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Ukraine War: European leaders hold summit to mull Trump plans

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European leaders are gathering on Monday for a special summit to discuss plans by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine.

Leaders from Germany, Britain, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark are expected to attend the informal meeting in Paris.

The meeting would hold alongside European Council President António Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the Élysée Palace said.

French President Emmanuel Macron set up the meeting to initiate consultations on the situation in Ukraine and the challenges for security in Europe.

The aim is to bring together all partners interested in peace and security in Europe, with the meeting organised at short notice during the Munich Security Conference.

EU countries and Ukraine fear the U.S. and Russia may seek a peace solution bilaterally, after Trump declared his determination to end the conflict.

Europe and Ukraine insist they should be part of peace talks.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said both Ukraine and Europe should be involved in negotiations.

Beyond that, European leaders in Paris would discuss a broader strategy in relation to the new U.S. administration after a series of demands and criticisms from Washington.

Diplomats have said the question of what Europe can contribute to a possible peace deal would also be discussed, after the U.S. called on Europeans to contribute more.

The Paris meeting comes the same week Rubio is due to meet Russian representatives together with U.S.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz in Saudi Arabia.

Neither representatives of Ukraine nor the Europeans would be at the table during the talks in Saudi Arabia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had previously said on U.S. television that he would not accept any peace solution in which Ukraine had not participated, NAN reports.

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Some African countries developing, others in chaos – Rubio

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said countries in Africa are going in two directions, with some developing economically while others are falling into chaos.

The American diplomat, in an interview with Bari Weiss Podcast, responded to a question on the United States’ interest in foreign nations — stability or democracy.

Rubio explained that the United States now operates according to the dynamics in each region as current situations differ from what existed in previous decades.

The Secretary of State said 20 years ago, the U.S. was “a unipolar power” and was usually called in to do things because nobody else could or would.

“We don’t live in that world anymore,” he stated. “We now live in a world with a near peer adversary in China.”

“We live in a world where, while Russia’s economy is not large, they have the ability to project power and destabilize.”

Rubio said the world now witnesses a nuclear-armed North Korea, a nuclear-ambitious Iran, and a Middle East with both opportunities and real challenges.

The Secretary revealed that the U.S. national interest in the Middle East is stability, and preventing groups that would attack Americans from taking root.

In Central America, U.S. national interest is migration, drugs, with the hope that countries are prosperous so people don’t migrate and join drug cartels.

“We have to have foreign policies in different parts of the world, and we have to have the regions and the embassies run it,” Rubio noted.

The senior official added that Washington no longer applies the same standard across the board, adding: “That’s not realistic foreign policy in today’s world.”

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Rivers: Tinubu broke Nigeria’s constitution, National Assembly very weak – Amaechi

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Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has insisted that President Bola Tinubu broke Nigeria’s constitution by removing Governor Siminalayi Fubara and declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State.

Amaechi also expressed disappointment over the ineffectiveness of the National Assembly in the matter, describing the Red Chamber as a very weak institution that aided Tinubu in instituting an illegal government.

The former Rivers State governor spoke at the 9th Edition of Akinjide Adeosun Foundation, AAF, Annual Leadership Discourse themed: “Fearless Leadership: A Panacea for Sustainable Development,” organised by AAF yesterday in Lagos.

Amaechi said: “For a governor or a president, who subscribes to such a concept, it is what he or she does that is law. It is not what is in the book that is law. There is also the non-observance of the basic principles of law.

“This is where government is not by law, but by the whims and caprices of an individual leader. Like the current pronouncement of an illegal and unconstitutional state of emergency in Rivers State aided by weak institutions like the National Assembly, which is very weak.

“What is even more alarming is that the breach in the situation is not even about law. The president didn’t break any law. He broke the constitution.

“Now, this breach of the constitution is a breach of the sacredness and sanctity of the constitution. The constitution of a country is the Bible of that country. And its sanctity must be protected.

“Can we say the same in Nigeria? Obviously, the response would be a resounding no. The president looked at the whole Nigeria and removed an elected governor in Rivers State and appointed a military man, yet the country continued. Nothing happened,” he lamented.

Ekwutosblog reports that Tinubu had a few weeks ago declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following the prolonged political crisis in the south-south state.

The president also suspended Fubara, his deputy, and the members of the state assembly.

He later nominated Ibok-Eke Ibas as the administrator of Rivers State.

 

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JUST IN: Nigerian born and Australian Politician Bola Oluseye Olatunbosun has been preselected under the Liberal Party of Australia to run in the Federal Elections for a seat in the Australian Parliament.

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Nigerian born and Australian Politician Bola Oluseye Olatunbosun has been preselected under the Liberal Party of Australia to run in the Federal Elections for a seat in the Australian Parliament.

If she wins, she will be the first Nigerian to be elected to the Federal Parliament in Australia

Report shows that her husband is one of the Resident Pastors of Winners Chapel in Australia.

NIGERIANS are really doing wonders in diaspora

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