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Latest news updates on Ukraine-Russia war and di big tori dem from around di world.
We begin today live coverage of all di news wey dey haapun around di world.
Ukraine-Russia war 2022 see further explosions inside Kyiv and oda cities.
Troops provocations dey happun as invasion enta day six on Tuesday 1 March.
Daniel Semeniworima and Olaronke Alo go start today live coverage wit you.
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Di Nigeria House of Representatives say dem go give Nigeria Foreign Ministry all di support e need to evacuate Nigerians back from Ukraine on Wednesday.
Di Speaker of di House, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, give di assurance as e meet wit di Nigerian Foreign minister, Geoffery Oyeama to yarn on di plight of of Nigerian wey dey in dey in di middle of di Russian/Ukraine gbas-gbos.
Oga Gbajabiamila say di evacuation suppose start dis Monday but dem gatz shift am to Wednesday to allow di ministry, the House and di Nigerian foreign missions for Ukraine, Poland and Russia to complete di formalities to move Nigerians to safe borders wit neighbouring kontris.
Gbajabiamila, draw ear give di minister say di way di kontri di respond to emergency no quick at all.
E explain give say e dey good for di kontri to get response mechanism like earoplanes and oda equipment dem including funds and dat di legislature go do legislation to include dis kain emergencies in di future.
Nigeria foreign minister fo im response say Nigeria get about 5,600 Nigerian students for Ukraine and dat di delay to evacuate dem no becos di goment no ready and dat up to 80 percent to 90 percent of kontris no believe say Russia go strike.
E explain further say im bin dey in touch wit di ambassador and dem re assure am say notin go happun as need no dey for evacuation plus di Ukranian goment no want most of di students to leave since e go affect dem to go back.
E say dem don put everitin togeda and from dia dem go put dem inside bus and transport dem to di various airport to di kontri.
E say dem go use Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and even Russia as exit point dem go use to evacuate Nigerians.
"Wia we dey now na to find out di exact number of Nigerians and agree on di location wey we go use to evacuate dem” Onyeama explain.
Afta two weeks wey di Academic Staf Union of Universities go on anoda one month strike, Nigerian students under di National Association of Nigerian students stage protest.
Di students cari placards wit different different write-ups to show dia grievances.
From Unity Fountain Abuja dem waka go National Assembly, den back to di Ministry of Education wia dem call for di removal of Minister of Education Adamu Adamu.
President of di National Association of Nigerian Students Sunday Asefon, for di National Assembly gate tok say" I give di Senate President and Speaker of di Senate four days to settle di mata between ASUU and Federal goment, if not we go comeback hia and wen we come back, we no go go back again until una open our schools" e tok.
For di Ministry of Education, Mr Sunday Asefon and di protesting students begin chant" Adamu Adamu must go".
For one small meeting wey di Minister hold wit di NANS Executive tori be say di Minister waka comot from di meeting afta di Union President ask am say " you no dey bothered as we dey on strike" ASUU and goment don tay for dis strike mata we don pass one decade.
Ukrainian soldiers wey tori comot say dem attack and kill for Zmiinyi (Snake) island still dey alive, according to statement wey Ukraine naval services post for Facebook.
Di statement wey dem post on Monday say, "we dey alive say our brothers dey alive and well".
Di sailors "bin rebuke di attack of Russian invaders twice" but bin no fit to continue to protect di island, according to di statement.
Di navy tok say afta Russia armed forces bin destroy infrastructure, dem bin no fit reach di sailors as connection with di island bin dey completely cut off.
On Friday, Ukraine bin dey plan to honour di 13 soldiers dem say die as dem dey defend di Islands from Russia.
Nigerian Embassy don receive 130 Nigerians to Bucharest, Romania, 74 Nigerians for Budapest, Hungary and 52 Nigerians for Warsaw Poland for dia work to comot Ngerians from Ukraine.
Dis na according to di Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
For statement wey dem bin release, Nigeria tok say dem dey expect 200 more citizens for di city of Budapest today, and dem dey also process 23 pipo enta Poland.
Di statement say dem still dey finalise plans to carry all dis Nigerians enta back di kontri.
Russian and Ukrainian representatives don conclude toks wey dem hold for Belarus wey dey aimed at bringing peace even as conflict still dey go on.
Both sides go return to dia capital cities for consultation ahead of a second round of toks wey fit take place in di days, di Reuters news agency cites Belarus' Belta news for di informate.
Expectations for a peaceful resolution no too dey high before Monday meeting.
Ukraine say dem want ceasefire and Russian withdrawal, while di Kremlin say dem no go announce diaposition.
Russia negotiators bin tok of striking one deal wey go dey in di interests of both sides.
President of di UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid don ask all kontris to demonstrate moral courage and give peace a chance as dem gada for di United Nations General Assembly 11th emergency special session to discuss di Russia – Ukraine crisis.
