Russian forces have captured the Donbass village of Umanskoye, which is located several kilometers north of a strategically important highway near the city of Donetsk, and west of Avdeevka, the Defense Ministry has said. The ministry confirmed the settlement was Read more…
Ukraine has likely exaggerated the number of reported downings of Russian aircraft, Forbes wrote on Monday. The American business magazine analyzed the statements made by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and the country’s Defense Ministry and came to the conclusion that Read more…
Customers of Heritage Bank Plc, a leading financial institution in Nigeria, are calling for urgent intervention from the government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address ongoing challenges that have disrupted both physical and online transactions for nearly Read more…
The long-awaited student loan programme will take off on Friday with 1.2 million students in federal tertiary institutions across the country, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, has said. Sawyerr, who spoke at Read more…
Electronic warfare One area in which the US has revealed its shortcomings is in electronic warfare. Russia’s jamming systems have created major issues with Western precision weaponry, including GMLRS rockets and Excalibur artillery shells, as previously reported by Business Insider. Russia’s Read more…
Six directors and 222 other staff members of the Anambra State Local Government Service Commission have been sacked for possessing fake certificates with which they gained employment into the commission. In the same vein, two former staff members, one of Read more…
Russian electronic warfare has created problems for some American-made precision weaponry in Ukraine, but Moscow is also showing its hand and telling the US what it needs solutions for to be ready for future fights. Ukraine has employed US precision Read more…
Russia’s defence minister on Wednesday ordered a hike in weapons production and said deliveries needed to be faster for the war in Ukraine, a week after U.S. President Joe Biden signed off on tens of billions of dollars of new military aid Read more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed fintech companies to stop onboarding new customers until further notice. This directive is coming few months after the CBN mandated all financial institutions to collect ID cards before creating financial accounts, which Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is investing in technology that is tailored towards ensuring transparency and accountability in government and accelerating public-sector performance and service delivery to the Nigerian people. He made the remark during a meeting with Read more…
A former Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr Joe Abah, has narrated how a ground engineer saved travellers on an Ibom Airlines flight from a “potential disaster”. Narrating the experience on his X handle on Thursday, Abah said he Read more…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has praised the US Senate’s decision to approve a $61 billion funding package, but warned that it won’t be enough to make a difference on the battlefield. After months of wrangling, Republicans caved in to Read more…