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...
Rachid Benmessaoud,Country Direcyor World Bank for Nigeria,has assured the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,of adequate support under the World Bank's 'Economic Governance project' to further strengthen the anti-corruption war in Nigeria.Benmessaoud,who is also the Coordinating Director for the West African Regional Integration Program,made this assertion on Friday,May 12,2017 while on a spot assessment visit to the ongoing construction work at the permanent site of the EFCC,Airport road,Abuja.His visit was a follow-up to that of a delegation of the World Bank which had during a visit on thursday,May 4,2017 pledged support for the anti-graft agency in the areas of facilities and capacity building.The visitor,who was conducted round the facilities at the site by the project coordinator,Dixon Otitoju,described the facilities as 'Modern' and expressed happiness at the ongoing project and level of work at the new site.According to him,the World Bank was in discussion with the Federal Government towards ensuring that maximum support is made available for the agency to carry out its operations.''We are in discussion with the Government of Nigeria for possible support to the EFCC.We are at the initial discussion phase,where we are defining the modality of support'',Benmessaoud said.He described the EFCC as a very important institution of accountability adding that it was imperative to partner with the anti-graft agency to enable it achieve its mandates.His words: ''It is very clear that the EFCC has an important mandate which is to combat corruption and bringing transparency in the way that services are delivered.This is a very important institution of accountability,and we will like to partner with them,to help them achieve their objectives''.Emmanuel Adegboyega Aremo,Secretary to the Commission,led the World Bank representative to the site.More photos below.

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