Beyond the Headlines
Premier League captains will wear armbands in Ukraine’s national colours this weekend to show support for the war-torn country after Russia’s invasion. All 20 skippers in the English top flight will don the yellow and blue armbands for this round of fixtures. Fans will be encouraged to join players, managers, match officials and club […]
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that “demands” Russia “immediately” withdraw from Ukraine, in a powerful rebuke of Moscow’s invasion by a vast majority of the world’s nations. After more than two days of extraordinary debate which saw the Ukrainian ambassador accuse Russia of genocide, 141 out of 193 member […]
Russia said Wednesday that 498 Russian troops had been killed in Ukraine, its first announced death toll since President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of the country last week. “Four hundred and ninety-eight Russian servicemen have died in the line of duty,” defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement broadcast on state […]
Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov resigned on Wednesday from the supervisory board of the world’s largest tourism operator TUI after he was hit by EU sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Mordashov, a major shareholder in TUI, has resigned “with immediate effect”, the German group said in a statement. “The aim of the EU sanctions […]
Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich is reportedly looking to offload the club and completely exit the UK economy to avoid possible sanctions for suspected ties with the Russian government. Abramovich reportedly has close ties with Vladimir Putin led Russian government that recently began the invasion of Ukraine that has claimed the lives of a slew […]
The three biggest container shipping groups in the world announced Tuesday that they were suspending non-essential deliveries to Russia, adding to the country’s economic isolation following a raft of sanctions by the West. Danish shipping giant Maersk, Switzerland-based MSC, and France’s CMA CGM all announced that they would no longer take bookings for goods […]
Russia has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its forces have taken control of the territory around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said Wednesday. Grossi said in a statement that Russian diplomats in Vienna told the IAEA that personnel at the Zaporizhzhia plant — Ukraine’s largest nuclear […]
At least 2,000 civilians have died since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the Ukrainian state emergency service says. In a Facebook post, the state emergency service stated that about ten emergency responders were among the dead. Earlier, the UN had previously spoken of 142 civilian deaths. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a long-feared invasion […]
Zubairu Dada, minister of state for foreign affairs, says the federal government expects that no harm will befall Nigerians that are stuck in Ukraine. Amid the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, thousands of foreigners have been making frantic efforts to flee to neighbouring countries. There have also been complaints of Ukrainian soldiers and […]
The Federal Executive Council Wednesday in Abuja approved $8.5m (N3,535,150,000.00) to facilitate the immediate evacuation of 5,000 Nigerians from Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Zubairu Dada, disclosed this to State House Correspondents shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice President […]
