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Whoever you think will move our Darling nation forward.
Let your heart guide you.
We respect everyone's political affiliation.
God bless you.
God bless Nigeria.

post=113827276:
Awwwww, what an uncommon pandora politician.....

As seen somewhere on Nairaland......

LegendHero:


Previous governor was owing it and Obi failed to pay it to the workers for 8 years.

When he left in 2014, he is still owing the workers. Below is where the court is ordering the government of Anambra to pay the workers what Obi government owed them.

LegendHero:


Ogbeni quit all these jargons.

We don't want to suffer another non payment of salary from Obi Pandora.

Reality3080:
Hope Peter obi is not expecting Muslim votes cos we all know his supporters stand on Muslims

They hate Muslims n they never hide it

leobergy:


Chicken gizard,the day the full donbas region is liberated,I will tag you so that you can just commit suicide

gaby:


I am from Russia...

Do you speak my language?

gaby:
Overhyped piece of shiit countries who make up the EU/NATO and allowing themselves to be pawned in a cold war of wits with Russia by the US.

Landlocked countries which would naturally be LGA/states in Nigeria or Russia sanctioning their father who feeds and provides them with everything that they need to survive on a daily.

It is obvious that most of these European leaders are naive and too young to understand what Russia truly is..this is yet one disadvantage of electing inexperienced youngies to power. The older folks wouldn't have been this stupid to bite the finger constantly feeding their greed and consumption.

By the end of this murder-suicide, they all embarked upon, na that time dem go understand say na Russia be their real papa.

Yeye egoists.

Russia’s assault on Ukraine’s east has brought it some battlefield success as its military has advanced slowly in fierce fighting in Donbas.

But those gains have come at a high price for the Russian invasion force, with evidence that high-level casualties are growing and that some units may be approaching exhaustion as the war moves past its 100-day mark.

As the conflict drags on, some fighters have gone public with appeals to Vladimir Putin for an investigation into battlefield conditions and whether their deployments to the front are even legal.

In two videos, fighters from Russian-controlled east Ukraine complained about poor conditions and long terms of duty at the front leading to exhaustion. “Our personnel have faced hunger and cold,” said fighters from the Russian-controlled 113th regiment from Donetsk in one video posted online. “For a significant period, we were without any material, medical or food support.”

The fighters added: “Given our continuous presence and the fact that amongst our personnel there are people with chronic medical issues, people with mental issues, many questions arise that are ignored by the higher-ups at headquarters.”

And in an interview, a Russian soldier who had fought near Kyiv, Kharkiv, and was now in eastern Ukraine, complained of exhaustion, saying he had even contacted a lawyer and complained that he had not seen his wife for months.

“I have been fighting in Ukraine since the start of the war, it has been over three months now,” Andrei, who serves with the 37th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade headquartered in Buryatia in Siberia, told the Guardian. “It is exhausting, my whole unit wants a break, but our leadership said they can’t replace us right now.”

His remarks are consistent with reports of Russian difficulties in rotating out its exhausted troops. Enlistment efforts have been hampered as Russia has not openly declared war against Ukraine. The Kremlin has continued to insist on calling it a “special military operation”.

“The Russian military is well suited to short, high-intensity campaigns defined by a heavy use of artillery,” wrote Michael Kofman and Rob Lee in a new analysis of Russia’s armed capabilities. “By contrast, it is poorly designed for a sustained occupation, or a grinding war of attrition, that would require a large share of Russia’s ground forces, which is exactly the conflict it has found itself in. The Russian military doesn’t have the numbers available to easily adjust or to rotate forces if a substantial amount of combat power gets tied down in a war.”

For the men on the ground, that has meant an exhausting tour of duty marked by bitter fighting against a battle-hardened enemy that is motivated to defend its homeland.

“The three months of fighting already feel longer than the four years I spent serving in the army during peacetime,” said Andrei. “I have already contacted a lawyer online who told me that by law the general can keep us here until our contract runs out so there isn’t much we can do.”

