorrow or regret over the thousands of youths…