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Month: August 2020

OP-ED Opinions 

Oyedepo’s Unholy Anger Over CAMA And Nigeria’s Karma, By Fredrick Nwabufo

Elwin Mandowa,
Is the church an enterprise? Yes. Is the church a place of spiritual alliance with the creator? Yes. Naturally, the church as an industry should be detached from incorporeal control. Both must not be conflated. There is the tabernacle of God, which no mundane or terrestrial order has power over, and there is the venture of mammon which must submit… Read More
Africa 

‘Urgent need’ to scale up search and rescue in the Mediterranean

Village Reporter
The boat, carrying over 80 people sank on 17 August after its engine exploded off the coast of Zwara, in western Libya. Some 37 survivors were rescued by local fishermen and detained after disembarking.  The tragedy is the largest recorded shipwreck off the Libyan coast this year, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).  IOM… Read More

Concacaf aspirants react as path to Qatar 2022 laid out

Village Reporter, , ,
Concacaf qualifying draw for Qatar 2022 revealed Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Honduras seeded into final round Competing nations react to Wednesday’s draw It is just over two years since the world champions were crowned in Moscow and now Concacaf’s 35 aspirants finally know their road towards the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. The draw on Wednesday in Zurich… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Fans Pray For Singer May D To Return To Music Scene As He Splashes N10k On Twitter

Village Reporter,
Mr May D Nigerian singer, May D, also known as Mister May D, is being expected to return fully to his music career very soon. Already, the singer has dropped the accompanying music video to the remix of his single ‘Lowo Lowo’ featuring Davido. A fan who wishes the artist well got across to him via Twitter. The fan identified… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Yahaya Sharif-Aminu: Blasphemy And Death Sentence Revisited By Leo Igwe

Elwin Mandowa,
While the Muslim Lawyers Association, the Council of Imams, and the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria have called for the execution of the Muslim singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, I urge a stay of action and ask that the death sentence be reconsidered and quashed. Here I argue that Sharif-Aminu did not commit any crime as the Sharia court in Kano… Read More
Africa Investments 

Regional Integration as a Tool for Wealth Creation in Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
The COVID-19 pandemic and its health and economic impacts has forced a global rethink of the current multilateral framework and what it means for the future. For Africa, COVID-19 has served as a wake-up call in many ways.  The mitigation measures that were put in place by most countries, globally, to contain the spread of the pandemic, and particularly border… Read More
Human Rights 

Jordan: Closing teachers’ union, detaining officials, ‘serious’ rights violations

Village Reporter
The Government closed the Jordanian Teachers’ Syndicate last month, reportedly in retaliation for criticizing the authorities for not honouring a 2019 pledge for better pay and conditions.    The deal ended a month-long strike that shut down schools nationwide.  ‘Serious’ rights violations   “The actions of the Jordanian government against the Teachers Syndicate are a serious violation of the rights to… Read More
Africa Investments 

Burundi/Rwanda : la Banque africaine de développement finance le tronçon routier entre les deux pays et renforce l’intégration sous régionale en…

Elwin Mandowa,
Le projet de route Nyamitanga-Ruhwa-Ntendezi-Mwityazo, réalisé entre 2009 et 2018 entre le Burundi et le Rwanda, a facilité les échanges commerciaux entre les deux pays voisins des Grands Lacs et renforcé l’intégration sous‑régionale dans l’espace de la Communauté économique des pays de l’Afrique de l’Est. Le projet a été financé dans sa quasi-intégralité (98%) par le guichet concessionnel du Fonds… Read More