Those professional units may be some of Russia’s more fortunate, as others recruited from the Russian-controlled republics in Donetsk and Luhansk say they have been thrown into battle with little training at all. Videos have showed that some fighters have lacked basic kit such as protective vests and are armed with old rifles.

“Our mobilisation was done unlawfully, without medical certification,” said another soldier who claimed to be serving in Donetsk’s 107th regiment, loyal to the Russian government. “Over 70% of those here were previously decommissioned because they physically can’t fight. Over 90% have never fought before and saw a Kalashnikov for the first time. We were thrown on to the frontlines.”

Russian state television has claimed that those soldiers should be ready to fight for their homeland, but locals have described empty streets and men in hiding to avoid a zealous recruiting campaign in Russian-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine.

Meanwhile, casualties among Russian officers are mounting. A reporter for state-run Rossiya-1 said that Maj Gen Roman Kutuzov was killed while leading forces from the Russian-controlled east into battle. If confirmed, he would be at least the fourth Russian general to have been killed in combat since February, and Ukraine claims the number is higher.

“The general had led soldiers into attack, as if there are not enough colonels,” wrote Russian journalist Alexander Sladkov in a post on Telegram.

Western officials have said that Russia’s mid and junior ranking officers have also taken heavy casualties “because they are held to an uncompromising level of responsibility for their units’ performance”.

“Similarly, junior officers have had to lead the lowest level tactical actions, as the army lacks the cadre of highly trained and empowered noncommissioned officers who fulfil that role in western forces,” British intelligence claimed last week.

Russia has also used paid fighters to bolster its forces since the start of the war. It was estimated to have deployed between 10,000 and 20,000 mercenaries, including Wagner Group fighters, in its offensive in Donbas, a European official said in April.

Those units have also reported high-profile casualties.

Vladimir Andanov, a veteran Wagner soldier from Buryatia, was reported to have been killed in fighting in east Ukraine late last week. His death was confirmed by regional media and Russian military organisations.

He had previously fought in Syria and Donbas, where he had been accused of participation in extrajudicial killings.

Last month, two alleged Wagner Group fighters from Belarus were accused of murdering civilians near Kyiv, making them the first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges in Ukraine.

NLPoliceWoman:

Dominique Justwise seun.
Rule 2.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hailed Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei as a martyr and blamed “the hand of global arrogance,” a reference to the United States and its allies, including Israel, for his slaying.

mojounited:
The EU and Russia seem to be playing chess game on oil/gas pipelines . Every nation is just looking out for herself.

While Europe reduces the volume of gas procurement, China, India, Pakistan, Turkey and Indo Pacific Nations will surely increase its off-take of whatever gas Europe isn't buying from Russia.

The concerns in Europe will keep growing; Russia and China have agreed to a 30 year gas supply deal. Gazprom is already building the "Power of Siberia 2" Gas Pipeline which will connect to Yamal Gas Pipeline that already supplies Europe.

https://amp.interestingengineering.com/russia-gas-pipeline-to-china

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-russia-china-agree-30-year-gas-deal-using-new-pipeline-source-2022-02-04/

What this means is, whatever amount of gas European Homes and Industries in Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, Lithuania, etc. aren't off-taking, China, a gas
hungry nation, will keep increasing and swallowing the cheap Russian gas to further industrialise its economy. Question is, if EU fails to get cheaper gas / energy supplies elsewhere, how will products from EU compare with those from Asia? It wouldn't be surprising if companies in Europe start moving East for cheap gas and labour in order to stay competitive.

https://www.voanews.com/amp/power-of-siberia-2-pipeline-could-see-europe-china-compete-for-russian-gas-/6402242.html

There is feasibility study that started some years ago to pipe gas from Russia to India. Although the project was abandoned in 2021 due to politics and costs, however, due to various sanctions against Russia by the collective west, the pipeline may be revisited.

https://www.dailypioneer.com/2022/india/wang-for-russia-china-india-gas-pipeline.html

It seems Russia is fully ready to turn to China, India and Indo Pacific nations for its energy markets.

