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OP-ED Opinions 

The Ankara Corruption And The Nigerian Elections By Dapo Douglas-Momodu

Elwin Mandowa,
Ankara is a type of cotton cloth featuring bright coloured patterns produced by a means of wax-resist dye technique, associated especially with West African fashion according to the Oxford dictionary. The relationship of the habiliment to the Turkey capital city is quite groggy or yet indecipherable as far as the eponym goes. The Nigerian political class, solemnly established in intractable… Read More
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An Increased Minimum Wage Translates To Maximum Hardship Only In A Failed State By Abdulkadir Salaudeen

Elwin Mandowa,
There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigerians are languishing in their country as if in maximum prison. They feel like dying in the face of unmitigated hunger. They earnestly plead to the angel of death to terminate their souls which seem not worthy of existence. Or what is the essence of souls that cannot be nourished? Trying to force… Read More
Africa Investments 

Africa needs urgent trade finance boost in the wake of COVID-19, report finds

Elwin Mandowa,
There is an urgent need for financing to reenergize Africa’s trade in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest trade finance report released jointly by the African Development Bank and the African Export-Import Bank. According to the report, only 40% of Africa’s trade is bank-intermediated – a far lower share than the global average of 80%. The… Read More
Africa Investments 

Près d’un an après son lancement au Sénégal, le PAVIE, soutenu par la Banque africaine de développement, produit des premiers résultats prometteurs

Elwin Mandowa,
À Ndiemou, dans la région de Fatick, Marie Diouf a fait de la production de sel sa principale source de revenus. « Par le passé, je produisais environ 896 tonnes de sel par an. Aujourd’hui, grâce au financement de la Délégation générale à l’entrepreneuriat rapide (DER), j’ai pu faire des aménagements dans mon champs de sel, acheter des motopompes et avoir… Read More
Africa Investments 

Mauritania: African Development Bank extends $2.1 million for rollout of Disaster Risk Financing

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank’s Board on Wednesday approved a grant of $2.1 million to boost the country’s resilience against climate related shocks and food insecurity. The funds, sourced from the African Development Fund, will go to provide technical and institutional support to strengthen Mauritania’s capacity to assess climate-related risk. The Bank is extending the funding under its Africa Disaster Risk… Read More
Africa Investments 

The Third Review of the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

Elwin Mandowa,
The Resolution of the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, which established the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), as amended in 2015, calls for the Boards of Directors of the AfDB to review the performance of the IRM every four years. The review draws on the lessons learnt by the IRM from… Read More
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Restructuring, Zoning And Northern Oligarchs By Osmund Agbo

Elwin Mandowa,
“You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep” – Navajo Proverb  As the year 2023 draws near and political activities begin to pick up steam, there is the overall expectation that the Presidency will rotate to the South and maybe even micro-zoned to the South-East. Of course, some notable northern politicians want nothing to do with any of… Read More
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Power Drunk Tinubu And His Bartenders: Edo ‘No Be Lagos’! By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi

Elwin Mandowa,
Someone once said: “Power is arrogant and the arrogance of power is stupidity and foolishness.” There have been an avalanche of reactions from Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s camp to the video I had made calling him to order over his earlier video in which he had described himself as the leader of all democrats, irrespective of party affiliations.  But the question… Read More
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Mubarak Bala: Blasphemy And Islamic Sado-Masochism In Nigeria By Leo Igwe

Elwin Mandowa,
Since the arrest of Mubarak Bala, I have repeatedly challenged Muslims on my Facebook and Twitter pages. I have asked these Mohammedans if they would like to be treated in countries where they are in the minority the way they are treating Mubarak Bala and persons who belong to minority religious and belief groups in Kano and other Muslim majority… Read More
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