• Embassy sends Nigerian volunteer fighters’ list to UkraineNigeria on Wednesday sided with 140 countries to demand the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. However, 141 countries including Nigeria, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Canada, condemned Russia. The resolution deplored the invasion of Ukraine “in the strongest terms” and condemned President Vladimir Putin’s decision to put his nuclear forces on alert. Nigeria’s stand on Wednesday was a historic departure from its non-aligned movement in the politics between the West and Russia. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, had through his verified Twitter handle, asked foreigners to join the war.

Source: Punch March 03, 2022 05:39 UTC