The Federal Government has brough back one hundred and twenty-three more Nigerians who fled Ukraine amid the invasion of that country by Russia. The plane carrying the returnees from Warsaw in Poland torched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 1:20am today. Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency and that of other…
Thousands of residents from the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy were successfully evacuated after Russia agreed to suspend attacks and open evacuation corridors. Evacuations began on Tuesday morning, with buses heading towards the city of Poltava, further south and away from the front lines. The Deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko said about 5,000…
World leaders are accusing Russia of endangering the safety of an entire continent after its forces attacked a nuclear power plant and sparked a fire. A fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after it was attacked by Russia. Ukraine’s Emergency Services managed to extinguish the fire, which broke out at a building outside the plant’s…
The first batch of Nigerians evacuated from Ukraine have arrived in Abuja. The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri disclosed this in a tweet. Dabiri revealed that the passengers, numbering 416 from Romania, landed at the private jet terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 7:10 am today. The evacuees are mostly…
The Federal Government has approved eight point five million US dollars for the evacuation of Nigerians from Ukraine. The money was approved by the Federal Executive Council during its weekly meeting at the State House in Abuja, which was chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, said two local…
The International Court of Justice has fixed March 7, 2022 to begin hearing on allegations of genocide in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ICJ, which is an organ of the United Nations and sits in The Hague, Netherlands, is to investigate complaint lodged by Ukraine against Russia. In a statement; the ICJ said the hearings will…