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Kenya holds state funeral for ex-president Kibaki

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , ,
– – Kenya is holding a state funeral service on Friday for former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki who died a week ago at the age of 90. The event is being held at the Nyayo National Stadium in the capital Nairobi. Kenyans queued to pay their last respects to the late president for several days. The body of the late president… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Pastor RUGA Osinbajo And Sermon Of N250,000 Bribery To Delegates By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
For the umpteenth time, let me state that I don’t believe in one Nigeria. I don’t believe in the 2023 presidential elections. The election will produce a president from the rank of thieves who destroyed Nigeria. I believe dissolution is the answer and not elections. Nigerian democracy has morphed from a Democracy of People into a Democracy of Naira. Pay-to-play… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Dorsey, Musk, Buhari And Twitter By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

Elwin Mandowa,
Twitter, Instagram and Facebook facilitate our daily digital interactions among friends and relatives, far and near. Cross-fertilisation of ideas remains a democratic imperative in a free world. The Internet, without any iota of doubt, has dramatically changed our communal or individual conversations among ourselves in the whole world. With the advent of the Internet freedom of expression has been given… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Governor Ben Ayade’s Declaration For President Is An Insulting Joke, By Elias Ozikpu

Elwin Mandowa,
One of the biggest jokes that hit the airwaves this week was that Governor Ben Ayade,Cross River’s worst governor since 1999, declared his intention to run for President in2023. This declaration was a cruel insult on the collective intelligence of not just fellowCross Riverians, but all Nigerians. It is disrespectful for a governor who has failed sospectacularly to declare his… Read More
Africa Investments 

Adesina lays out steps for a collective global path on infrastructure financing

Elwin Mandowa,
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen hosted G-7 Ministers and heads of multilateral development banks on Tuesday. The high-level virtual roundtable event to discuss scaling up of infrastructure financing—organized in the context of President Biden’s Building Back a Better World plan—was moderated by US Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development Alexia Latortue. Speaking at the virtual roundtable, African Development Bank… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

What History Says About How Buhari’s Successor Will Emerge, By Azu Ishiekwene

Elwin Mandowa,
I think the most frequently asked question today is, who will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari? With over 35 aspirants openly declaring their interest as of today, a few still in the closet and more coming out, the field has never looked more crowded. And last week, the decision by former President Goodluck Jonathan to put one leg in the ring, while… Read More
Africa World 

Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa

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– – Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year. Almost 17 500 cases of measles were recorded in the African region between January and March 2022, marking a 400% increase compared with the same period in 2021. Twenty African countries reported measles outbreaks in the first quarter of this year, eight more than… Read More
Africa World 

African flag registries exploited by high-risk fishing operators

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– – A report published by international maritime intelligence organisations TMT and I.R. Consilium, examines both how foreign fishing operators are accessing and exploiting African flag registries for their fishing vessels in pursuit of legal impunity, and how weaknesses in African flagging regimes attract this exploitation. The global fishing market is projected to be worth $194 billion by 2027, so… Read More
Africa Investments 

International Girls in ICT Day: Coding for Employment’s new digital skills training centres to boost women’s opportunity in information and…

Elwin Mandowa,
The newest digital training centres of the African Development Bank’s Coding for Employment program will set aside half of their initial training slots to women applicants, the Bank said on International Girls in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Day. The Coding for Employment program, which equips African youth with the digital skills they need to contribute meaningfully to the global… Read More
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