The Swedish Football Association’s board has decided that the Swedish men’s national team will not play a possible playoff match against Russia – regardless of where the match is played. The Federal Board also urges FIFA to cancel the play-off matches in March in which Russia participates. – The illegal …
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Missiles hit an oil facility near Kyiv and a gas pipeline in Kharkiv as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensifies. Russia has unleashed a wave of attacks on Ukraine, targeting fuel facilities and airfields in what appears to be the next phase of an invasion that has been slowed by fierce …
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Lolade Lawal’s life has been turned upside down in a way she never imagined. The third-year medical student from Nigeria is coming to terms with the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that started last week. “It is scary, very scary. I’m very worried. People are running for their lives. …
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers. The order means Putin has ordered Russia’s nuclear weapons …
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) cruised to victory at the Ngor Okpala State Constituency Bye Election which held across the Local Government Area, with an early lead that was sustained till close of voting. The election which started early hours of 26th February, experienced peaceful conduct across the various polling …
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Moscow and Kiev issue update on Ukrainian border guards reported killed The Ukrainian president earlier claimed that all defenders died in a fight with Russian forces. The Russian military has claimed that Ukrainian border guards, whom Ukraine initially declared entirely slain, survived, while Kiev’s military concurred that it might indeed …
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The United States, European Union and United Kingdom on Saturday agreed to block “selected’ Russian banks from the SWIFT global financial messaging system and to impose ”restrictive measures” on its central bank in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. The measures were announced jointly as part of a new round …
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The resources available to various terror rings is enough to destabilise the country, Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i said yesterday, The Nation reports. He believes the nature of terrorism in the Northwest is far more vicious than the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast. The governor spoke at the weekly …
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More than 3,000 people protesting the war in Ukraine have been arrested in Russia, as the demonstrations in Moscow and St Petersburg grew violent again on Saturday evening. The number of people detained, reported by AFP, is as of Thursday, the second day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Protests against …
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PRESIDENT BUHARI ARRIVES PARIS FOR 2-weeks OFFICIAL VISIT, PEACE FORUM President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday evening arrived in Paris, French capital, for a two-weeks official visit as guest of President Emmanuel Macron at Palais de l’Élysée, and will afterwards attend the three-day Paris Peace Forum (PPF), March 11-13, 2022. The President’s …
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