•Smoke billows from a site in the city of Haifa following a fresh barrage of Iranian missiles yesterday Russia said yesterday it had evacuated several of its citizens from Iran and halted activity at its Tehran consulate after Israeli attacks on the country sparked retaliatory missile fire towards Israel. “Due to the current situation, the [&h...
•Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump yesterday that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of peace talks with Kyiv after June 22, once the warring sides complete exchanging prisoners and soldiers’ bodies. Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile did not mention whether Ukr...
•Amb. Andrey Podelyshev The Government of Russia has promised to offer not less than 500,000 scholarships to international students, including Nigerians to study in the country. Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Andrey Podelyshev, disclosed this while briefing newsmen last night in Abuja, on the sidelines of the embassy’s preparation to commemora...
•Presidents Putin (Russia), Trump (USA) and Zelenskyy (Ukraine) Russia fired a record 479 drones at Ukraine in an overnight aerial barrage, Kyiv’s air force said today, the latest massive attack as Moscow rejects calls for a ceasefire. The attack caused damage in several Ukrainian regions, though there were no reports of people killed or mass...
•FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike Thirty-four embassies in Abuja risk being closed down by the Federal Capital Territory Administration over unpaid ground rents spanning 11 years. It was however learnt that the opposition Peoples Democratic, Federal Inland Revenue Service and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, who were...
•Tolu Arokodare Russia and Nigeria played to a 1-1 draw in their international friendly yesterday, with both teams displaying determination and flashes of brilliance throughout the match. Russia opened the scoring in the 27th minute when Nigerian defender Semi Ajayi accidentally turned the ball into his own net, reports Channels TV. The Super ...
•Russian President Vladimir Puti and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine and Russia agreed another large-scale prisoner exchange at talks in Istanbul today, but failed to make a breakthrough on an immediate halt to the fighting. At the second round of direct talks between the warring sides, Ukraine said Moscow had rejected its call ...
•Zelensky, Trump and Putin Russian and Ukrainian officials will meet today in Istanbul to exchange their plans on how to end the three-year war, Europe’s largest conflict since World War II, after Kyiv said it carried out one of its most successful attacks, hitting bombers parked at airbases deep inside Russia. Urged on by US […]
•Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and Volodymyr Zelensky US President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “crazy” yesterday after Moscow launched a deadly barrage of drones against Ukraine, even as the warring countries completed a large-scale prisoner exchange. At least 13 people were killed when Russia launched a record n...
•Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (C), Turkish Intelligence Organisation Director Ibrahim Kalin (2nd L), attend a meeting for Ukraine-Russia peace talks at the Turkish Presidential office Dolmabahce, in Istanbul The first direct talks between Ukraine and Russia on ending their war in more than three years started on Friday in Istanbul, wi...

