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The Ukrainian president says Kiev has been left to fend for itself as NATO is “afraid” to give it any guarantees Accusing the West of leaving Ukraine to face Moscow alone, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday he was not afraid to negotiate an end to the Russian “invasion,” but …

Ukrainian women in second city Kharkiv — just 20 miles from tyrannical Vladimir Putin’s vast invasion force — have been stunned by a salvo of admirers in uniform. Hunky Russian troops called Andrei, Alexander, Gregory, Michail and a bearded Chechen fighter nicknamed “Black” were among dozens whose profiles popped up. And they …

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The President assented to the bill at past midday on Friday at a brief ceremony held at the Council Chamber of the Aso Villa in Abuja. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed …

Priti Patel today announced Ukrainians who have work, study or visiting visas in the UK will have their stays extended to ensure they are not forced to go home amid the Russian invasion. The Home Secretary said the visa concession will ‘provide certainty to our Ukrainian friends and colleagues living, working …

Following the notification received from the Federal Ministry of Works on the commencement of comprehensive repair works on Eko Bridge (Alaka-Apongbon), LASG has released a diversion plan covering the six-month duration of the project from Saturday, 5th of March, 2022. A statement signed by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, @dr_oladeinde, …

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu stated on Thursday that the creation of the State Security Network, Amotekun Corps, benefited the state and other key security organisations. Akeredolu, who stated that Amotekun was not established to compete with other security agencies, advocated for collaboration and synergy among sister agencies and the …

  Demonstrators take to the streets in London, Tokyo, Paris and many other cities to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Lebanese and Ukrainians living in Lebanon carry placards during a protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, near the Russian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters] A demonstrator holds a European …

Newly created third force movement, The National Movement (TNM), on Thursday said it is waiting to harvest massive defectors from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the conduct of their presidential, governorship and other primaries. Speaking to Daily Independent, a prominent senator from …

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has hit President Muhammadu Buhari on his recent comment that Nigerians would have been trekking from Lagos to Ibadan, a journey of more than 150 kilometres, if not for his intervention in the provision of road infrastructure, including rail system Buhari had on Tuesday said …

PARIS, Feb 24 (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, when making threats about using nuclear weapons, needs to understand that NATO, too, is a nuclear alliance, but he ruled out NATO-led military intervention to defend Ukraine. Asked whether Putin’s threat of “such consequences that you …