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A member of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee, Tolu Bankole, on Monday, groaned over the well-being of Persons With Disabilities, who he said are worst hit by the current economic hardship in the country. The APC chieftain raised the concerns in a statement issued in Abuja titled ’64th Independence Anniversary: Let Us Make
Local authorities on Saturday said a Russian drone attack killed a rail worker at a crossing outside Kyiv and falling drone fragments struck a building inside the capital. According to Kyiv region officials, the rail worker was killed in Boryspil district, east of the city. The strike was said to have sparked a fire in
Russian drone attack on Ukraine kills one
Local authorities on Saturday said a Russian drone attack killed a rail worker at a crossing outside Kyiv and falling drone fragments struck a building inside the capital.
According to Kyiv region officials, the rail worker was killed in Boryspil district, east of the city.
The strike was said to have sparked a fire in a storage area and shattered windows in a multi-storey apartment building and an educational institution.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said drone fragments fell on private residences in the Solomyanskyi district in the west of the city, prompting a fire that was quickly extinguished and smashing windows in a nearby building.
Fortunately, he said, there were no casualties.
Air raid alerts were said to be in effect in Kyiv for about three hours.
The regional governor of southern Zaporizhzhia said Russian forces attacked the town of Huliaipole with a guided bomb, injuring three people.
Russian drone attack on Ukraine kills one
A former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd) has linked the heightening insecurity in the Sahel region to poverty, unemployment and weak governance. Abdulsalami spoke at the first News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, annual lecture on Thursday in Abuja. He added that climate change, environmental degradation among other factors had provided fertile ground
Poverty, unemployment root causes of insecurity in Sahel – Abdulsalami Abubakar
A former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd) has linked the heightening insecurity in the Sahel region to poverty, unemployment and weak governance.
Abdulsalami spoke at the first News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, annual lecture on Thursday in Abuja.
He added that climate change, environmental degradation among other factors had provided fertile ground for insecurity to thrive in the region.
“At the heart of the insecurity in this region, among other factors, are the undercurrents of poverty and unemployment, for the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
“Also weak governance, and institutional failures, as well as climate change and environmental degradation.
“These factors have certainly created a fertile ground for insecurity to thrive, with devastating impacts on our dear nation.
“We must not, however, lose faith in our capacity to ride above the storms of insecurity, since this challenge is the business of each and every Nigerian, and indeed, all Africans,” he said.
According to him, the impact of the situation is devastating to Nigeria and the Sahel region particularly in its development.
He expressed concern that insecurity was still lingering and required concerted efforts to address the situation.
He commended NAN for organising the lecture, saying it would elicit a productive and thought-provoking response to address the situation.
According to him, the event is apt following the increased efforts of the government and other stakeholders in addressing the situation.
Abubakar said that the event would provide the platform for stakeholders to identify actors in the situation, identify root causes and proffer sustainable solutions.
Poverty, unemployment root causes of insecurity in Sahel – Abdulsalami Abubakar
The National Youth Service Corps has inaugurated 1,688 youth corps members of the 2024 Batch B Stream ‘I’ set deployed…