Tag: Russian President Vladimir Putin
Kremlin Says Putin Won’t Attend Prigozhin’s Funeral
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will not go to the funeral of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died last week...
Putin Gives Final Approval To Ukraine Annexation Plan Amid Retreats
Kyiv, - Russian President Vladimir Putin formalised the annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Wednesday amid major battlefield reversals in...
Russia claims responsibility for Ukrainian train station strike
By EMMANUEL YASHIM
KIEV- Russia’s Defence Ministry has confirmed that its forces were behind Wednesday’s missile strike on a railway station in central Ukraine that...
Russia to mark Soviet WW2 victory as Ukraine decries school bombing
By EMMANUEL YASHIM
Zaporizhzhia- Kremlin forces bombed a village school in eastern Ukraine killing about 60 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said,.The bombing occurred as Russia prepared...
Sanctions: Nigeria buys emergency Canadian potash to replace lost Russian supply
By JULIA PAyne
LAGOS - Nigeria had to buy emergency supplies of Canadian potash in April after the country was unable to import the key...
Coca-Cola Africa’s $3bn IPO delayed by Ukraine crisis
By PROMIT MUKHERJEE and EMMA RUMNEY
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Coca-Cola's estimated $3 billion initial public offering (IPO) for its African bottling unit will likely...
The bitter truth about Nigerians, By Femi Fani-Kayode
Permit me to begin this contribution by saying that I am proud of being a Nigerian and that I would have it no other...
The Wagner Group, Blackwater, Wonger coup and the shadowy world of...
When in 2014, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian businessman got the blessing of his friend, President Vladimir Putin to form a network of military mercenaries...
Russia: Know the truth and let it set you free; By...
If you insist on talking or writing about the war in the Ukraine kindly get your facts right and do not repeat the one-sided,...
Ukraine’s Zelensky and lessons for Nigerian leaders, By Dakuku Peterside
Leadership can come from anyone, anywhere, anytime, but this skill and attribute crucial in moving an organisation or nation forward is in short supply...
Russia will stop military operations immediately if … — Putin’s aide,...
Russia will immediately stop its military operations if the Ukrainian authorities amend their country’s constitution to abandon their ambition to enter “any bloc,” and...
The Ukraine/Russia War and Nigerian youths, By Kazeem Akintunde
The response from the Federal Government this time around was fast and immediate. Perhaps owing to the fact that majority of the victims are...
Ukraine begs for warplanes and other military aid
Ukraine on Saturday urged the West to amp up military assistance to the besieged country, including warplanes, as Russian President Vladimir Putin escalated warnings...
Ukrainian soldiers threatened to shoot us — Nigerian students, commend FG’s...
ABUJA - Some Nigerian students studying in Ukraine have complained that they were threatened with guns by Ukrainian soldiers as they struggled to escape...
Russian attack sparks fire around Ukrainian nuclear plant
LVIV, Ukraine, March 4 (Reuters) - A fire broke out in a training building at the largest nuclear power plant in Europe during intense...
Putin’s love for the Russian Roulette, By Osmund Agbo 
It was nerve racking for a 37-year-old lieutenant colonel Vladimir Putin as he watched angry crowds overrun the sprawling Stasi compound, the inner sanctum...
US President, Biden Invites Buhari, 39 Other Leaders To Climate Change...
Joe Biden, the United States President, has invited Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari and 39 other world leaders to a virtual summit to galvanise efforts...
Win or lose, with Trump, prepare for the unimaginable after the...
After four long years of chaos and lies from the Trump administration, it's time to prepare for the worst, even as we hope for...
Putin calls for space peace treaty, offers coronavirus vaccine to UN
Moscow - Speaking to the United Nations via video link Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for an international treaty to prohibit weapons...
Russia’s Putin holds trust of 58% of country’s citizens – Poll
Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently trusted by 58 per cent of the country’s citizens, a fresh poll by Russia’s Public...