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Biden Says Putin ‘Not Going To Stop At Ukraine’

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Earth News “Putin is not going to stop at Ukraine,” Biden said alongside French President Emmanuel Macron after talks in Paris. “All of Europe will be threatened, we are not going to let that happen,” Biden told journalists during his state visit to France. “The United States is standing strong with Ukraine. We will not, I say it again, walk away,” he added. Macron told Biden in front of reporters: “I thank you, Mr President, for being the president of the world’s number one power but doing it with the loyalty of a partner who likes and respects the Europeans.” Both Biden and Macron on Friday met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris, pledging support for the Ukrainian cause. The US president, 81, has been in France since Wednesday and took part in this week’s commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that changed the course of World War II. On Friday, Biden warned of the need to preserve American democracy and drew parallels between World War

Let Every Governor Decide Minimum Wage For His State – Okupe

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Earth News Okupe, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, said all governors should be allowed to decide on their own the amount they can pay. “We should not make laws that is un-encompassing that makes it compulsory for all governors in the federation to obey them. They are sub nationalities on the own. “I mean for instance, if you pay a minimum wage in Lagos, why should I pay that in Sokoto? Let every governor decide for his own state by his own people that this is what I can afford,” Okupe said.

South Africa’s ‘Transparent’ Election Shows Nigeria’s Polls Shameful, Says Obi

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Earth News Obi said that the election was marred by glitches despite the enormous money spent to conduct the exercise. The Labour Party presidential candidate for 2023 polls, Peter Obi, on Saturday, described Nigeria’s 2023 polls as ‘shameful’, commending South Africa’s election as a shining example. ADVERTISEMENT Obi stated this in a series of posts via his X page, stressing that the election was marred by glitches despite the enormous money spent to conduct the exercise. “Nigeria’s 2023 election, with less than 30% of Voter turnout, over 60% of the polling stations starting late, and no diaspora voting, the elections were plagued by allegations of fraud and widespread irregularities, all forms of glitches, despite an enormous expenditure to the tune of about a billion dollars (direct allocation of =N=313 Billion and donor agencies support),” he said. the elections were plagued by allegations of fraud and widespread irregularities, all forms of glitches, despite an enormous expe