Russian forces are still about 25 kilometers (more than 15 miles) outside of the city center of Kyiv in the north, and Russian forces remain 10 kilometers (about 6 miles) outside of the city centers of Chernihiv and Kharkiv in the north, a senior US defense official told reporters on Friday. In Kharkiv and Chernihiv,…
Ukrainians in Odessa, a city on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, formed a human chain to fill sandbags in preparation of a possible Russian attack. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh showed the chain of mainly young men who were passing down the sandbags to be placed into trucks and brought to the center of the…
Russian troops have occupied Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, after fierce fighting near the Ukrainian facility that drew international condemnation and sparked fears of a potential nuclear incident. Those concerns were quickly downplayed by experts, who warned against comparisons with the plant at Chernobyl, where the world’s worst nuclear disaster occurred in 1986. Modern plants…
The “vast majority” of a $350 million US security assistance package has been delivered to Ukraine, a senior defense official said, one week after it was officially approved by the White House. Approximately $240 million of the package has reached Ukraine, and the rest should arrive within days and maybe weeks “but not longer,” the…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Snakes are generally seen as dangerous reptiles, but in Machina Emirate, Yobe State, they are revered. Here, it is believed that royal blood runs in their veins. In fact, they consistently pay homage to the Mai Machinama palace, where their ancestor was born, together with one of their ancestral…
One of Nigeria’s leading airlines, Dana Air has admitted its shortcomings and had taken time to apologise to its teeming customers for the carrier’s recent failure to deliver quality services. Dana’s Deputy CEO, Sukhjinder Mann said since the commencement of its flight services, adding that their commitment had always been centered on offering reliable air…
……Says company remains safe, financially stable\ Caverton Helicopters has cleared air on some allegations the company said were peddled about it in some publications recently. The airline in a statement said though it is not in its character to blow its own trumpets, but, it could prove with incontrovertible evidence that it is committed to…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide OtitojuLagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project has created 12,350 jobs across all its activities and empowered 17,469 direct and indirect beneficiaries, which included farmers and SMEs with improved technologies, physical inputs, job creation and infrastructural support, among others. The Project has also contributed N333.9 million…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju The Lagos State Government under the aegis of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency and the Office of Education Quality Assurance has commenced implementation of the State’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Programme. The one-day sensitization program, which was held on the 28th of February, 2022 at Adeyemi…
