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Buhari dismisses Chinese 'debt trap' talk
2018-09-06 10:12:09
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday dismissed insinuations that infrastructure projects being funded by the Chinese government are a “debt trap” Buhari is in China for the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on Africa-China Cooperation, where he signed a new loan of $328m. Critics have insinuated that the US $328 million loan is a debt trap and it is another way to jeopardise Nigeria economy. But Buhari said the loans were necessary for the infrastructural development “Let me use this opportunity to address and dispel insinuations about a so-called Chinese ‘debt trap’,” Buhari said. “I am happy to note that Nigeria’s partnership with China through #FOCAC has resulted in the execution of critical infrastructure projects valued at more than $5 billion, over the last three years,” he added. The President, while clarifying his actions, stated some project that China through #FOCAC has funded and has been executed. “We have completed and flagged off West Africa’s first urban rail system, valued at $500 million, in Abuja. Before then was the 180km rail line that connects Abuja and Kaduna, completed and commissioned in 2016, and running efficiently since then,” the President declared. Buhari further assured Nigerians that are projects are self-liquidating and will in no time generate profits “These vital infrastructure projects being funded are perfectly in line with Nigeria’s Economic Recovery & Growth Plan. Some of the debts, it must be noted, are self-liquidating.”
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Stolen 'Wizard Of Oz' Slipper found after 13 years
2018-09-06 10:05:18
They are the world’s most recognizable shoes but have somehow evaded detection for 13 years since being stolen from a Minnesota museum. But on Tuesday, the ruby-red slippers which were worn by Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” came home again. US authorities announced they had recovered the famous sequined shoes — one of four pairs worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 American classic film. The shoes were snatched in the dead of night in 2005 from a shattered glass case at the Judy Garland Museum in the late actress’s birthplace of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. A $1 million reward had been offered for their return. But the culprit and the fate of the shoes had remained a mystery. Authorities shed little light on what happened to the shoes, telling reporters only that they had recovered the famous pair and that there were “multiple suspects.” They unveiled the shoes — which appeared to be in good condition — in a glass case. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington — which has another pair of Dorothy’s slippers on display — authenticated the recovered pair. “It’s unbelievable,” Judy Garland Museum representative Sue Plagemann told AFP. “We never thought they’d be recovered. We thought they were lost forever.” Extortion attempt Ever since the 2005 theft, police in the city of Grand Rapids have received numerous tips, chief Scott Johnson said. One tip claimed the shoes were nailed to a wall in a roadside diner. Another insisted they were thrown in an iron-ore pit. “Our police department followed up on each and every lead,” Johnson said, adding that it didn’t help that countless replicas were in circulation. But as the trail grew cold, it appeared less and less likely that the shoes would ever be seen again. The investigation picked up a year ago, when authorities said an extortion attempt was made to the insurance company that had taken ownership claim to the slippers. Local police contacted the FBI and a yearlong investigation began. The slippers were recovered during an undercover operation in Minneapolis, the FBI said. “We’re not done. We have a lot of work to do,” said North Dakota-based US Attorney Chris Myers. “There’s information out there that could help this investigation move forward.” Authorities said they wanted to ensure they had accounted for everyone involved in the theft and the subsequent concealment of the slippers through the years. “Our hope today is that folks that are watching this, if you know something about the theft, something about where these slippers have been in the last 13 years, that you come forward and you share that with us,” said FBI agent Jill Sanborn. The stolen slippers were one of four known surviving pairs used in the film, and worn by Garland as she danced her way down the yellow-brick road. “They’re more than just a pair of shoes,” said police chief Johnson. “They’re an enduring symbol of the power of belief.”
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Why I Want To Be Nigeria's President.. David Mark Explained After Picking Nomination Form
2018-09-06 09:36:22