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...

VP SHETTIMA LAUNCHES Gen-U SECRETARIAT. (PHOTO).


 VP SHETTIMA LAUNCHES Gen-U SECRETARIAT


Vice President Kashim Shettima has formally launched the Office of the Vice President-Generation Unlimited Secretariat to coordinate the implementation of activities of the programme across the country.


An initiative of UNICEF-led Public-Private-Youth Partnership programme GenU Nigeria is designed to connect twenty million Nigerian youths to education, skills and livelihood opportunities by 2030.


Vice President Kashim Shettima represented by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia said the office would accelerate programme execution and deepen partnership across various agencies of government.


He explained that one of the benefits establishing the secretariat would be the proper alignment of skills to the demands of community, industry and society through a transparent process that will be accessible to all. 


The framework launched aligns with the Renewed Hope Ward Development Programme that will help accelerate the implementation of the Federal Government programme aimed at stimulating local economies by targeting eight thousand eight hundred and nine electoral wards across the country.

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