PUTIN WOOS AFRICAN LEADERS AT SHOWCASE SUMMIT, SAYS RUSSIA IS BETTER PARTNER THAN 'COLONIAL' WEST. (PHOTO).

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 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...

PRESIDENT JONATHAN SAID NIGERIA ECONOMY IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST,TRUE OR FALSE?.

                           Today tuesday,President Goodluck Jonathan made this statement in Port Harcourt at the inauguration of Enugu Port Harcourt Enugu intercity train service that ''We have mangeged the economy in Africa and one of the largest in the world.We have changed the course of history with the railway system in the last 30 years from the neglected sector to a rehabilitated and revitalised one by rehabilitating the existing narrow gauge railway lines,the operations and maintenance.We have introduced programmes that have impacted positively on the lives of the people and national agenda''.Adeseyi Sijuwade,Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation {NRC},noted that the rehabilitation of Enugu Port Harcourt Railway had many challenges.30 metres of the rail line was washed out by Aba gully erosion.He further explained that five metres wide reinforced concrete culvert of more than 366 metres long resolved the problem.The Aba mountain of refuse which is about five metres high was part of the challenges while a section of the track was buried.One more photo below.                                                                                                                                

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