In the past six months, a ZAM team in seven African countries, including PREMIUM TIMES in Nigeria, investigated the Russian recruitment exercise—and why so many young Africans grab the chance to go, sometimes even after being warned.

Russia has offered to increase its annual scholarship quota for Nigerian students beyond the current 220 slots, The Nation has learnt. The proposed increase is, however, contingent upon enhanced collaboration with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education.

A man holds a Russian flag as Nigerians protest in the streets during anti-government demonstrations against bad governance and economic hardship, in Kaduna state on Aug 5, 2024. [VOA] Nigerian police said on Tuesday they had arrested more than 90 ...

MOSCOW, July 16. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak held talks with Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun. During the meeting, the parties discussed prospects for bilateral cooperation in the ...

Kehinde Oluwagbemileke, a Nigerian man fighting for the Russian military in the ongoing war with Ukraine, has been captured by the Ukrainian forces. According to Ukraine’s “I Want to Live” project, Oluwagbemileke was apprehended by the Freedom of ...

The BRICS Women’s Business Alliance (WBA) has announced plans to open a regional office in Nigeria in order to boost women business in the country in critical

In June, a US Defense Intelligence Agency report said Ukraine had struggled to use its Patriot systems, a mobile surface-to-air missile, effectively “because of recent Russian tactical improvements, including enhancements that enable their missiles to change trajectory and perform maneuvers rather than flying in a traditional ballistic trajectory”.

Russia has declared that its standoff with the West has gone far beyond a “Cold War,” warning that a fiery confrontation is now underway.