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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said that any proposed increase in allowances and salaries by the Academic Staff Union of Universities that is not in sync with the National Salaries and Wages Commission will not scale through. The minister also advised the union to work …

Over 650 Russian scientists and science journalists have signed an open letter calling Russia’s war against Ukraine “unfair and senseless” and stating that there is no “rational justification” for the invasion, which began in the early hours of 24 February. The Kremlin’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine …

US president Joe Biden has signed an order to provide up to $600m (£448m) in “immediate military assistance’’ to Ukraine, as Russia wages war against the country. Ukraine is under Russian invasion for the third day on Saturday, with no signs of talks between Moscow and Kyiv to resolve the …

Russia vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Friday that would have deplored Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, while China abstained from the vote – a move Western countries view as a win for showing Russia’s international isolation. The United Arab Emirates and India also abstained from the vote on …

President Putin announcing the military attack on Ukraine in a pre-recorded TV address. Chechen special forces ‘hunters’ praying before reportedly given a ‘deck of cards’ that specified which Ukrainian officials to kill or capture. There is allegedly an ‘order to kill’ if those on the wanted list cannot be detained. …

Russian vigilante hacker: ‘I want to help beat Ukraine from my computer’ Ukraine’s cyber-security defence says the country is under continual attack “This site can’t be reached.” That was the message greeting visitors to dozens of Ukrainian websites on Wednesday afternoon. From 16:00 local time webpages for banks and government …

The US, EU and UK have ordered personal sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the invasion of Ukraine. The men’s assets in their territories will be frozen and, in the case of the US, a travel ban will also be imposed. The announcement …

Russian missiles and shelling rained down on Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale invasion. A damaged residential building in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. [Umit Bektas/Reuters] A destroyed apartment in a residential building in Kyiv. [Umit Bektas/Reuters] Loud blasts have been heard in central Kyiv as Russian troops pushed …

Thursday evening, the Anonymous collective declared a cyberwar against Russia as Putin’s forces closed in on the Ukrainian capital. And it looks like they were serious. On Friday evening, Anonymous claimed they managed to breach the database belonging to the Russian Ministry of Defence. Anonymous posted the database online and …

The Osun State governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress has come and gone, but not without the usual grumbles from perceived losers, The gladiators were threatening fire and brimstone just days before the last Saturday’s Osun All Progressives Congress governorship primary. Many indigenes living outside the state had called …