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When Will Ishaq Akintola, Muslim Rights Concern Director, Be Arrested For Always Spreading Poison? By Fredrick Nwabufo

Elwin Mandowa,
Hate speech and fake news appear to be the exclusive preserve of religious and political leaders. This class can spread poison in statements, commentaries and homilies without any check. They can stoke religious animosity and drive the wedge of hate deeper without being held accountable for their actions. Alas! When Nigerians enduring government’s malfeasance tweet or post their frustrations in… Read More
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When Will Ishaq Akintola, Muslim Rights Concern Director, Be Arrested For Always Spreading Poison? By Fredrick Nwabufo

Elwin Mandowa,
Hate speech and fake news appear to be the exclusive preserve of religious and political leaders. This class can spread poison in statements, commentaries and homilies without any check. They can stoke religious animosity and drive the wedge of hate deeper without being held accountable for their actions. Alas! When Nigerians enduring government’s malfeasance tweet or post their frustrations in… Read More

African Development Institute to rally African policy planning for macroeconomic resilience against COVID-19 pandemic

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Institute of the African Development Bank will host a virtual seminar on Wednesday, 29 April 2020 to develop responses to macroeconomic policy challenges facing Africa nations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like elsewhere, African countries are not spared the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their national health systems, economies, trade, cultures, societies and… Read More
Investments 

IDEV 2019 Annual Report: From experience to knowledge and learning

Elwin Mandowa,
For Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV), 2019 was a year of helping the African Development Bank Group and its Regional Member Countries (RMCs) to transform experience into knowledge and learning through independent evaluations.  IDEV has supported both the Bank and its RMCs to achieve their development goals through the lens of the Bank’s High 5 priorities, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable… Read More
Investments 

African Development Bank Chief Financial Economist Edson Mpyisi discusses the locust crisis in the East and Horn of Africa regions and the Bank’s…

Elwin Mandowa,
African Development Bank Chief Financial Economist Edson Mpyisi discusses the locust crisis in the East and Horn of Africa regions and the Bank’s work to help affected African nations | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow Read More
Investments 

E-seminar on COVID-19 macro-economic policy options for Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Institute (ADI), jointly with anchor economic policy think-tanks and universities in Africa, including the African Economic Research Consortium, will host a virtual seminar on macro-economic policy response for Africa in the wake of COVID-19. The seminar titled “Enhancing Resilience in African Economies: Macro-Economic Policy Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa,” will take place on Wednesday, 29 April 2020.… Read More
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Nigeria’s Unprofitable Lockdown By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

Elwin Mandowa,
How exactly is the lockdown helping to halt the spread of coronavirus in Nigeria? Or put another way, how is the Buhari regime which announced the lockdown in three locations, Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), ensuring that the measure unleashed is at least achieving a reasonable percentage of the purpose for which it was declared?  Has there… Read More
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Abba Kyari, Maryam Danna And Reputation Management By Yushau A. Shuaib

Elwin Mandowa,
“Please can you kindly stop any further media campaign against Mallam Abba Kyari over Hajia Maryam Danna, since the Senate has reinstated her. He will do the needful on her case.” That was the call I received from a person close to Mallam Abba Kyari, the all-powerful Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, February 20, 2020.… Read More
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Poor Nigerians, Let’s Celebrate Free Fall Oil Prices! By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
The Coronavirus and economic shutdown collapsed oil prices to $0 per barrel. This is one of the most important macro-economic events of our time.  One of the disturbing ironies of human history is “resource curse.” Nigeria and other 22 countries in the world derive at least 60 per cent of their exports from oil and gas. But sadly, none of… Read More
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