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Excluding Russia from Ukraine Peace talks is a ‘road to nowhere’ —Moscow warns West

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Russia has warned that attempts to resolve Ukraine’s security issues without its involvement are a “road to nowhere,” following recent meetings between European leaders and US President Donald Trump on security guarantees for Kyiv.

“We cannot agree with proposals to resolve questions of collective security without the Russian Federation. This will not work,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.

Lavrov stressed that the West, particularly the United States, “understands perfectly well that seriously discussing security issues without the Russian Federation is a utopia; it’s a road to nowhere.”

The comments came two days after Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House, and shortly after Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Trump is seeking to push Putin and Zelenskyy toward a settlement more than three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, but deep divisions remain.

Lavrov said any summit between Putin and Zelenskyy “must be prepared in the most meticulous way” to avoid worsening the conflict. He also accused European leaders of “clumsy attempts” to influence Trump’s stance on Ukraine, claiming they offered “no constructive ideas” during their meeting.

Meanwhile, NATO military chiefs were scheduled to meet on Wednesday to discuss potential security guarantees for Ukraine, as a coalition of 30 countries—including European nations, Japan, and Australia—works on plans to support a possible peace agreement.

Trump has ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine, and Russia has repeatedly stated it would reject any NATO presence in the country.

Tensions remain high after Poland reported that an object resembling a Russian Shahed drone landed overnight in a cornfield in its eastern region, calling it a “provocation” amid ongoing peace discussions.

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Ndigbo will never move on from £20 compensation injustice — Aloy Ejimakor

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Lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, convicted leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, has said Ndigbo will “never move on” from the injustices suffered after the Nigerian Civil War, particularly the confiscation of properties and the £20 compensation policy.

Ejimakor made the statement in a post on X on Saturday, where he argued that many people wrongly believe the Igbo have forgotten the humiliation and injustice experienced after the war.

“It seems to me that some people believe that Ndigbo have moved on from the humiliation & injustice of confiscating their properties & handing them a mere £20 at the end of the Civil War. Well, hear this: Ndigbo will NEVER move on until these injustices (plus more) are redressed,” he wrote.

The lawyer did not specify what additional grievances he was referring to, but his comments come amid renewed debates over historical injustices, reconciliation, and the treatment of the South-East region since the end of the Civil War in 1970.

It was reports that after the war, many Igbo people who had bank deposits before the conflict were reportedly given a flat sum of £20 regardless of the amount previously held in their accounts, a policy that has remained a subject of controversy for decades.

Ejimakor is one of the lead lawyers representing Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, who was recently convicted on terrorism-related charges brought by the Federal Government.

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VIDEO: Release Nnamdi Kanu or arrest Sheikh Gumi – Primate Ayodele to Nigeria Govt

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Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has called on the Federal Government to release detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

Speaking to his congregation in a video sighted by DAILY POST, Primate Ayodele said if the Nigerian Government continues to keep Nnamdi Kanu, it should also arrest Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.

He said, “The Nigerian government should release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Since you keep Kanu in prison, why can’t you keep Sheikh Gumi in prison too?

“You keep Nnamdi Kanu but Gumi is free. Then, how do you want to now manage the government.

“If Nnamdi Kanu is there, then go and take Gumi. Then Nigerians will believe that the government is serious. Protest will seize this Tinubu government,” he warned.

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UN Secretary-General appoints Nigeria’s Eziakonwa as Special Adviser on Africa

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United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres on Friday announced the appointment of Ahunna Eziakonwa of Nigeria as Special Adviser on Africa.

She succeeds Cristina Duarte of the Republic of Cabo Verde, to whom the Secretary General is grateful for her commitment and dedicated service to the Organisation.

Eziakonwa brings nearly three decades of United Nations (UN) leadership to her new role.

In her current role as UN Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), she oversees the organisation’s support to 46 African countries in pursuing Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the African Union’s Agenda 2063.

Since 2018, she has helped shape UNDP’s strategic approach to economic and political development across the continent.

Eziakonwa’s experience spans the full breadth of UN work in Africa.

She has served as UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in three countries – Ethiopia, Uganda and Lesotho – where she coordinated humanitarian action, development strategy and political engagement.

As Chief of the Africa Section at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in New York, she managed humanitarian operations across 15 African countries and held senior posts in Liberia and Sierra Leone during critical periods in those nations.

At UN Headquarters, she contributed to peacekeeping and political analysis and strategic communications pertaining to UN engagement in Africa, working with the UN Departments of Peacekeeping Operations, Political Affairs and Public Information.

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Prior to joining the UN, she held positions in several African civil society organisations.

Eziakonwa holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs with a focus on African economic and political development from Columbia University, New York, USA, and a Bachelor of Arts in Pedagogy, English and Literary Studies from the University of Benin, Nigeria.

In addition to her native Igbo and English, she speaks fluent Yoruba and has a working knowledge of French.

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