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African Legal Support Facility launches new handbook on sovereign debt at 10th anniversary

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) has launched a handbook on sovereign debt aimed at improving users’ understanding of the subject and offering development and implementation strategies and tips to avoid over-indebtedness. The Handbook on Sovereign Debt, produced by the ALSF in collaboration with 11 prominent debt professionals, was officially launched February 27 in Abidjan, on the first day of… Read More
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“Insecurity” In Nigeria: What Can The Left Do? By Edwin Madunagu

Elwin Mandowa,
Reflections on the current “insecurity” and “threatening state failure” in Nigeria – and what the Nigerian Left can do – recently led me, in a tortuous manner, back to a formulation on revolutionary intervention which I thought I had transcended long ago. We shall first discuss the formulation and then come to “insecurity” and “threatening state failure”. The formulation was… Read More
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Samuel Ogundipe: The Bone Is Not Guilty When You Get Cut From Chewing It By Jonathan Abang-Ugbal

Elwin Mandowa,
“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” – Thomas Jefferson. The history of the press in Nigeria is one that can be incorporated as a course for study in the country’s tertiary institutions due to the fact that it has been hailed, abused, encouraged and oppressed by the clergy, nobility… Read More
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African Development Bank Group President Appoints Ms. Bajabulile “Swazi” Tshabalala as Acting Senior Vice President

Elwin Mandowa,
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Bajabulile “Swazi” Tshabalala as Acting Senior Vice President of the Bank with immediate effect.  Ms. Tshabalala, currently the Vice President for Finance and Chief Finance Officer for the African Development Bank Group, joined the Bank on August 1, 2018.  Ms. Tshabalala will… Read More
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Decongestion Of Correctional Centres: The Ogun Example By Ademola Orunbon

Elwin Mandowa,
Prisons are public correctional institutions established by government where inmates — suspects and convicts — are detained. Concerned citizens observe that over the years, the situation in Nigerian prison cells across the country has become miserable where many inmates who are awaiting trial languish. They observe that some of the inmates have even spent more years in prison than the… Read More
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Somalia and the African Development Bank Group sign agreement for arrears clearance support

Elwin Mandowa,
Somalia‘s Minister of Finance, Dr. Abdirahman Beileh and the African Development Bank‘s Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Khaled Sherif on Monday signed a $122.55 million grant agreement to advance Somalia’s national development agenda, consolidate peace and ensure inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction. The signing follows the approval on February 26 by the Bank’s Board, of… Read More
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Sirens, Convoys And The Madding Crowd By Mariam Mohammed Maktoub

Elwin Mandowa,
There is a certain apprehension when one encounters the many wailing convoys of the ‘big men’, especially those of governors in this country. It leaves you with gut-wrenching anger, powerlessness and, or awe if you are the pliant and vainglorious type. It seems, despite several avowals by the police and Federal Road Safety Corps that the bawling of the meaningless… Read More
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Coronavirus And Its Corollary Problems By ‘Fisayo Soyombo

Elwin Mandowa,
Coronavirus was always going to come to Nigeria. If a viral disease originates from China, the world’s most populous country, then Nigeria, the seventh most populous is surely a potential destination given the intricate interconnectedness of nations. It was always a matter of when rather than whether. On Friday, the first case was confirmed, meaning we had more than two… Read More
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President of The African Development Bank Receives 8th African Leadership Magazine African of The Year Award

Elwin Mandowa,
Over 200 leading African political, business, and diplomatic leaders gathered in Johannesburg for the 8th African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Award dinner. They witnessed Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, being honored as the African of the Year 2019.   Themed ‘Africa for Africans – Exploring the Gains of a Connected Continent’, the evening brought together… Read More
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