Tag: Ukraine
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Mr. Putin is Nearby – By Chidi Amuta
The Group is reportedly also in cahoots with cells of the Russian Mafia. In the raging Ukraine invasion, for instance, a contingent of 400 mercenaries from the Wagner Group were dispatched to infiltrate into Kyiv for the sole aim of assassinating President Zelensky. Ukrainian intelligence uncovered the plot and it has been frustrated so far.
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Ukraine has lost about 1,300 troops as of Saturday- Zelensky
Russia has succeeded in whipping out some small towns
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Second batch of Nigerian evacuees from Poland arrive Abuja
Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine via Poland The second flight from Poland with 123 persons, including an infant on board Air Peace, landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Intl. Airport Friday at about 1:20 a.m. local time. They were received by the Head, Technology Transfer and Innovation at the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Terab Abdulrahman and officials…
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Ukraine-Russia crisis to complicate Africa economy – IMF
Ms Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the war in Ukraine can have a devastating blow for Africa.
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Ukraine war: Russia threatens to nationalise foreign companies
Western businesses leaving Russia due to the war may have their companies and production facilities confiscated by the Russian state, according to Moscow.
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Disaster looms over Europe unless Russia withdraws forces now – Ukraine warns
Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba, has insisted that Russia must immediately withdraw forces from Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) to avert a disaster in Europe. Kuleba gave the warning today after meeting with the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, in Turkey to discuss ways of ensuring safety…
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Russia, Ukraine foreign ministers meet as war enters 3rd week
Russia’s war in Ukraine entered the third week on Thursday with none of its stated objectives reached. This is even as thousands of people have been killed, more than two million made refugees, and thousands cowering in besieged cities under relentless bombardment. The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine met on Thursday in Turkey, the…
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Ukraine invasion: Neighbouring countries struggle with refugees’ influx
UN humanitarians have warned that the exodus of millions of Ukrainians from their country following the Russian invasion could overwhelm neighbouring countries.
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Sense and nonsense in Nigeria voting against Russia – By Owei Lakemfa
The unfolding tragedy in the Ukraine’s war with Russia deserves the universal attention it is receiving. Where better to discuss it than the United Nations, UN? Where best in the UN than the Security Council which has all the powers of the world body, has teeth and can bite. But when the matter was discussed…
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War has no respect for telecoms or broadcasting – By Okoh Aihe
War is no war game. It is not reality TV or the world of make-believe. It is no time for make-up, pyrotechnics or stunting. What you see is what it is. Reality. Death. Disaster. And destruction in the extreme and very extensive.