Month: January 2018

Two servicemen were killed as a result of a mortar attack by militants on Russia’s Hmeymim airbase in Syria on December 31, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday.

The Defense Ministry added that Russian aviation units in Syria were combat ready and continue to accomplish their assigned tasks in full.

По базе в Хмеймим. Всё же пострадала техника. Предварительно 6 Су-24, 1 Су-35С, 1 Ан-72, 1 Ан-30 разведчик, 1 Ми-8. 2 Су-24 и Су-35С ввели в строй.

Posted by Roman Saponkov on Thursday, January 4, 2018

The National Assembly for the umpteenth time is pushing for a legislative framework that will ensure appointment of non-partisan Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). This was proposed in “a bill for an Act to establish the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and of the State, separate from the office of the Minister of,…

Nigeria’s external reserves currently at $39.07 billion as at January 4, 2018, near the $40 billion mark which Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) predicted for the end of 2018. The foreign reserves had recovered significantly from about US$23 billion in October 2016 to over US$39 billion. Emefiele had explained that…