Di presido remind di special session say all di 193 kontris for di world get say for di General Assembly unlike di Security Council wey get five permanent, veto-wielding members and 10 non-permanent members wey hold two-year terms.
E also remind di 193 members of di UN say for 1946 di League of Nations bin scata because of dia failure to provide mechanism for di enforcement of international collective security.
Shahid na di first speaker for dis ogbonge meeting, e say di UN dey founded to take effective collective measures to prevent and remove threats to peace.
Di secretary general, Anthony Guterres plus more than 100 members of di UN go follow chook mouth for di mata over di next few days.
Diplomats dey expect a vote on a draft resolution – wey still dey on negotiation as at Wednesday.
Di UN Security Council call for dis session afta dem no gree dem act wen Russia ban one US draft resolution on Friday, wey kick against Russia invasion on Ukraine and demand di immediate withdrawal of all of dia sojas from di kontri.
Di draft GA resolution dey expected to pass because no nation get veto for dis chamber, but e no dey legally binding like security council resolutions.
Dr Gladys Ibrahim, tok to BBC Pidgin from train station for Kyiv Ukraine wia she, her husband, young daughter and oda Nigerians bin dey try catch train to run comot Ukraine afta Russia invade di kontri.
Di doctor wey come from Rivers state and bin don dey live for di kontri for years bin tink say dem go fit stay and bin don even call pipo to come take shelter and dey distribute free food to Nigerians before di conflict begin serious.
DI UNHCR say di number of pipo wey dey run comot Ukraine now don reach 368,000.
As thousands dey japa from crisis, Nigeria goment don condemn reports say im citizens, and pipo from oda African countries, dey prevented to leave war-torn Ukraine.
We don hear from Isaac, one Nigerian man wey dey live for Ukraine who bin dey try to enter Poland. say border staff bin tell am say dem no dey " attend to Africans".
Reports also dey say Ukrainian security officials dey try stop Africans from how dem go catch bus and train wey dey go to di border.
On Sunday Nigeria Foreign Minister Geofrey Onyeama bin say e don tok wit im Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and e don get assurance say im don give Ukrainian border guards order to allow all foreigners wey dey leave Ukraine to pass without restrictions.
Fifty nine pipo don die for Nigeria for di first six weeks of 2022 sake of Lassa fever , according to di kontri centre for disease control, NCDC.
Di agency tok say di dead pipo bin comot from di 358 pipo wey catch di viral haemorrhagic fever for dis period.
Fifa dey hold advanced toks over di full suspension of Russia until further notice, according to BBC Sport editor Dan Roan.
Di global football governing body dey understood to be working closely wit im European counterpart Uefa and announcement dey expected later today.
E go mean say Russia no go fit play for di women's Euro 2022 in England for di summer and Poland go get bye for di World Cup qualifier play-off next month - match wey Poland's FA don tok say dem go boycott.
Iceland don also tok say e go refuse to play against Russia in June, and di International Olympic Committee don recommend dat athletes from Russia and Belarus be banned from competitions.
Russia don highlight dia "strong bonds" wit South Africa, as di two nations mark 30 years since di establishment of diplomatic ties.
Di Soviet Union wey dey defunct now bin play central role to support South Africa governing African National Congress (ANC), during dia long fight against di legalised system of racism for di kontri.
For inside tweet, Russia foreign ministry say: "Our interaction dey notable by di strong bonds of friendship & cooperation wey dey established during di struggle against apartheid, wey continue to develop today."
Russia no make any reference to South Africa foreign affairs ministry wey issue one statement last week as dem call on Russian troops to immediately withdraw from Ukraine.
South Africa na di only African state wey be part of Brics – one group of emerging economies wey also includes Brazil, Russia, India and China.
If you just dey join us, or u dey try catch up on events, here be di latest developments for di fifth day of di Russian invasion of Ukraine:
If you want more detail, you fit read how Ukraine remain on alert and di latest here.
About Fifty pipo, mostly womengada for di Russian Embassy for Abuja, Nigeria capital for peaceful protest sake of di Russia -Ukraine katakata.
Di pipo wey comprise women, men and youths, say di protest na to call for peace for between Russia and Ukraine.
Dem say since di katakata start dem neva hear from hear from dia children, siblingsand friends.
And di uncertainty weda dem still dey alive maim dey trouble dem.
Wit tok tok wey dey currently happun for Belarus between Russian and Ukrainian officials, we dey sabi now say Ukraine don approach Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich say make e helep support dia aim to reach one "peaceful settlement" to di conflict.
Di Russian billionaire tok-tok pesin say Abramovich dey contacted by Ukrainian officials and "don dey try to helep ever since".
Abramovich bin announce on Saturday say "stewardship and care" of Chelsea bin dey given to trustees of di club charitable foundation.
Di 55-year-old be one of Russia richest pipo and di believe be say e dey close to Russian President Putin.