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Factors that stoke runaway inflation in Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka Rising insecurity at fishing hubs in the northern parts of the country is compounded by Ukrainian export holdup and rising petrol prices to push Nigeria’s inflation to pre-2005 highs, amplifying how Putin’s war decisions aggravated Buhari’s bad policies…
Danger looms as Ukraine nuclear plant is `out of control’
The U.N. nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to visit the sprawling complex to stabilize the situation…
Russia’s war in Ukraine gets bloodier with 75,000 Russian casualties
More than 75,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured since the Kremlin launched its brutal war on Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to U.S. intelligence. Speaking to CNN, Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin said the estimate was revealed during a…
How Asian customers win the oil game prize
Russia, Saudi Arabia, EU are losers Sopuruchi Onwuka Asian countries, mainly India and China, have become the prize winners in the ongoing trade sanction spat between the industrialized economies of Europe and world’s third biggest oil producer and war monger,…
Ukraine gets more Western support as Russia hits hard
Britain will host talks on rebuilding key infrastructure in Kyiv on Friday, a day after the leaders of Germany, France and Italy visited Ukraine and offered it the hope of EU membership as it battles a ferocious Russian offensive in…
Biden slams Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for ignoring invasion warnings
President of the United States, Joe Biden, has for the first time lambasted President Volodymir Zelenskyy of Ukraine for ignoring repeated warnings of Russia’s plans to invade the country until it happened on February 24. According to local American media…
Russia unleashes deadlier weapons against Ukraine
Ukrainian and British officials warned Saturday that Russian forces are relying on weapons able to cause mass casualties as they try to make headway in capturing eastern Ukraine and fierce, prolonged fighting depletes resources on both sides. Russian bombers have…
Russia sets up company to sell Ukraine’s grain
Russian-installed officials in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region have set up a company to buy up local grain and resell it on Moscow’s behalf, a local representative told the Interfax news agency on Saturday. Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of Zaporizhzhia’s pro-Russian…
Ukraine War: 1.6 bn people plunged into food crisis
Some 1.6 billion people or 20 percent of the world’s 8.0 billion population are severely impacted by the fallouts of the ongoing war ignited by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Out of the number, about 1.2 billion people around the globe…
Ukraine, Russia exchange 320 bodies of dead soldiers
*Russia bombs 113 churches Ukraine and Russia have held an exchange of the bodies of soldiers who have fallen in battle; 160 soldiers were exchanged on each side. Ministry for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine said:…
