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...

SCHOOL FEEDING: 400,000 PUPILS TO BENEFIT IN ADAMAWA STATE.

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     No fewer than 400,000 primary school pupils will benefit from the Federal Government school feeding programme in Adamawa state, an official has said.Mr Ahmad Abba, the State Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA), made this known  in an  interview with the  News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday.Abba said that the benefiting pupils were those from primary one to three.He said that the state government would carter for the feeding of those in class four to six as earlier agreed.“The Federal Government has fixed April 1 to kick off the School Feeding programme in Adamawa.
“About 400,000 primary school pupils across the state are expected to benefit in the programme,” Abba said.He explained that during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding between federal and state governments last year, the state government was expected to feed those from primary four to six.According to Abba, the programme is aimed at targeting vulnerable pupils who cannot afford three square meals in a day and also to increase school enrolment.“When the news of free school feeding goes round, even before its commencement, some schools in Yola had already reported massive pupil enrolment.“For example, at Wuro Jabbe primary school, a suburb in Yola, the school management confirmed hundred per cent increase of pupils enrolment,” the state NOA director said.
School feeding programme

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