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Photo: Reuters Russia's two eastern regions are facing a crisis in Russia after President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to infiltrate rebel-held areas. Russia's president says his country recognizes them as independent nations. But what do we know about Donetsk and Luhansk? In 2014 the separatists successfully occupied a vast territory in the two regions and have since declared the establishment of the Donetsk Republic (DNR) and the Luhansk Republic (LNR), on the border with Russia. Ukraine calls them "temporary occupied territories" - as in the case of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014. But they all depend on financial and military support from Russia. Russia-backed DNR regional leaders Denis Pushilin and LNR Leonid Pasechnik won the 2018 general election without international support.  The two leaders called for the Russian Federation. Where are Luhansk and Donetsk on the map? photo: google The two breakaway regions belong to th...

The state Coordinator of the agency said this was to enable the beneficiaries to be self reliant and contribute their quota to the development of the country. She said the programme was a combined orientation made up of 108 beneficiaries of Agricultural Empowerment Scheme, Community Based Agricultural Empowerment Scheme, Sustainable Agricultural Development Empowerment Scheme and Graduate Agricultural Empowerment Scheme that were given loans of N100, 000 each. Mrs. Danmallam added that the beneficiaries are graduates of NDE agricultural Extension, Poultry and Vegetable production. She said the money disbursed to them was a loan facility which would attract a single digit simple interest rate of 9 % and will have a moratorium of six months before beneficiaries will start paying back and it is repayable in three years.  Therefore, urged the them to ensure timely repayment to enable other unemployed persons to also benefit. In his goodwill message, ...

Hukumar samar da aikin yi ta kasa NDE, ta zabo matasa dubu daya daga Karamar Hukumar mulki ta Bodinga a Jahar Sokoto domin horas da su. Shugabar Gudanarwar hukumar reshen jahar Sokoto Misis Eunice J. Danmallam ta bayyana cewa Hukumar NDE kamar kullum a shirye ta ke don yin hadin guiwa da gwamnatocin jahohi da kananan hukumomi da kamfunna da masana'antu kazalika da masu hannu da shuni domin tallafa al'umma a bangaren horas da su dabarun sana'o'i. A cewa babbar jami'ar matasan da aka zabo za su koyi dabarun sana'o'i da suka hada da sana'ar walda da dunkin tela da gyaran famfo da kafintanci da hada man shafa da sauran su. Wanda wannan zai zama wani tsani da za su taka domin cimma madogara a rayuwarsu.   A nasa jawabi, wakilin Hukumar NDE  na kasa a wurin taron Alhaji Mustapha Yakasai ya shawarci wadanda suka amfana da shiri da su dage wajen tabbatar da sun mayar da hankali wajen koyon tare da yin amfani da duk...

Reports from northern Nigeria's Sokoto State say gunmen have set fire to a passenger car carrying 42 people. The passengers were reportedly from Sabon Birni Local Government Area of ​​the state to migrate to other parts of Nigeria, due to the intensification of militant activities in their area. Witnesses said the incident took place around 9am on Monday. "The truck was traveling from Sabon Birni, less than six kilometers to Gidan Bawa village where the tragedy struck," said rescue workers. We tried to hear from the state police, but our efforts were unsuccessful, and even when we called the spokesman, his phone was switched off. We have also called the state security commissioner three times via phone and he has not answered the call. An eyewitness told Tantabara "When the incident happened in Sabon Birni I was called and informed. Among the passengers was also my mother's brother, his wife and their four children. "Two of his children were kill...

Photo Credit- NAN Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has left France for a working visit and to attend the Paris Peace and Security Summit in South Africa, where he is expected to attend the second Africa Summit to be held in the country. Presidential spokesman Femi Adeshina said Buhari would attend the meeting, which will be held from November 15 to 21, organized by AFREXIM Bank in collaboration with the African Union and the African Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA).   The theme of this year's event is, "Working for Common Business in Africa", which is expected to boost trade and investment among African countries, while Adeshina said the conference was an attempt to create a conducive environment for  trade and investment in Africa as a whole. A spokesman for the Nigerian government said the fair was expected to facilitate global trade and open the door to investment of at least $ 40 billion. Adeshina said Nigerian investors had already arrived in Durban to be...

