The United States announced a new $400 million security aid package for Ukraine on Friday that features various types of ammunition for Kyiv’s forces. “This military assistance package includes more ammunition for US-provided HIMARS and howitzers, which Ukraine is using so effectively to defend itself,” the US State Department said in a statement, referring to precision rocket systems and artillery …

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed a decisive response to any country threatening Russia and lashed out against Germany for promising tanks for Kyiv. His threats came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the Kremlin was consolidating its forces for a fresh offensive. Zelensky was speaking in Kyiv beside EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, who said the bloc …

Two months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that his main spy agency foiled a Western plot to kill a prominent Russian journalist. Putin told reporters on Monday: “This morning, the Federal Security Service stopped the activities of a terrorist group that planned to attack and kill one famous Russian TV journalist. “They have moved to …

The UN General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council in response to Russian forces’ alleged killings of civilians in Ukraine. Nigeria and 57 other member-states however abstained. The resolution received a two-thirds majority in the 193-member Assembly, with 93 nations voting in favour and 24 against. Fifty-eight abstained from the process. Thursday’s historical vote on …

Three hundred and six more Nigerians affected by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war arrived in the country from Budapest, Hungary on Sunday morning. This makes it the fourth batch of evacuees to return home since the rescue operation began on Friday. And the total figure of Nigerian safety back home has risen to 1,081. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that …

Russia has declared a partial ceasefire to allow civilians leave the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha in Ukraine. According to Russia’s Ministry of Defence, the ceasefire on Saturday would enable humanitarian corridors out of the strategic port of Mariupol in the southeast and the eastern town of Volnovakha. The truce, which will see the safe evacuation of thousands of civilians …

It’s not yet joy for some Nigerians trapped in the world’s new war theatre, Ukraine. This is even as over 775 of them returned home on Friday. Reports indicate that no fewer than 150 Nigerian students are trapped in the war zone. In Sumy, a Ukrainian city bordering Russia, the students were reportedly denied access to Russia despite interventions by …

The Federal Executive Council, which met in Abuja on Wednesday, approved $8.5 million (N3.5 billion) to facilitate the immediate evacuation of 5,000 Nigerians from Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. Shortly after the meeting presided over by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada told …