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Buhari, Now Is Time To Slash Salaries, Allowances Of Political Officers By 70 Per Cent By Fredrick Nwabufo

Elwin Mandowa,
Nigeria is an impoverished country. In fact, the country has never been rich – in the economic sense of the word. The assumptions of wealth have always been hyphenated to the abundance of crude oil and other natural resources. But these alone do not make the country rich. As a matter of fact, the exploitation and expropriation of these resources… Read More
Investments 

South Africa: African Development Bank, SA Taxi sign $100 million loan agreement to boost industrialization, enhance transport sector

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank and SA Taxi Development Finance Proprietary Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of SA Taxi Holdings Proprietary Limited (“SA Taxi”), have signed a $100 million loan agreement to support the firm’s growing strategy to empower taxi operators with limited access to finance from traditional financiers. The loan agreement, which carries an eight-year tenor and includes a six-month… Read More
Investments 

EARTH DAY: ‘We must not take our eyes off climate change threats as we battle COVID-19’- African Development Bank

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank joins the global community in celebrating 50 years of Earth Day on the theme “Climate Action”, notwithstanding the disruptions by the current COVID-19 pandemic. The combination of COVID-19 pandemic and enhanced climatic threats exacerbates Africa’s vulnerabilities and developmental challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has also shown what a unified global community can do. Responding to the crisis,… Read More
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Felix Adenaike: A Musketeer At 80 By Remi Oyeyemi

Elwin Mandowa,
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”   – Vince Lombardi Thirty one years ago, at the premises of the Tribune Group of Newspapers, Imalefalafia, Ibadan, I was privileged to listen to a seminal lecture on and about Journalism as well as the business of newspapering. It was a very captivating lecture that was blissful.… Read More
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Rejoining With Buhari And Co. On Abba Kyari’s Record By G. Ugo Nwokeji

Elwin Mandowa,
I do not gloat when someone dies, even if they were the most reprehensible in my world during their lifetime. I remember clearly the stunned face of the Nigerian compatriotic who broke the news of Sani Abacha’s death to me in Toronto, Canada, in 1998 when they saw I did not break out in jubilation. I felt incredibly relieved for Nigeria,… Read More
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Re-introducing “The Lugano Report” By Edwin Madunagu

Elwin Mandowa,
Sometime in 1999, as both the 20th century and the second millennium were drawing to a close, the Pluto Press, London, released a book with the title: “The Lugano Report” and subtitle, “On preserving capitalism in the 21st century”. The author, Susan George, who shares this name with another well-known but much younger woman, was born in 1934. The older woman, our… Read More
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Ethnicity As A Weapon Of Destruction In Africa By Sampson Boamah

Elwin Mandowa,
Africa is a very beautiful continent endowed with rich resources both human and material wise. It is the second-largest continent in the world and the second-most populous continent, after Asia. Almost every natural resource that one can think of is existent on this very continent at the expense of other continents not having up to one-third of the resources that… Read More
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Disaster Management Literacy And COVID-19 Pandemic In Nigeria Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola

Elwin Mandowa,
Much has been said and written about the health, economic and security implications of the mysterious, fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. Several government and non-governmental agencies have taken the safety campaign to radio, television stations and social media platforms on how Nigerians can protect themselves and their loved ones from the pandemic. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control also went… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Abba Kyari: A Friend Of The President Or An Enemy Of The People By Samuel Nwite

Elwin Mandowa,
“Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements to be announced soon.” With this announcement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian social media space was set on a blaze of conflicting reactions.  As condolence pour in from notable people, especially… Read More
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