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...

INEC FIXED FEBRUARY 16,2019 FOR PRESIDENTIAL & NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS.

Image result for INEC                           The Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC} has fixed February 16,2019 for Presidential and National Assembly elections.Similarly,Governorship,State Assembly and Federal Capital Territory Area  Councils polls will hold on March 2,2019.Mr Solomon Soyebi,National Commissioner of the commission in charge of publicity,made this known today thursday in Abuja at a news conference.He said that fixing of the dates was part of efforts by INEC to standardise and ensure certainty of timetable for general elections in the country.Soyebi gave instances that in the US general elections in the country.Soyebi gave instances that in the US,general elections always held on the second tuesday of November in the second year.And,in Ghana,according to him,it is December 7 of election year,while in other places like Mexico,Norway,Sweden,Costa Rica and Switzerland,the dates are also known in advance.''In Nigeria,the Constitution provides for the elections to hold not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days to the end of the incumbent's tenure.In order to ensure certainty in our dates for elections,and to allow proper planning by the commission,it has fixed date for national elections for the third saturday in February of the election year.This will be followed by the state elections two weeks later.Political parties,security agencies,candidates and all stakeholders are advised to note the dates,'' Soyebi said.He explained that the dates were the nearest to 100 days towards the end of the tenures of the incumbents.He added that for states with staggered elections,the dates for their elections would also be determined by the expiration of tenures of the incumbents.
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