Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in a coup in 2014.
From 2006 to 2007 he was the prime minister of Ukraine; he also served in this post from November 2002 to January 2005, with a short interruption in December 2004. He has lived in exile in Russia since his removal from office in 2014. This lead to a Russian millitary intervention in Ukraine.

Russian military attack on Ukraine: How we got there
Moscow says the current situation is the result of years of failed talks to end the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine after the 2014 coup in Kiev.

1) ‘Euromaidan’ protests in Kiev end with West-backed coup
Mass demonstrations in Kiev, which later became known as ‘Euromaidan’ or simply ‘Maidan’ protests, began in late 2013, after then-President Viktor Yanukovich decided to delay the signing of an EU association deal. The initially peaceful protests were joined by hardline nationalists and spiraled into violent riots in Kiev and takeovers of administrative buildings across Ukraine. In February 2014, pro-Western factions overthrew Yanukovich’s government, and officials with a notable pro-EU and anti-Moscow stance came to power.

While the Maidan events received widespread support in western parts of Ukraine, the eastern and southern regions, which have a large Russian-speaking population and strong historic ties to Russia, came out strongly against the events in Kiev. In cities such as Odessa, the anti-Maidan protests were soon violently suppressed. In the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions and the Black Sea autonomous republic of Crimea, pro-Russian protests persisted.

2) Crimea votes to leave Ukraine for Russia

The Republic of Crimea and the special-status city of Sevastopol, which had continuously hosted a Russian naval base despite the entire peninsula having been transferred to Ukraine by the Soviet government in 1954, responded to the Kiev coup by holding a snap referendum in March 2014. Crimeans overwhelmingly voted to secede from Ukraine and rejoin Russia.

Moscow later admitted it used its forces stationed in the region to ensure security during the March events, while Ukrainian troops either switched allegiance, or left the Black Sea peninsula without incident. Kiev has refused to recognize Crimea’s vote and reabsorption, as did the majority of countries around the world. The new Ukrainian government’s Western allies placed restrictions on the Moscow and Crimean authorities, starting the tit-for-tat sanctions war (since 2014).

3) Conflict breaks out in Donbass
In April 2014, two regions in the historic mining area of Donbass declared independence from Kiev. The Ukrainian government responded to the formation of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) by launching what it called an “anti-terrorist operation.” Newly formed “battalions” of volunteer fighters, many of them with nationalist backgrounds, accompanied the troops sent to deal with the rebels. The assault spilled out into months of fighting, with heavy shelling in the cities of Donetsk and Lugansk, and civilian casualties and heavy losses reported on both sides.

Both Kiev and the Donbass forces accused each other of war crimes. The Ukrainian government accused Russia of directing the “aggression,” but Moscow insisted its troops never entered the Donbass. This is reminiscent of the Nigerian - Biafran civil war, Ojukwu didn't accept the authority of Gowon, Gowon became Nigeria's head of state after the success of a 'counter coup' that deposed Ironsi. The Coup that brought Ironsi to power (the first military coup in Nigeria) overthrew and killed Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa, a northerner, this coup was seen an igbo coup by the northerners, Nnamdi Azikiwe, an igbo man and Nigeria's ceremonial president wasn't assassinated. The northerners retaliated against igbos living in the north, this forced the igbos to move back to thier region in Eastern Nigeria, then the Eastern region attempted to secede from Nigeria, the igbos greedily claimed other parts of Nigeria in the South South that are not igbo territories as part of thier Biafra. After the civil war, they came to Lagos, a Yoruba state and declared Lagos to be an igbo territory. They also claim to be jewish. Tinubu can send them to invade Niger. I have no sympathy for any Zombie Yoruba man or Northerner that marches on Niger, they're no different from heartless armed robbers. While I'm anti Nigeria invasion of Niger, an exchange of gunfire might be necessary. Those useless Nigerian soldiers harassing innocent Nigerian civilians should go and flex thier muscles in Niger. Desertion is a norm in the Nigerian military (Boko haram vs Nigeria), Nigerian military personnels should desert and seek asylum in Niger, Burkinafaso, Algeria etc. If they like, they can waste thier lives for Oga Tinubu and his gang, they're not serving Nigeria.

4) Minsk ceasefire puts an end to large-scale fighting

While the fighting in the Donbass never ceased completely, it largely stopped after the internationally brokered accords signed in Minsk, Belarus. Under the second ceasefire deal between the Ukrainian government and the rebels brokered by Russia, France, and Germany in February 2015, Kiev pledged decentralization reform, providing broad autonomy to the eastern regions (this is similar to Aburi Accord, Gowon failed to honour this agreement, the Nigerian army outnumbered and outgunned the Biafran miscreants, Russia also outnumbers and outgun the Ukrainian combatants).
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe deployed its monitoring team along the “line of contact” separating the Ukrainian army from DPR-LPR forces.

5) No reform, no peace for Donbass
Kiev and the breakaway republics have repeatedly accused each other of violating the Minsk agreements, but, crucially, the promised reforms have never materialized. The Ukrainian government continued branding the DPR and LPR officials as “terrorists” and ruled out any direct negotiations, while new rounds of talks in the same international ‘Normandy Format’ failed to produce tangible results.

