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Ghanaian activist arrested over coup comments

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , ,
– – A Ghanaian social activist Oliver Baker- Vormawor has been arrested by the police for making claims of carrying out a coup if a controversial electronic levy policy is passed by the country’s parliament. Barker-Vormawor who is a convenor of the popular pressure group #FixtheCountry Movement was arrested by operatives from the National Security at the Kotoka International Airport… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Nigeria: Who Decides Which Ethnic Nations Will Form Any Union Together? By Ndidi Uwechue

Elwin Mandowa,
A country is a political Union of Ethnic Nations. When a country is forced into being by some “strong man”, it tends to later unravel. However, when Ethnic Nations choose to be in Union, that tends to make a viable and satisfactory country. In the case of Nigeria, who should decide which Ethnic Nations are to be in Union together… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Canadian Truckers’ Protests: Physician, Heal Thyself! By Lekan Adigun

Elwin Mandowa,
Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, has been the hotbed of the far-rightwing-inspired Canadian truckers’ protests tagged #FreedomConvoy2022 since late January. The #FreedomConvoy2022 started as a protest against mandatory vaccinations for truckers to cross the border into the United States and has grown into broader dissent against the Justin Trudeau-led Government thereby portraying the actions as some sort of anti-vaccination… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Trump, flushed presidential papers and Maggie. By Chido Nwangwu

Elwin Mandowa,
First, the hard facts and undisputable sequence regarding this important issue of national security interest and presidential information keeping of viatl records in order to serve the public interest and further understand the historical contexts of contemporary American presidencies. The United States of America and many other intelligent and properly focused countries keep and learn from the presidential records of those… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

They Promised Nigerians The World, But They Only Delivered An Atlas, By Nasir Aminu

Elwin Mandowa,
The campaign to form the next government has started. Unlike other campaigns, politicians will not get away by promising a mirage. People will scrutinise every promise made. Voters have begun probing candidates across different platforms, and it is becoming a norm. The media-shy candidates would see themselves disadvantaged as we come to the sharpened end of the knife. For the… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Union welcomes $11.48 million grant from the African Development Fund to strengthen delivery of Agenda 2063

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Union Commission (AUC) will soon benefit from an $11.48 million grant from the African Development Fund to strengthen its governance and provide it with institutional support. Approval for the grant, from the Fund’s regional public goods window, came a few days ahead of the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, which closed on Sunday in the… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa, partners, launch new sustainable fashion competition with $6,000 in cash prizes

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Fashionomics Africa initiative’s second online competition is offering $6,000 total in cash prizes, mentoring, new branding packages and other support for winning African designers of sustainable and circular fashion. Fashionomics Africa, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, Parsons School of Design, strategic consulting and communications agency BPCM, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, invite interested… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Posting Of Sex Tapes, Other Indecent Videos On Internet Is Criminal, Punishable By Law By Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq.

Elwin Mandowa,
In recent times, Nigerians have had to endure and confront a series of obscene displays of nudes and the sharing of sex tapes on the internet. While the morality and integrity of victims and those sharing such tapes may be subjected to public debate, it is essential that those involved in the act put the members of the public in… Read More
Africa World 

Why the inside of your car is filthier than a toilet seat

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , ,
– – Do you know that your car could be hosting the most germs compared to your toilet? Well researchers in the UK say cars are not only filthy on the outside but inside too. In fact cars host more germs of significantly higher levels than the average toilet seat, according to a study by researchers at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. The… Read More
Africa Investments 

Tanzania to expand markets and economic growth, as it launches works on major Dodoma road

Elwin Mandowa,
The head of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, on Wednesday joined Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan to formally launch the construction of the landmark Dodoma City Outer Ring Road project. Hundreds of local residents gathered to witness the occasion in the country’s capital, Dodoma. They waved the Tanzanian flag and jubilated as the two leaders laid… Read More
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