PUTIN WOOS AFRICAN LEADERS AT SHOWCASE SUMMIT, SAYS RUSSIA IS BETTER PARTNER THAN 'COLONIAL' WEST. (PHOTO).
Putin woos African leaders at showcase summit, says Russia is better partner than 'colonial' West President Vladimir Putin told African leaders on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still trying to exploit the continent's resources and using debt to hold back development, Reuters reported. The Kremlin chief was speaking at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, a two-day event attended by African leaders and government delegations from 48 countries, during which he will hold one-on-one talks with many of the 22 individual African leaders attending on everything from trade to security, arms deals and grain supplies. "Africa is increasingly asserting itself as one of the key players in the global economy and politics. However, the emergence of a multipolar world is, of course, no easy task; it faces resistance from countries that are not prepared to accept this reality: those who are accustomed to thinking i...
three years ago,the Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC had accused the Speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly,Adeyemi Ikuforiji and Oyebode Atoyebi,his aide of laundering around N600 million but the two time speaker has now been discharged and acquitted.He was discharged and acquitted by Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court,Lagos.The Judge stated that the case which lasted for three years did not have enough evidence to prosecute Ikuforiji,noting that the prosecution only called two witnesses and that did not help much.''The Prosecution failed to prove its case''.Ikuforiji is now eligible to contest as a Governor in Lagos state 2015,though there are rumours that he will flag off his campaign in few weeks.One more picture below. 
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