RUSSIA LAUNCHES MASSIVE DRONE AND MISSILE BARRAGE ON UKRAINE, KILLING AT LEAST 18 CIVILIANS AND STRIKING KYIV AND MULTIPLE CITIES. (PHOTO).
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...
The Minister of Information and Culture,Alhaji Lai Mohammed,said 40 Nigerian Festival Managers have been trained by the British Council on the maanagement of festivals for economic gains,under the Memorandum of Understanding {MoU} signed by the Ministry and the Council.The Minister made the disclosure in Abuja on thursday when he received the British High Commissioner to Nigeria,Mr Paul Arkwright,on a courtesy visit to his office.''The MoU we signed with the British Council in Edinburgh last year has started yielding some fruits.In February,we had the first training of forty Festival Managers in collaboration with the British Council.This is the first time that we are having this kind of collaboration between the British Council and the Ministry.These Festival Managers,on the successful completion of their training,have been assured that they will also be attached to various festivals all over the world where they will understudy the technical,financial and management aspects of festivals because we look at our culture and heritage as another area where we can diversify the economy'',he said.Alhaji Mohammed said Nigeria has commenced discussion with Britain on how the country can learn from the British experience in combating the piracy of intellectual property in order to adequately monetize the creative industry in Nigeria.He also reiterated the commitment of the present administration to the ease of doing business in Nigeria,particularly in adopting a flexible visa regime that will ensure easy access to the country by investors,tourists and journalists.
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