RUSSIA LAUNCHES MASSIVE DRONE AND MISSILE BARRAGE ON UKRAINE, KILLING AT LEAST 18 CIVILIANS AND STRIKING KYIV AND MULTIPLE CITIES. (PHOTO).

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 Russia launches massive drone and missile barrage on Ukraine, killing at least 18 civilians and striking Kyiv and multiple cities  Russia carried out a large-scale overnight assault on Ukraine, launching hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles that killed at least 18 civilians and wounded more than 100 others across multiple cities, officials said Tuesday. The strikes hit Kyiv, Dnipro and other regions, with emergency crews working through destroyed residential buildings where some victims were trapped under rubble. In Dnipro, rescuers recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old child and a mother and her 8-year-old son, while officials reported 12 deaths in the city and six in Kyiv. The bombardment stretched from night into daylight, with explosions reported across wide areas of the country. Kyiv residents had been on alert for days after warnings of a major aerial attack, including advisories for foreign diplomats to leave the capital. Despite those warnings, most remained in pl...

OVER 800 PUBLIC SERVANTS WOULD BE RETIRING FROM LAGOS PUBLIC SERVICE IN JUNE,2016.{READ}.

                     In a bid to ensure that retired officers continued to live worthy life in retirement,the Lagos State Government has commenced a four day pre-retirement workshop for over 800 Public Servants that would be retiring from the State's Public service in June 2016,at the Public Service Staff Centre,Magodo,Lagos.Speaking at the opening ceremony of the workshop themed ''Managing Pot Service Life'',the Commissioner for Establishments,Training and Pensions,Dr Akintola Benson-Oke said the essence was to prepare participants for life after paid employment so that they would continue to leave good and quality life as they were while in service.According to him ''Having spent a good number of years serving the state diligently,they deserved a worthy parting away gift,which is why in addition to timely payment of their gratuity and pensions that are statutory,the state is also providing them this other life opportunity that would rejuvenate them and make life worthy after in retirement.While urging the participants too maximise the opportunity provided by the workshop to participate  actively in all its activities,the Commissioner assured them that the State would never forsake them in retirement which is why the Ambode led administration has never defaulted in thhe payment of pensions and gratuity.He emphasised that in the last one year the state government had paid well over 12 billion naira in the settlement of pension's arrears and had issued of bonds to various retirees whhich is in addition to the implementation of various welfare packages for its pensioners.Responding,Mr Kalikasa Buhari,who spoke on behalf of other retiring officers,lauded the government for the programme,stressing that the knowledge that will be gain from the programme would make them independent of their monthly pension salaries in retirement.He however used the occasion to also call on the government not to relent in the implementation of various pensioners welfare programmes in the state.More photos  below.                                                                                        

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