Kingpin1000:


You go school at all.
Even if you go school, you be olodo.
I asked a question, you are talking about Nigeria.
Did I ask what Nigeria benefited.
What nonsense decorum does Nigerian politicians have because of USA?
Who is Nigerian biggest business partner?
Who is Nigeria running to for loans?
Today na saturday go and play with sand like your age mates.
You are just a man with the brain of a 6 year old.

The European Union intends to mobilize up to €300 billion ($316 billion) by 2030 to become independent of Russian energy imports, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.

"We must now reduce as rapidly as possible our reliance on Russia in energy. We can," von der Leyen said in a speech in Brussels, presenting the EU's plan to break away from Russian energy imports dubbed "REPowerEU."

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Europe's largest gas supplier, has prompted the European Union to reconsider its energy policy.

Russia supplies 40% of the EU's gas and 27% of its imported oil. Russia has already cut off EU member states Poland and Bulgaria after they refused to pay for natural gas in rubles.

An EU ban on coal from Russia is scheduled to come into effect in August, and the bloc has said it will try to cut demand for Russian gas by two-thirds by the end of the year.

However, EU countries are still struggling to agree sanctions on Russian oil, as Hungary and other landlocked countries oppose the move amid concerns about the costs of switching to alternative sources.

To reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels, Brussels is offering a three-pronged plan including a shift to importing more non-Russian gas, faster adoption of renewable energy, and greater energy-saving efforts.

"REPowerEU will help us to save more energy, accelerate the phasing-out of fossil fuels and kick-start investments on a new scale. This will be speed-charging for our European Green Deal," von der Leyen said.

The European Commission president mentioned energy savings as the quickest and cheapest way to tackle the current energy crisis. According to von der Leyen, the EU energy efficiency target for 2030 will be increased from 9% to 13%, and the 2030 target for EU renewable energy from 40% to 45%.

On the supply side, von der Leyen underscored diversifying energy imports away from fossil fuels and accelerating the clean energy transition. The EU 27 government leaders agreed to set up a platform for the joint purchase of gas, LNG and hydrogen, she said.

How much will it cost
The REPowerEU plan will cost up to €300 billion ($316 billion). According to von der Leyen, the sum will include approximately €72 billion ($76 billion) in grants and €225 billion in loans.

The investments will include up to €10 billion for gas infrastructure, such as missing links between member states and LNG terminals.

Up to €2 billion will be invested in oil infrastructure with a view to stopping the shipment of Russian oil.

All the rest of the financing will go into speeding and scaling up the clean energy transition, von der Leyen said.

Of the new money, the United States will provide $7.5 billion in grants, Germany another $1 billion in grants and the remaining $1 billion will be covered by the other G7 countries in the form of guarantees and loans, the German ministry said.

"We will continue to stand by Ukraine throughout this war and beyond and are prepared to do more as needed," the G7 said in a communique at the end of the two-day meeting outside the German city of Bonn.

Ukraine estimates it needs some $5 billion a month to keep public employees' salaries paid and the administration working despite the daily destruction wrought by Russia.

On top of the G7 aid, the European Union is to offer 9 billion euros ($9.50 billion) in loans to Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Financial Corporation are to offer another $3.4 billion in loans.

The G7 also called for supporting long-term reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine, calling it a "massive joint effort" that will need to be closely coordinated.

Economists' estimates of the cost of rebuilding Ukraine vary widely between 500 billion euros and 2 trillion euros, depending on the assumptions on the length of the conflict and the scope of destruction.

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner told a news conference after the meeting the G7 discussed the possibility of confiscating Russian assets to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine, but there was conclusion yet. "It is an option that still needs to be thought through," he said.

Kingpin1000:

What have you benefited from America?

Kingpin1000:

Monkey, have you enjoyed any benefit from the US.
It is the govt that will embezzle it, even covid palliative they hid from the owners.
Make mumu no kill you