Tag: UKRAINE
Accepting grains from Ukraine does not make Nigeria failed state –...
Minister of information and national orientation Mohammed Idris on Tuesday said Nigeria is not a failed state just because it accepted 25,000 tonnes of...
Ukraine President Zelenskyy invites Tinubu to country
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited Nigeria's President-elect Bola Tinubu to his country on a state visit.
In a congratulatory letter released on Thursday...
Ukraine: Outrage over detention of Nigerians, other black students in Poland
The Federal Government has condemned the detention of Nigerians and other African students in Poland who fled war-torn Ukraine.
Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora...
UK High Commission suspends priority work, student visa applications in Nigeria
The British High Commission in Nigeria has announced the temporary suspension of priority study, work and family visa applications.
It explained in a statement posted...
Nigerian government gives Ukraine returnees $100 each
The Federal Government on Friday gave all returnees from Ukraine $100 (about N48,000) to ameliorate their sufferings.
Spokesman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM),...
Soyinka, other Nobel laureates call for end of Russia/Ukraine conflict
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka and 164 others have called on Russia to withdraw its military forces in Ukraine.
The group said in an open...
Ukraine: Nigeria’s first batch of evacuees arrives Abuja from Romania
Nigeria has recorded her first batch of evacuees from the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
The evacuees, who are mainly students, arrived Abuja on Friday morning...
Ukraine: FG postpones flight to evacuate Nigerians from Poland
An Air Peace charter flight scheduled to evacuate Nigerians, who have arrived in Poland due to the crisis in Ukraine, has been postponed.
An official...
MTN offers free calls, SMS to/from Ukraine
MTN Nigeria on Thursday announced its offer of free international calls and text messages to all existing prepaid and postpaid customers due to Russia’s...
Ukraine: Buhari approves $8.5m to evacuate 5,000 Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved $8.5 million for immediate evacuation of about 5,000 Nigerians who have been stranded following the invasion of Ukraine by...