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OP-ED Opinions 

Between Madagascar’s Lollypop Ex-minister And Nigeria’s Kilishi Technology DG By Olabisi Deji-Folutile

A few days ago, Madagascar fired its education minister, Rijasoa Andriamanana, for attempted embezzlement. The minister had indicated plans to order more than $2.2m worth of sweets for schoolchildren to mask the bitter aftertaste of the herbal remedy for coronavirus. Explaining how the money would be utilised, the minister had explained that pupils would be given three lollipops each to… Read More
Investments 

African Development Bank approves $20 million to contain spread of COVID-19 in G5 Sahel nations

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on 9 June 2020 approved $20 million in grant funding from the African Development Fund, to build capacity to curb and stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad. The operation will provide funding for the project which will also boost resilience of vulnerable… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Aso Rock: Who Is In Charge? By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

Retired Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, the former military Administrator of old Kaduna State was lucid, diplomatic and patriotic in a recent memo, nay open letter, he sent across to President Muhammadu Buhari. But he was equally critical of Buharism as regards the retired General’s nepotism and sectional lopsided appointments in his embattled administration. Col. Umar cannot be dismissed with a… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

How RCCG Authorities Staged A Coup D’état Against Me, Refused To Pay Several Months Of Salaries (Part 1) By Elias Ozikpu

As I set out to recount this first-hand experience of mine, myintention is to establish three cardinal points in line with the subject matter of this disquisition: the first is that as humans, we have a moral obligation to resist injustices of all kinds, regardless of where such injustice emanates. The second is that we have the right to exercise our fundamental rights, including the right to openly demand for a better country. The third and the most crucial is that we must never be afraid of the antics ofthose who are at the service of our… Read More
Investments 

African Development Bank and development partners propel Somalia back from the brink

In early 2020, Somalia, with support from the United Kingdom Government and the European Union, settled its arrears to the African Development Bank, paving the way for the lifting of 30-year old sanctions imposed by the Bank and the resumption of full engagement with the fragile East African country. A $122.55 million grant agreement signed in March, between Bank Vice… Read More
Investments 

Ethiopia: The African Development Bank gives $1.2 million for Ethiopia-Sudan railway study

The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $1.2 million grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study into a standard-gauge railway (SGR) link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan. This grant from the African Development Fund, the Group’s concessional-rate lending arm, covers 35% of the total cost of the study, estimated at $3.4 million. The remaining funding will… Read More
Investments 

Somalia: African Development Bank’s intervention helps to curb COVID-19 in vulnerable communities

With 2.6 million internally displaced persons in Somalia, the outbreak of COVID-19 poses an additional challenge in an already fragile situation, leaving the population highly vulnerable. Thankfully, the African Development Bank-financed water supply and sanitation project came in handy as a critical control intervention, although COVID-19 was not anticipated in 2016 when the project was launched. Through its implementing agency,… Read More
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