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NIGERIA and Russia have reached an agreement to resuscitate the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill in Kogi State after leaders of the two nations signed a deal on the project on the sidelines of the ongoing Russia-Africa Summit.

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) How much have you generated in internally generated revenue

(2) How many new jobs have been created in your state

(3) How many kilometres of road have you tarred

(4) What are the sizes of your classrooms in primary and secondary schools

(5) What is the literacy rate in your state

(6) How many hospital beds are there in your state

(7) How many out-of-school children are there in your state

FULANI livestock body the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) has called for a nationwide vacation of all cows to curtail the outbreak of the highly contagious disease Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP).

JUDICIAL activities were paralysed today at the Federal High Court in Akure the Ondo State capital following the abduction of one of the judges Justice Abdul Dogo who was kidnapped by armed gunmen at Ibilo town in Edo State.

FORMER vice president and presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's son Adamu has been picked by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri as one of his commissioner nominees after he was included on a list of 23 sent to the state house of assembly.

BOURNEMOUTH goalkeeper Joseph Oluwabusola has his eyes set on establishing himself as Nigeria's undisputed number one at the forthcoming U17 World Cup taking place in Brazil with a view to kick-starting his international career.

RUSSIA'S President Vladimir Putin has announced that he plans to double the value of Russian food exports to Africa from the current $25bn to $50bn as part of an aggressive trade expansion programme.

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] Last week, Rotimi Amaechi was in China to look at the railway carriages being built. He will take delivery of 20 coaches this year but alas, this is nowhere near good enough. Nigeria cannot continue to be an eternal consumer. No economy has ever grown when it operates that way

ANTI-graft officials have declared Okoi Obono-Obla the former chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) wanted after he failed to appear before the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

THREE more Nigerians have been injured in fresh xenophobic attacks in South Africa's Mpumalanga Province barely a week after Ikenna Otugo was stabbed to death by unknown assailants in Empageni.