Russia’s media watchdog said Friday it had restricted access to the BBC and other independent media websites, tightening controls over the internet more than one week after Russia invaded Ukraine. Access to websites of the BBC, the independent news website Meduza, German broadcaster Deutsche
The Ukrainian embassy in Berlin has asked the German government for further weapons’ deliveries to help fend off the Russian invasion. Since the conflict began, the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz reversed years of highly restrictive arms export policies and allowed direct weapons
Nigerians Stranded In UKrainne Harrold Ikwueze:Punch,Nigeria Rachel Onyegbule was my second daughter’s classmate at the Salem Academy here in Lugbe, Abuja until 2020 when they graduated and parted ways. Two of them shared great dreams of becoming medical doctors. Due to university admission
MTN has said it will offer free international calls and short message service (SMS) to prepaid and postpaid customers affected by the Ukraine crisis. Its CEO, Karl Toriola, in a statement, said the offer is aimed at supporting customers to stay in touch
Vladimir Putin Greg Odogwu:The Punch,Nigeria Let no one harbour any illusions about the intentions of Russian President Vladimir Putin. No matter how the fear of the unknown nudges us into shying away from reality, he is a man on a global imperialistic mission
Nigeria’s D’Tigress have been drawn against France, Australia, Canada, Japan and Serbia in Group D of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup campaign. The tournament is expected to hold in Sydney, Australia in September. Details later…
Vladimir Putin President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela criticized the barrage of Western sanctions slapped on Russia, bucking the global chorus of condemnation of its invasion of Ukraine. “What they are doing against the Russian people is a crime, an economic war,” Maduro said
Delegates vote at the UN General Assembly Emergency session in New York. Photo: AFP • Embassy sends Nigerian volunteer fighters’ list to Ukraine Nigeria on Wednesday sided with 140 countries to demand the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. The United Nations
Vladimir Putin 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
The Ukrainian border authorities said that more than 60 Ukrainian men attempting to cross the border illegally into Moldova have been arrested. The men had tried to leave the country via the Dniester River, the authorities announced on Wednesday. They were immediately handed
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