The paper interrogates the extent to which 120 randomly selected students of Edo State University Uzairue, Nigeria perceives the Russian-Ukrainian war. Using the quantitative approach and based on the conflict perception theories, the results show that most Nigerian Undergraduates do not follow the Russian-Ukrainian war. Results also show Nigerian Undergraduates who follow the war do so via the social media platforms of Instagram and Twitter and they get their information on the war from social media because they trust information such information. The study concludes that Nigerian Undergraduates are not interested in the Russian-Ukraine war because it is a proxy war between Russia and the West and do not want to get themselves entangled in what is not their business. The study recommends that Nigerian undergraduates should be interested in the war because it has wider implications that have consequences for the entire globe.
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