Three-quarters of Russians trusted President Vladimir Putin and 76 per cent assess his professional performance positively, a poll conducted by Russia’s Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) showed on Friday. Asking about their assessment of Putin’s professional performance, 76 per cent of respondents said he was doing rather well, 13 per...
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Many Russian tanks have been destroyed by the Ukrainian army after they ambushed a convoy of Russian tanks heading toward the capital. The convoy was ambushed with precision artillery just as it passed through a small residential stretch of a paved four-lane road 25 kilometres from downtown Kyiv. Tanks...
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday that Western penalties against Moscow for its military incursion in Ukraine would destabilise the global energy and food markets and vowed the country would emerge stronger from the crisis. Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine that began on February 24 has triggered unprecedented...
No fewer than 71 children have been killed in Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war on February 24, a Ukrainian parliament official said on Thursday. “From the start of the Russian invasion and up to 11:00 am (0900 GMT) on March 10, 71 children have been...
Civilians in Ukraine are allowed to open fire on troops identifiable as hostile forces under a new law that went into effect this week, Ukrainian media reports. According to the law, which went into effect on Monday, foreigners and the stateless living legally in the country can also obtain...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Nigeria and other countries that have very close economic links with Ukraine and Russia are at risk of scarcity and supply disruptions. It added that poor households across the world would suffer from the increase in food and...
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he’s not afraid and will not hide from anyone. He made the statement while revealing that he’s in the Ukrainian capital Kiev in spite of the ongoing fighting there. Zelensky, in a video message, said he would not hide and wasn’t afraid of...
A former Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych has told Volodymyr Zelensky to surrender to Russia. The message by Yanukovych, considered to be extremely corrupt and currently living in exile in Russia after being sentenced to 13 years in prison for corruption was circulated by Russian state agency Ria Novosti on...
The third batch of Nigerians stranded in Ukraine arrived the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja at 11:50pm local time from Budapest, Hungary aboard Air Peace. This is according to a statement issued by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission’s (NiDCOM) Twitter handles: @NigeriaGov @abikedabiri @toluogunlesi #NigeriansInUkraine #Ukraine https://t.co/wOL5Opo4jc. Recalled that...
A little Nigerian boy has left people stunned after he was spotted weeping profusely over the ongoing Russian invasion When quizzed by a lady, the lad expressed fear of Russia sending bombs to destroy Nigeria, stressing that no one will survive it His response got the lady amused but...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine stretched into its sixth day Tuesday, as a massive armored convoy advanced toward the capital, Kyiv, and major cities were hit by more heavy shelling. In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, video captured a deadly explosion at the regional state administration building that left at least...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he expects the Russian army will storm Kiev overnight, and called on the public to defend the capital. “The fate of the country is being decided right now,” he said in a video message on his Telegram channel. “The enemy will use all its...
Ukraine’s president said Friday his country had been left on its own to fight Russia after the Kremlin launched a large-scale invasion that killed 130 Ukrainians on the first day. “We have been left alone to defend our state,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address to the nation...
The Federal Government is planning a special flight operation to evacuate Nigerians from Ukraine amid the escalating crisis in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this in Abuja on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin had announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon...
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to direct the war effort from the front lines, state-affiliated media reported. PM Ahmed had on Tuesday vowed to lead his country’s army ‘from the battlefront’ after Tigray rebels threatened to march on Addis Ababa. Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen Hassen will...