Photo - Nigerian Army Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum are mourning the death of Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu by ISWAP militants on Saturday. The president said he was "deeply saddened" by the news of the death of the general and three other soldiers who were ambushed by gunmen in Askira Uba, Borno State.  "I am not happy about the death of General Dzarma Zirkusu and the three soldiers who sacrificed their lives. Nigeria has lost its courage. I commend their efforts. May God have mercy on them," Buhari said in a statement from his palace. On the other hand, Governor Zulum also offered his condolences to the Nigerian Army, thanking all the troops for what he called their "commitment to Nigeria". Nigerian soldiers have been killed in an ambush by ISWAP militants on their base in Askira Uba. The military killed several militants and destroyed their weapons in the fighting, according to a report ...

The National Union of Railways (NUR) and its senior staff, SSA, have ordered the National Railways Commission (NRC) to go on a three-day nationwide strike from Thursday, November 18th, 2021, on insecurity. The leaders of the two groups in a statement issued on the evening of Friday, November 12, said the development followed a meeting of the NRC on Wednesday, November 10th. In a letter to the district union leaders and their secretaries of Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Zaria, Minna, Bauchi, Kafanchan etc., the leaders of the two national unions instructed them to convene a meeting of their respective constituencies on the same day, Monday, November 15, at 10 a.m. to inform workers of the impending strike. The statement said: “The President of the National Union of Railways (NUR) and NRC senior staff at a joint meeting held in Lagos on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, as before the Management was taken through critical discussion and review, it was finally resolved: “That all DWCs of N...

Kungiyar ma’aikatan jirgin kasa NUR da kungiyar manyan ma’aikatanta, SSA reshen layin dogo, sun umurci hukumar kula da layin dogo ta Najeriya NRC da ta tsunduma yajin aikin kwanaki uku a duk fadin kasar nan daga ranar Alhamis 18 ga watan Nuwamba, 2021, kan rashin walwala.   Shugabannin kungiyoyin biyu a cikin wata sanarwa da suka fitar a yammacin ranar Juma’a, 12 ga watan Nuwamba, sun bayyana cewa wannan ci gaban ya biyo bayan wani taro da suka gudanar da hukumar NRC a ranar Laraba 10 ga watan Nuwamba. A cikin takardar da aka gabatar wa shugabannin kungiyoyin na gundumomi da Sakatarorinsu na Legas, Ibadan, Inugu, Zariya, Minna, Bauchi, Kafanchan da dai sauransu, shugabannin kungiyoyin biyu na kasa sun umurce su da su kira taron ma’aikata a ranar Litinin mai zuwa domin sanar da ma'aikata game da yajin aikin da ke gabatowa. Sanarwar ta ce: “Shugaban kungiyar ma’aikatan jirgin kasa (NUR) da manyan ma’aikatan NRC reshen NRC, a wani taron hadin gwiwa da suka gudanar a j...

A lawyer who came from the United States to defend Nnamdi Kanu said it was the fifth time he had been barred from entering court by security forces on Wednesday. Mr Bruce Fein alleges that he was the only DSS officer trying to prevent him from participating in the case. "I am his foreign lawyer and despite assurances that the accused can see all his lawyers but this is the fifth time I have been barred from entering his (Kanu's) presence," he said. Speaking to reporters shortly after the adjournment, the team of lawyers threatened to change the court because they felt their client would not be treated fairly. "Based on what we saw today, we do not think this court will do us justice, so we will draw from what we saw today," said one of the lawyers. The Judge, Binta Nyako adjourned the case to January 19th and 20, 2022.

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), in Sokoto has successfully trained no fewer than 180 beneficiaries of Special Public Works, on Advanced Business Training. Speaking at the end of the two days training on Tuesday at Fatima College of Nursing Sciences in Sifawa, Bodinga Local Goverment of Sokoto State, the Director-General (DG) of NDE, Malam Abubakar Fikpo urged the participants to put the training into practice. Fikpo said this would make them to be self-reliant and employers of labour. Represented by Sokoto State NDE Coordinator Mrs Euniche J. Danmallam, the DG said the training was aimed at empowering participants to make judicious use of the allowances paid by the Federal Government. According to her, Sokoto State as one of the benefiting states with 23 Local Governments recruited 23,000 youths to participate in the program which lasted three months at the end of which participants were paid 60,000 naira as their allowances. In his remarks, repere...