Tag: Ukraine Crisis
Unpacking the conflagration in Central Africa (2): The Congo wars, By...
Since the Russo-Ukrainian War began in February this year, thousands have worked into their early graves. A much larger number of people have also...
Buhari pledges ”better life” for Nigerian judges.
By ISMAILA CHAFE
ABUJA- President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of the week, expressed reservations over the degenerated welfare and working conditions of the nation’s...
GSM: Telecom operators plan 40% tariff increase
ABUJA - Telecommunication companies are proposing a 40 per cent increase in the cost of calls, SMS, and data to the Nigerian Communications Commission...
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...
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...
Ukraine: Is Zelenskyy a hero or is he deluded? By Femi...
I deplore and condemn the barbaric killings and vicious barbarism that has been unleashed against a mainly defenceless and helpless civilian population in the...
Life in Nigeria as a dress rehearsal for hell, By Osmund...
As Ukrainian cities are buffeted by Russian tanks, the west are tightening the noose around the neck of Kremlin. The goal is to send...
Ukraine’s tears and Nigerian victims, By Lasisi Olagunju
Ken Saro Wiwa’s Sozaboy (soldier boy) looks around. He sees inside one pit the head of a soldier, and in another pit the leg...
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...
‘I’ve run out of tears’: Ukrainian mother flees but vows to...
Yulia Yanchar hopes that she and her family will return to the new home they were forced to abandon on Saturday as war came...
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...
Africa and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, By Azu Ishiekwene
War is messy and never fails to spread responsive misery. When Adolf Hitler asked for safe passage to East Prussia through the Polish corridor...
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...
Ukraine Crisis: Russian Currency Falls to An All-Time Low After Latest...
Russia's currency has suffered 30% plunge against the dollar after the country was hit by harsher sanctions.
The ruble plunged to an all-time low against...