{"id":85104,"date":"2026-02-18T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=85104"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:21:26","slug":"nigeria-issues-warning-over-illegal-recruitment-of-its-citizens-for-russias-war-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/18\/nigeria-issues-warning-over-illegal-recruitment-of-its-citizens-for-russias-war-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria issues warning over illegal recruitment of its citizens for Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1WxeY8.img?w=534&amp;h=300&amp;m=6&amp;x=192&amp;y=92&amp;s=43&amp;d=43\" alt=\"A man walks past a billboard promoting contract military service in the Russian army's unmanned systems units, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nigeria warned its nationals against being recruited for armed conflicts abroad after reports that some were duped into fighting for Russia in Ukraine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/nigeria-issues-warning-over-illegal-recruitment-of-its-citizens-for-russia-s-war-in-ukraine\/ar-AA1WxcvO?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=699567b10f174e628347c23dff38b024&amp;ei=22\">Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Nigeria warned its nationals against being recruited for armed conflicts abroad after reports that some were duped into fighting for Russia in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/two-Nigerians-die-figthing-for-Russia.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85105,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85104\/revisions\/85105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}