Last week, President Bola Tinubu renewed the Nigerian government’s perennial, often fruitless interest in the notorious Ajaokuta Steel Project. He talked about investment prospects that may never come — as usual. The steel plant, built on 24,000 hectares of land in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, was started by the Soviet Union in 1979 under a cooperation … Read more
Zelensky has vowed that ‘Ukraine will fight to the end without any concession or compromise’. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Wednesday vowed that Ukraine will resist the Russian invasion “until the end” without “any concession or compromise”, as the nation marks its Independence Day as well as the … Read more
The Putin ‘More Dangerous’ Than Hitler Or Stalin, Polish PM Warns. Mateusz Morawiecki said the Russian president has weapons and cultural tools at his fingertips which weren’t available to 20th century dictators. EDITOR’S PICK Ukraine War: West Must ‘Prepare For War’, Says Ex-Nato Chief As Putin Unleashes Cruise Missiles In Ukraine Elon Musk Stages $43bn … Read more
The security alliance’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg declined go into details of what kind of weapons allies were providing to Ukraine The tanks are reportedly Soviet or Russian-made EDITOR’S PICK 2023: First Female Presidential Aspirant In APC Announces Bid APC Announces Dates Of Party Primaries Sacking MC Oluomo After Suspension Is Baseless, Buhari Slams NURTW … Read more
Lloyd Austin refers to Russia as the Soviet Union EKO HOT BLOG reports that during a visit to Seoul, South Korea, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin inadvertently referred to Russia as the Soviet Union. During a news briefing, Austin was responding to a question on how the United States planned to respond to possible Russian … Read more