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OP-ED Opinions 

A Note To The Federal Government Of Nigeria: Is The National Identity Card Truly Free? By Elias Ozikpu

Elwin Mandowa,
What we are told is that application for the national identity card which is managed and controlled by the National Identity Management Commission is free. Whilst that is the official position of the federal government and the agency in charge, it is noteworthy that some staff of the Commission may have seen it as a perfect opportunity to extort unsuspecting… Read More
Africa Investments 

Webinar: Efficient Corporate Governance for Financial Sector Development

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Webinar on “Efficient Corporate Governance for Financial Sector Development” Who: Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) Partnership & KPMG When: Tuesday, 28 July 2020 at 1pm GMT Where: Online – Zoom, Click. Registration is free The African Development Bank’s Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) Partnership and KPMG, including subject expert Thierry Mbimi, will host a webinar on  corporate governance… Read More
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Elderly Woman Beaten And Lynched For Witchcraft In Ghana By Leo Igwe

Elwin Mandowa,
A 90-year-old woman accused of witchcraft has brutally been murdered in East Gonja in Northern Ghana. Several local news and social media outlets have reported this unfortunate incident. A local television station, TV3, shared a video link on its Facebook page showing a woman being beaten in public while a crowd looked on. The video shows two other women flogging… Read More
Africa Investments 

Financial, development and humanitarian arms provide $20 million to curb the impact of COVID-19 on refugees and their hosts in the Sahel

Elwin Mandowa,
Public health, the wellbeing of refugees and the host communities in the Sahel are at the heart of the latest tripartite agreement between the African Development Bank (AfDB), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the G5 Sahel signed today. The agreement enables a critical $20 million COVID-19 response across the five countries of the Sahel region. Financed by the African… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Fund approves UA100.4 million multi-country Covid-19 Response Support for Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique and Sao Tome

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday approved a UA100.4 million (about $138 million) crisis budget support package to four southern African countries – Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique and São Tomé & Príncipe, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the package, known as the Multi-Country COVID-19 Response Support Program (MCRSP), Malawi will receive a… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

The Impact Of Taxation On Nigeria’s Growth And Development By Abraham John Onoja

Elwin Mandowa,
In a developing country such as Nigeria, one of the major functions of the government is the provision of infrastructural services to the citizens. This infastructural services include electricity, schools, hospitals, pipe-borne water, good roads and as well as ensure a rise in per-capital income, poverty alleviation to mention a few but in order for these services to be adequately… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Will COVID-19 Donors Also Help Stranded Nigerian Teachers? By Olabisi Deji-Folutile

Elwin Mandowa,
It is no longer news that many private school teachers have been at the mercy of kind-hearted people since the Federal Government shut Nigerian schools to limit the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.  Unlike their counterparts in public schools that have continued to get paid for job not done, private school teachers have since been deprived of their means of livelihood.… Read More
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