In February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was “not satisfied with all provisions” of the agreements, claiming Kiev and Moscow saw their implementation differently. Russia has accused Kiev of abandoning the deal altogether, as cross-border shelling continued. More than 13,000 people were killed in the conflict between 2014 and 2020, according to the UN.

6) Road to escalation in Donbass
In late 2021 and early 2022, allegations of an imminent full-scale attack intensified both in Kiev and in the breakaway republics. Ukraine’s Western allies accused Moscow of planning an unprovoked military operation that would see large swaths of the country occupied and its capital taken, while the Kremlin continued to dismiss the allegations and, in turn, accused Kiev of planning an attack in the Donbass.

Officials in Donetsk and Lugansk accused the Ukrainian army of launching heavy artillery across the border. The DPR and LPR responded with a large-scale evacuation of civilians to Russia and declared the mobilization of all military-age men. Ukraine denied it was planning a full-blown assault on the breakaway republics, blaming the DPR and LPR for the ceasefire violations.

7) Russia recognizes Donbass republics
The leaders of the DPR and LPR appealed to the Kremlin on Monday to recognize the two republics as independent states. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the recognition on the same day, citing what he said was Ukraine’s inability to implement the Minsk agreements and the continued attacks on Donetsk and Lugansk. Putin also signed friendship treaties with the DPR and LPR, which included the provision of military assistance.

8) Moscow launches ‘military operation’ in Ukraine
The Donbass republics asked Russia to help them repel the “aggression” of Ukrainian troops. Putin responded by announcing a military operation against Ukraine. He claimed he wanted to protect the people of the Donbass from what he described as “genocide” and sought the “demilitarization and denazification” of Ukraine. The president did not reveal the scope of the operation nor how long it would last.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a short statement that it was carrying out “precision strikes” against Ukrainian military targets, without specifying their location. Ukrainian officials and media outlets have reported strikes in cities across the country, as well as alleged incursions by Russian soldiers and armored vehicles from several directions. Moscow has neither confirmed nor denied that its ground troops have crossed Ukraine’s borders.
Kiev has declared martial law and closed its airspace for civilian flights. Zelensky said Kiev was cutting diplomatic ties with Moscow. (Ukraine still has an embassy in Russia).

9) What comes next?
Putin said Moscow has recognized the whole of Ukraine’s former Donetsk and Lugansk administrative regions as the DPR and LPR. Both regions have been partly controlled by Ukrainian forces since 2015.

Meanwhile, Zelensky has been pleading with his Western allies to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia.
https://www.rt.com/russia/550493-ukraine-donbass-military-operation-prehistory/

Coup in Niger and Nigeria's Invasion of Niger

Jagaban is not mysterious or invincible, he rode on Buhari's back to the presidency. He fronted Nuhu Ribadu as the presidential candidate of his AC/ACN party in 2011 with the intention of succeeding Ribadu as the president of Nigeria but they were jointly defeated as Goodluck Jonathan emerged victorious, Buhari came second and Ribadu was a very distant third.

If it's by size, Nigeria has the Largest military In ECOWAS, Russia's military is larger and better equipped than Ukraine's, this translates to Russia's victory in Ukraine abi? So whenever Nigeria invades Niger, Nigeria is expected to triumph over Niger but it won't. Nigerian rank and file soldiers are unmotivated, they do not believe in Tinubu or what he has sent them to die for, thier morale is shattered, they're also affected by the economic hardship that Tinubu has brought upon Nigeria because of his heartless, brutal and merciless behaviour.
Oga Tinubu's legitimacy as the president of Nigeria does not have a solid foundation.
He has turned out to be a Rehoboam: Buhari laid on you (Nigerians) a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. Buhari scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.

The Government of Sani Abacha

Foreign Reserve and Debt.
The Abacha government was the first to report unprecedented economic achievements: it oversaw an rise in its foreign-exchange reserves from $494 million in 1993 to $9.6 billion by the middle of 1997, reducing Nigeria's external debt from $36 billion in 1993 to $27 billion by 1997. He is widely revered for achieving this, compared to the fact that no other administration had been able to do so before or after the start of the Fourth Nigerian Republic.

Policy of privatization.
Sani Abacha put an end to all the divisive privatization programs of the Ibrahim Babangida government, lowered the inflation rate by 54 per cent from IBB to 8.5 per cent between 1993 and 1998, while oil was the nation's primary resource at an average rate of $15 per barrel.

Security.
The Nigerian Police Force underwent a large-scale retraining, the word "Abacha boy" emerged after the progress and efficacy of security enforcement by the Abacha Admin Security Officers, between 1993 and 1998, during its Presidency. Abacha, a military man, heavily disincentivized street crime or the formation of any insurgent groups, underwent thorough retraining. His presidency oversaw ECOMOG military victories in West Africa, which strengthened Nigeria's military profile. After years of civil war, he was instrumental in restoring peace and democracy in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Sani Abacha recommended two important things to the 1995 constitutional conference which were 13% derivation for oil-producing areas and recognition of six geo-political zones.
Sani Abacha is Nigeria's best head of state of all time. He was on track to catapult Nigeria to the level of development enjoyed in Gaddafi's Libya but the westerners murdered him. Under Gaddafi, Libya was the most prosperous African country.