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OP-ED Opinions 

Bayelsa’s Identity Theft, Douye Diri And Our Gene Of Fraud By Festus Adedayo

Elwin Mandowa,
The Bayelsa governorship election voided by the Nigerian Supreme Court on Thursday last week has provoked a conversation on the metastasis of the cancer of identity theft in Nigeria and the country’s place in this malaise in the world. The most instructive of the several historical narratives of identity theft was one that happened in the 1540s. It was the… Read More
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Bayelsa Governorship Conundrum: Reflections On Supreme Court Judgment By Inibehe Effiong

Elwin Mandowa,
Introduction: I have perused the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered on Thursday, the 13th day of February, 2020 in the case between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) & 2 Ors. V. Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo & 3 Ors. The Supreme Court in its 24 pages lead judgment delivered by His Lordship, Ejembi Eko, JSC, made a consequential order directing the… Read More
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LASU Dystopia: Travails Of A.O. Affluence, A 500 Level LASU Law Student By Arotiba Olawale Affluence Zayd

Elwin Mandowa,
In the words of Scotty Aluta: “Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor.” So, if after reading this article, you refuse to lift a finger of solidarity, may it not all end up like the analogical case of ‘Rat Vs Farmers Trap’ on the farmers farmstead and the pathetic fate that befell ‘Chicken, ‘Goat’, ‘Pig’ and… Read More
Investments 

Zimbabwe: $33 million African Development Bank clean water and sanitation project nears completion

Elwin Mandowa,
Safe water access and cleaner waste collection are set to become a reality for vulnerable communities in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, as a Bank-funded water and sewerage improvement project enters its final phase. The Bulawayo Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project (BWSSIP), a $33 million project is on course to rehabilitate and upgrade water production treatment facilities, water distribution, sewer drainage networks… Read More
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Notes On Engaging Nigeria’s Ruling Class By Edwin Madunagu

Elwin Mandowa,
Nigeria’s ruling class has presented the nation with a number of issues around which the Nigerian Left can build an agenda of political engagement for the year 2020, or which, to use an old journalistic expression, the Left can use as “pegs” to construct an agenda of close and integrated engagement with the rulers for the year 2020 and beyond.… Read More
Investments 

Getting Africans Ready for the 4IR

Elwin Mandowa,
WHAT:           Workshop on the digital economy and the fourth industrial revolution in Africa WHO:             The Industrial and Trade Development Department and Corporate IT Department WHEN:          19 to 20 February 2020 from 9 am to 5 pm WHERE:       Babacar Ndiaye Auditorium, African Development Bank Headquarters The African Development Bank will hold a workshop on the ability of the… Read More
Investments 

République démocratique du Congo : Bientôt de l’eau potable pour la ville de Mbuji-Mayi, grâce à la Banque africaine de développement

Elwin Mandowa,
le Premier ministre de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba a procédé au lancement des travaux de réhabilitation et de modernisation du système de production et de distribution d’eau potable de la ville de Mbuji-Mayi, dans le Kasaï-Oriental, financés par la Banque africaine de développement. Ces travaux, financés à hauteur de 27 millions de dollars US, par… Read More
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