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RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces have destroyed six command posts of Ukrainian troops in the Kherson and Kharkov regions, as well as in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a briefing on Sunday. "Six command posts of the enemy were destroyed in the area of the settlements of Sadovoye, Dudchany and Zolotaya Balka in the Kherson region, Yampol in the DPR as well as Kislovka in the Kharkov region," along with 62 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 137 regions," the spokesman said. Аttack in DPR The Russian Armed Forces have foiled the…
The number of inmates in the various custodial centres across the country rose by 18,805 between 2015 and 2022, a document by the Ministry of Interior has shown. The report titled, ‘A documentation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration scorecard (2015–2023)’, shows that in 2015, there were 56,704 inmates, but so far in 2022, the figure has increased to 75,509. The report states that out of this figure, 52,710 inmates, representing 69.8 per cent, were awaiting trial. The figure comprised 51,481 males and 1,229 females. Similarly, it noted that 3,145 inmates, comprising 3,084 males and 61 females, were on death row.…
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has directed selected passport offices across the country to work on Saturdays in order to clear backlog of passport applications. The NIS said this on Saturday in a statement by Tony Akuneme, its public relations officer. Akuneme said Isa Jere, comptroller-general, gave the directive to enable the service reduce the backlog ocassioned by the 2020 and 2021 prolonged lockdown due to the Covid pandemic. “The C-G has directed that passport offices across the country with high volume of pending applications to work on Saturdays,” the statement reads. “The period for this exercise is expected to be…
Anambra State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, Blessed Iruma, has said that 63 per cent of teachers in the state are corps members. Iruma disclosed this on Saturday, during the 2022 corps employers workshop in Awka. This is contrary to the claims that the state government had approved the employment of no fewer than 5,000 teachers for both primary and secondary schools in the state. However, Iruma who disclosed the corps members’ strength, called on employers in the state to prioritise their welfare in workplaces by giving attention to their safety and comfort at all times. She said…
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Heavy snowfall was expected in Kyiv starting on Sunday, with temperatures dropping below freezing day and night, while millions of people who still live in and around the Ukrainian capital remain with little electricity and heat. Grid operator Ukrenergo said on Saturday that electricity producers were able to cover only three-quarters of consumption needs, necessitating restrictions and blackouts across the country. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that there are restrictions on the use of electricity in 14 out of Ukraine's 27 regions and in Kyiv, for "more than 100,000" customers in each of the regions. "If consumption increases in…
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE The Donbass republics should probably have rejoined Russia sooner, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the mothers of troops involved in the military operation in Ukraine on Friday. In such a case, fewer lives might have been lost, the president stressed. “There might not have been so many casualties among civilians, there would not be so many children killed,” the Russian leader suggested. He maintained, however, that back in 2014, Russia did not have a full understanding of the situation in Donbass or of the true sentiments of the locals. “[We] believed that we might…
Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.25 percent year-on-year in Q3 2022, down from 3.54 percent in Q2. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this in its latest GDP report for the third quarter of 2022. The slow growth was due to the country’s low oil production, as output slumped to 1.20 million barrels per day. According to the NBS, the slow growth is attributable to the base effects of the recession and the challenging economic conditions that have impeded productive activities. On a year-on-year basis, NBS said the third quarter of 2022 growth rate decreased by 1.78 percent…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, inaugurated a boulevard named after him in Niger Republic. The boulevard is said to be 3.8km in length and 160m wide. Also present at the event were Mohammed Bazoum, president of Niger Republic; Bashir Magashi, Nigeria’s minister of defence; and Mohammed Indimi, chairman, Oriental Energy. The Cable
National Agency for the Control of AIDS says 1,619,133 of the 1.9 million Nigerians living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus are now on treatment. The NACA Director-General, Gambo Aliyu, made this known at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja in commemoration of the World AIDS Day, themed, ‘Equalise to End AIDS: Equal Access to Treatment and Prevention Services.’ Aliyu said this year’s WAD seeks to promote equal access across among the vulnerable and affected population groups by removing economic, social, cultural, and legal barriers to HIV prevention services. HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system, and…
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE An American-made anti-radar missile, which had been supplied to Kiev by the US, hit a residential building in Ukraine in September, injuring three people, the New York Times has reported. The strike with an AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) occurred in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kramatorsk in the east of the country on September 26, the paper wrote on Thursday. The missile, which had reportedly been fired by a Ukrainian jet, was likely off-target and may have malfunctioned as it hit the top floor of a five-story residential building. It struck an abandoned apartment, but three people…
November 25, 2024

From zero to $10 billion annual transactions: How Jiji became one of Nigeria’s e-commerce leaders

When Jiji launched in 2014, it entered a competitive e-commerce market in Nigeria, joining the…
November 24, 2024

PDP governors urge Tinubu to review economic policies amid rising hardship

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have called on President…
November 24, 2024

Older adults opened up about things they ‘took for granted’ in their 20s and 30s

Last month, we wrote a post where older adults from the BuzzFeed Community shared things…
November 16, 2024

Influencer eats pig feed in extreme attempt to save money

Popular Douyin streamer Kong Yufeng recently sparked controversy in China by eating pig feed on…
November 22, 2024

FG excited as pro-Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa arrested in Finland on terrorism charges

Simon Ekpa, the controversial leader of the pro-Biafra faction Autopilot, was arrested by Finnish authorities…
November 25, 2024

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 416

Hezbollah rockets land near Tel Aviv after large Israeli strike on Beirut Lebanon's Hezbollah movement…
November 21, 2024

Nigeria comes top in instant payment system inclusivity index in Africa

Nigeria’s instant payment system is projected to advance to the maturity inclusion spectrum ahead of…
October 27, 2024

Nigeria awarded 3-0 win over Libya after airport fiasco

Nigeria have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Libya, and three vital points, from their…

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