Talks fail, war continues By Victor Ahiuma-Young, Lawani Mikairu, Victoria Ojeme & Ezra Ukanwa (with  additional agency report) A Ukrainian negotiator yesterday said that a second round of talks with Russia is over but it didn’t deliver any results that Ukraine needed. “The second round of negotiations is over. Unfortunately, the results Ukraine needs are not […]

Belarusian political expert Yury Voskresensky said on Thursday the first round of Ukraine-Russia dialogue aimed at ending the fight between Moscow and its neighbour ended with no immediate agreements.

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor MTN has brought its humanitarian side to bear on its subscribers affected by the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war by giving them free credits and short message services, SMS.The tech company, announced today, it will be offering free international calls and SMS to all existing prepaid and postpaid customers, effective immediately. This […]

A member of Ukraine’s delegation in talks with Russia says the parties have reached a tentative agreement to organize safe corridors for civilians to evacuate and for humanitarian supplies to be delivered, AP reported. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who took part in Thursday’s talks in Belarus near the Polish border, […]

Russia has decided to stop supplying rocket engines to the United States in retaliation for its sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the state space agency Roscosmos, said on Thursday. “In a situation like this we can’t supply the United States with our world’s best rocket engines. Let them fly on something […]

….commends FG’s effort to evacuate stranded Nigerians … Nigerian evacuees to arrive Nigeria March 3,2022- FG By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA- AS Russia invasion takes new dimension in Ukraine, a Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Mother United and Mobilization, MUM, Wednesday, sort collaboration with the Federal Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on having accurate and […]

Former Nigeria Ambassador to Japan, Professor Gana Yisa, has urged the federal government to ensure that every Nigerian in war-ridden Ukraine is brought back to the country, and not to restrict evacuation to students alone.

At least 2,000 civilians have died since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the Ukrainian state emergency service says. Ten emergency responders were among the dead, it said in a Facebook post. The UN had previously spoken of 142 civilian deaths. READ ALSO: Ukraine: Russia bans outflow of foreign currencies Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree introducing temporary economic measures to ensure the country’s financial stability, the Kremlin announced. These measures will be taken in response to anti-Russian sanctions by the United States, other countries and international organizations, according to the decree. Among the measures, Russia will ban the outflow of foreign currencies in […]

Russia has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its forces have taken control of the territory around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said Wednesday. Grossi said in a statement that Russian diplomats in Vienna told the IAEA that personnel at the Zaporizhzhia plant — Ukraine’s largest nuclear […]