Last week the FCDO hosted the Ukraine Recovery Conference, the focus was on rebuilding and reconstructing, putting aside discussions on current battles. It was a high-level gathering with participation from the FCDO and senior officials. The event was attended by high-profile guests including Rishi Sunak the Prime Minister, James Cleverley the Foreign Secretary, Volodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine (online), Ursula von der Leyen the President of the European Commission, Anthony Blinken the US Secretary of State, and Yoshimasa Hayashi the Japanese Foreign Secretary. Amongst those representing the private sector were Richard Branson and Howard Buffet. However, the conference highlighted the need for greater representation from the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, a crucial matter that must be addressed.
Observers of the war in Ukraine woke on Saturday morning to the news of an armed mutiny by the Wagner PMC. Rostov-on-Don had been seized and the military HQ of the Russian Southern Command captured without a shot being fired. Prigozhin, filmed inside the HQ speaking to Russia’s deputy Defence Minister and deputy Chief of the General Staff surrounded by armed Wagnerites, demanded talks with Shoigu and Gerasimov. When that was denied to Prigozhin, he began his “march for justice” towards Moscow, taking Voronezh and allegedly shooting down up to seven aircraft along the way.
Read about our managing director’s, Dan Hooton’s first trip to Ukraine, Kyiv. Dan was specifically going our to finish the setting up of our latest subsidiary, Spearfish Ukraine LLC. It also coincided with a client mission and thought it was a good time to lend a helping hand.
The inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will take place in Abuja on 29th May at Eagle Square. The event has been scheduled to hold as the election tribunal is ongoing.
As a UK supplier to the UK government, we at spearfish are interested in the procurement bill that is currently at the report stage for ourselves and our clients.
Following the Nigerian presidential election held on Saturday 25th February 2023, Peter Obi (Labour Party) and Atiku Abubakar (People’s Democratic Party) will challenge in court the result that saw Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC party declared the presidential winner with 37% of the vote.
