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Nigerian man reported killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine

  Reports have emerged that a Nigerian national was killed while fighting on the battlefield for Russian forces against Ukraine. The news was confirmed on Monday by journalist Jaafar Jaafar and security analyst Zagazola Makama. Makama, in a post, described the incident as tragic, noting that the man had left his family in Northern Nigeria to enlist with the Russian army. “Sad. He left his family in Northern Nigeria to join Russia’s army to fight Ukraine. He was unfortunately killed in the battlefield,” Makama wrote. Images circulating online reportedly show the deceased alongside his children. The war, now in its fourth year since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions. Russia has faced manpower shortages and has increasingly relied on foreign recruits, private military contractors, and allied militias to sustain its campaign. Ukraine, meanwhile, continues to receive military and financial support from Wester...

Banks reopen Naira card payments for worldwide tuition fees


 Nigerian banks have resumed processing international tuition payments from Naira accounts through the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s Form A portal.

Form A is an application form designed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to pay for service transactions (invisible trade).

The form allows customers to purchase forex at the CBN or interbank rate to make payments for eligible services as predetermined by the foreign exchange manual.

This development comes a month after commercial banks announced the resumption of international transactions on their naira cards.

an email to customers on Monday, GTBank and Lotus Bank announced that the service is now available for applicants paying undergraduate and postgraduate tuition fees abroad.

“Pay international tuition fees directly from your Naira account,” the notice from GTBank read.

To access the service, customers are required to register and submit their applications via the Trade System Portal at www.tradesystem.gov.ng.

GTBank explained: “Select the ‘Form A’ application for Educational Fees. Choose GTBank as the processing bank, attach required documents, and submit the application.”

Similarly, Lotus Bank stated, “Register on the Trade System Portal. Select Form ‘A’ application for Educational Fees. Choose Lotus Bank as the processing bank, attach required documents, and submit the application.”


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