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OP-ED Opinions 

Who Is The Dumbest: Buhari Or Osinbajo? By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
As we approach the October 1 nationwide peaceful rally, we are succumbing to the tragic evils of dictatorship in a representative democracy. The newest jolt to an angry, divided, and fragile nation is the plan by General Muhammadu Buhari to kill the October 1 peaceful rally. If there’s a single consensus about Buhari’s regime, it is that the government isn’t… Read More
Africa Nigeria News and Headlines South Africa Southern Africa World 

Anti-foreigner sentiment re-emerges in South Africa

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– – Xenophobic sentiments against foreigners in South Africa have emerged once again among locals. The hashtag #NigeriansMustGo has been trending on social media in South Africa as locals revive anti-foreigner agitations. Last week a protest was held outside the Nigerian High Commission in the capital, Pretoria, under the hashtag #PutSouthAfricansFirst. At the Nigeria Embassy to hand over the memorandum… Read More
Africa Featured Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambia: Young people drop out of school due to Covid-19

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– – Some young people in some underprivileged communities in Zambia may not return to school this year, despite all education institutions having re-opened, because a number have either been married off or/and fallen pregnant during the months that the schools were closed. Others are just staying home, because their parents are more comfortable with them being away from school,… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank named to the board of World Business Angels Investment Forum

Elwin Mandowa,
The World Business Angels Investment Forum today announced the African Development Bank as its newest  Board Member. In this capacity the Bank will represent Africa’s early-stage equity markets, entrepreneurship and startup ecosystems, small and medium enterprises and high-growth businesses, angel investors, and private equity funds. Abdu Mukhtar, the Bank’s Director of  Industrial and Trade Development, will occupy the Bank’s Board… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Beyond A Reversal Of Petroleum And Electricity Price Increases: Towards An End To A Reign Of Waste And Brigandage! By Gbenga Komolafe

Elwin Mandowa,
The Nigerian labour movement with full collaboration of hundreds of other progressive organizations in the country including the Coalition for Revolution (CORE), the Joint Action Front (JAF), Alliance for Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) as well as the Federation of Informal Workers’ Organizations of Nigeria (FIWON), have resolved to embark on a general strike action and mass protests against recent… Read More
Africa Mali West Africa World 

Mali: Former diplomat Moctar Ouane named prime minister

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– – Mali’s transitional government leader, retired Col. Major Ba N’Daou on Sunday named a new civilian prime minister. N’Daou appointed former foreign affairs minister of the country Moctar Ouane to the new role. Before serving in the role as Mali’s foreign minister between 2004 and 2011, he was Mali’s permanent representative to the UN from 1995 to 2002. Ouane also… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Ex-Minister Gbagi’s Blue Film In Warri! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

Elwin Mandowa,
Kenneth Gbagi was a former Nigerian Minister of State for Education. He is currently nursing the ambition reportedly of becoming the Governor od Delta State under the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He is said to be the proprietor of Signatious Hotel in the oil city of Warri. That hotel could have been built with stolen funds if the sordid… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Nigeria At 60: The Colonialists Never Left – They Are Nigerian Politicians By Fredrick Nwabufo

Elwin Mandowa,
The British colonialists chucked the power console to the aborigines of Nigeria in 1960. Let me rephrase that. The British prowlers tossed power into the palm of native champions and ‘’non-functionally’’ exited the dais before the close of 1960. But these infiltrators did not go with the evils and vices of their craft. The perils of colonialism remained. So, long… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Four Reasons Why Nigerian Americans Must Get Involved In The 2020 US Presidential Elections By Dr Malcolm Fabiyi

Elwin Mandowa,
The Nigerian presence in America goes back to the earliest periods in American history. Recent genetic studies have confirmed that Nigerian heritage is extensive in the gene pool of African Americans whose ancestors were brought during the Transatlantic slave trade in the 1700s and 1800s. Over the last hundred years, the Nigerian presence in America has been driven by two… Read More
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