WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia presses along Ukraine front after reports of Bakhmut slowdown Russian forces attacked northern and southern stretches of the front in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region on Friday, even as Kyiv said Moscow's assault was flagging near the city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian military reports described heavy fighting along a line running from Lyman to Kupiansk, as well as in the south at Avdiivka on the outskirts of the Russian-held city of Donetsk. Both areas have been major Russian targets in a winter campaign to fully capture Ukraine's industrialised Donbas region. The offensive has so far yielded scant gains despite…

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the Copyright (Repeal) Act 2022 and one other bill recently passed by the National Assembly. Also signed was the Federal College of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology, Jos Act, 2023. Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Nasiru Baballe Ila who made this known in a statement on Thursday said the two bills were assented to by the President on March 17. The statement said the Copyright Act 2022 which repeals the Copyright Act, Cap C28, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and enacts the Copyright…

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian special forces getting military targets from CIA satellite – Times Soldiers of Ukraine’s ‘Thor’ special operations group are using satellite data provided by the CIA to choose targets when conducting drone strikes against Russian forces, the unit’s commander told The Times. The 27-man group, which is formally a police special operations unit, functions independently from the Ukrainian army and works in close collaboration with the country's military intelligence, the GUR, which provides them with ammunition and intel. According to The Times, the unit has complete license to select its missions, where it barracks and when it fights.…

The British high commission says it is collating relevant information about some Nigerians who engaged in anti-democratic actions during the elections. The commission said it was concerned by the use of inflammatory ethno-religious language by some political figures. On March 18, the governorship and house of assembly elections were held in 28 states across the country. House of assembly election was conducted in the remaining eight states. In a statement released on Wednesday, the commission said members of its observation team witnessed vote buying, voter intimidation, destruction of election materials, and harassment of journalists during the governorship elections. The commission…