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...

UPDATE: SOUTH AFRICAN LADY BAGS 40 YEARS JAIL TERM FOR IMPORTING 5.75KG HEROINE TO NIGERIA. (PHOTO).


 South African Lady Bags 40 Years Jail Term For Importing 5.75KG Heroine To Nigeria


A 38-year-old South African lady, Ms. Will Jessica Ann has been convicted and sentenced to 40 years in jail for importing 5.75 kilograms of heroin into Nigeria.


The convict was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja after she was found to have concealed 14 large blocks of heroin in her luggage, using her three-year-old son as a cover to beat security checks 


Intelligence leading to her arrest indicates she is a member of a transnational drug trafficking organization along with her husband/partner,  who is, based in Cambodia from where they operate their drug network along the Cambodian-South African axis. The husband also had been arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa on 27th July 2026 while attempting to traffic 3.2kg illicit drug to Hongkong.

                                  

Ms. Will Jessica Ann was subsequently arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on importation of 5.75kg heroin and conspiracy to import 5.75kg of heroin into Nigeria, offences to which she pleaded guilty before Justice Obiora Atuegwu Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Abuja.


She is subsequently  convicted and sentenced  to 15 years in jail on count 1 and 25 years on count 2, bringing the total years of imprisonment to 40 years. The sentence will however run concurrently.

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