News From Nigeria

First, here is the promised map: I won’t comment on it, Andrei Martyanov gave you the full story for today. UPDATE: another map I found here: https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2022/03/09/updated_russian_occupation_of_ukraine_troop-to-task_estimate_820732.html

by Batko Milacic for Ooduarere via the Saker Blog During his daily briefing early on March 9, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops had seized documents confirming Kiev’s plans to attack the self-proclaimed Donetsk ...

By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted. The non-government in Kiev is simply not allowed by the Empire to negotiate anything. By now what we may call a Triple Threat has been established as the catalyst ...

For a few, Kemi Afolabi’s announcement may be the first time they’d hear of the illness called Lupus.  As new as it can certainly sound, lupus is a common disease in Nigeria with over 100,000 cases diagnosed annually, based on ...

https://ukraina.ru/exclusive/20220309/1033469118.html by Rostislav Ishchenko translated by V. What is bound to happen is bound to happen someday. In 2014, I wrote to appeal to the remaining anti-fascists in Ukraine, urging them to leave the country as soon as possible. I ...

By Francis Lee for the Saker Blog Jens Stoltenberg NATO Fuhrer. It is interesting to note how the collective west has reacted to the present and ongoing events in Eastern Europe – namely, in Russia and Ukraine. As I understand ...

ZAMFARA STATE GOVT HOUSE (PRESS RELEASE) GOV MATAWALLE CAUTIONS COLLEAGUES ON WASHING DIRTY LINENS IN PUBLIC Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun, Barden Hausa, Shattiman Sakkwato) has cautioned his colleagues against washing dirty linens in public. Governor Matawalle spoke against the ...

By Fred Reed for Ooduarere via the Saker Blog Everybody and his goat are talking about the Ukraine. Why not me? You might ask, But Fred, what do you know about it? To which I would respond, Look, this is ...

Note by the Saker: one of our readers today sent me a very interesting document in Russian.  First, I thought “more of the same” (5th columnist stuff) but then I started reading it and I changed my mind.  This was ...

Today, rather than comment on the latest developments on the ground, I want to step back and revisit a few basic, but I believe absolutely fundamental aspects of the Russian military operation in not only the Donbass, but the entire ...