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...

NIGERIA HAS NO BUSINESS BEING POOR – VP SHETTIMA. (PHOTO).


 Nigeria has no business being poor – VP Shettima


Vice President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria has no business being poor


Shettima made this assertion when he delivered a keynote address at the Agric, Development and Investment Summit in Abuja on Wednesday, July 15. 


He recalled how Indonesia’s revenue from oil palm outweighed Nigeria’s income from crude oil in 2025.


“Indonesia is an oil producing but in 2025 it earned 25 billion dollars from 53 tons of crude palm oil while exporting only 32 million tons, its revenue exceeded more than Nigeria’s oil revenue with just 50 percent of what Indonesia earned from oil palm export.


The Niger Delta is the third-largest delta in the world, and what do people in Mariculture do? Fish farming like Salmond, Tuner, lobsters, and the Delta is endowed with those resources.


In this great nation of ours, we have no business being poor. We have the potential to be one of the richest countries in the world. There are certain parts of this country where money can grow, you can plant money and harvest tremendous money resources.” he said

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