Today's Headlines: The FG Needs To Release Nnamdi Kanu – Nwakeaku; Putin Has Lost Ukraine War –Biden
The Federal Government Needs To Release Nnamdi Kanu – Nwakeaku
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Nnamdi Kanu has been acquitted, and the federal government needs to release him. He is fundamental to the peace progress in the South-east. The people killing in the East are not Igbos; the government needs to arrest.
Putin has lost Ukraine war – Biden
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The President of the United States Joe Biden says his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin has already lost the war he started against Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Putin ordered the Russian troops to invade Ukraine about 500 days ago, but the US president claimed they are short of weapons to continue the war.
Biden said this on Thursday when visited the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)’s newest member, Finland, DW said.
Speaking alongside Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, in the country’s capital, Helsinki, he said that Putin has “already lost the war” in Ukraine, with Moscow running short of resources and in economic hardship.
“Putin’s already lost the war. There is no possibility of him winning the war in Ukraine,” Biden told a news conference in Helsinki.
He added that Ukraine “will join NATO” and Putin will eventually decide it is not in the interest of Russia to continue the war. “No one can join NATO while a war is going on,” Biden said.
Tinubu Declares State Of Emergency On Food Security
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President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food security in Nigeria.
Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, made this known while briefing State House correspondent on Thursday.
The President also directed that all matters pertaining to food and water availability and affordability, as essential livelihood items, be included within the purview of the National Security Council.
South-East Leaders To Meet Tinubu Over Nnamdi Kanu – Ifeanyi Ubah
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The lawmaker representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Ifeanyi Ubah said the South-East leaders are set to meet with President Bola Tinubu to discuss possibility of releasing Nnamdi Kanu.
Ubah disclosed this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday.
Recall that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been held in detention for about two years.
According to Ubah, Kanu’s release will help reduce insecurity in the South-East geopolitical zone.
He said, “There is a resolution that we are going to meet with the president and we will tick his leniency and see if it is going to be possible to plead with him to have Nnamdi Kanu released.
“We have taken that position and for also some of us in the Senate, we have our caucus, we have also taken that position.”
Ubah noted that Kanu’s release is part of the discussion to put on table once they are able to get into talks with the President.
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