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OP-ED Opinions 

Your Excellency, Your Government Should Start Filling Potholes By Citizen Agba Jalingo

Elwin Mandowa,
In a recent interview with NTA International which I watched, Governor Ben Ayade said his government was not to fill potholes. He said his tenure was focused on turning Cross River State into a mega economy through industrialisation. In the governor’s words: “If Cross River people need a governor that wants to do potholes and those small things, they should… Read More
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Musings On Unjust Suspension Of Ifemosu Micheal By Owoeye Olaoluwa Olamarx

Elwin Mandowa,
It will amount to betrayal of our revolutionary ideas if we allow bad things to continue just like the ordeal of Ifemosu Michael, a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, who was unjustly suspended by the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Felix Salako, who often prides himself as the ‘Buhari of FUNAAB’. Michael was sent on an… Read More
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Where Is Babachir Lawal, Is He Still On Trial? By Fredrick Nwabufo

Elwin Mandowa,
On December 14, 2016, the Nigerian Senate asked Babachir Lawal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation at the time, to immediately resign from office. This followed the recommendation of its ad hoc committee on the humanitarian crisis in the North-East, which had investigated the management of funds for internally displaced persons in the region by the Presidential Initiative on… Read More
Investments 

Somalia: African Development Bank Group approves framework to clear nation’s arrears

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank and African Development Fund today approved a framework  for $122.55 million to clear Somalia’s arrears, paving the way for the Bank Group to fully reengage with Somalia and opening opportunities for enhanced financing for the country. The historic Framework for Somalia’s Arrears Clearance and a Policy-based Operation was approved at a meeting of the Boards of… Read More
Investments 

African Development Bank Board bids farewell to Senior Vice President Charles Boamah

Elwin Mandowa,
“Twenty-three years is not a trivial number of years to spend in an institution. You’ve been a pillar of this institution. You’ve done very well.” It is with those words that the Executive Director for Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe, Bright Okogu, also Dean of the Board of directors of the African Development Bank, commended the outgoing Senior Vice President, Charles… Read More
Investments 

Zimbabwe: African Development Bank Executive Directors conduct consultative mission, tour project sites

Elwin Mandowa,
A seven-member delegation of Executive Directors of the African Development Bank visited Zimbabwe on a week-long fact-finding mission where they held meetings with a number of officials including President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. The delegation also met officials from various ministries, civil society, private sector and multilateral financial institutions, during which they were briefed on the current macro-economic, social and political… Read More
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We Need To Save Nigeria From Criminal Justice Sector By Monday O. Ubani

Elwin Mandowa,
With the Blind Lady sign herein, I am sure friends will expect me to talk about the earth-quaking judgment of Justice Okon Abang sending Olisa Metuh, former PDP stalwart, to prison for seven years for sundry offences during the reign of former President GEJ. The topic for that discussion is reserved to a later date. My recent experiences with our… Read More
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Why The Law Requires Pre-election Cases To Be Decided Before Elections By Femi Falana SAN

Elwin Mandowa,
Introduction In a unanimous judgment delivered on February 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of Nigeria sacked the Bayelsa State Governor-elect, David Lyon and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo who had run on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The judgment was nullified on the grounds that Degi-Eremieoyo presented false information to the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) in his… Read More
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