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Global Agriculture Food and Security Program (GAFSP) Portfolio Review Meeting

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Portfolio Review Meeting of the African Development Bank’s Global Agriculture Food and Security Program (GAFSP) When: 25-27 February 2020 Where: Intercontinental Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia The African Development Bank will organize a portfolio review meeting and workshop on the Global Agriculture Food and Security Program (GAFSP) from 25 to 27 February 2020 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia. Annual… Read More
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Maryam Sanda: Hanged For Love? By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

Elwin Mandowa,
Last weekend love was generously in the air! Every 14th of February ‘lovers’ (real and unreal) around the world celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, an amorous event originating from the ancient Roman empire and dating back centuries. Annually, therefore, mundane love is on display, shared mutually among the descendants of Adam and Eve. Although the truth behind the Saint Valentine legend… Read More
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Degi Whatchamacallit, David Lyon And Fall Of APC In Bayelsa By ‘Fisayo Soyombo

Elwin Mandowa,
Quite a lot of political neutrals have been sympathetic to David Lyon, candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the November 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. Lyon had completed the rehearsal for his Valentine’s Day swearing-in as governor when the Supreme Court invalidated his participation in the election and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to swear in the… Read More
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Buhari, You Have Not Sentenced A Single Terrorist To Death By Perry Brimah

Elwin Mandowa,
Before the Nigerian Government starts blaming communities for terror that abounds, they need to take responsibility as do all other countries in the world. Rather than sentencing terrorists to death as ordained by Nigeria’s Anti Terror laws, the Buhari government cosies with all sorts of terrorists, signs agreements with them and releases them back into societies illegally without passing them… Read More
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Nigerians Have Right To Protest Against Insecurity By Femi Falana

Elwin Mandowa,
The Presidency has warned Nigerians to stop protesting against the rising wave of insecurity in the country. According to presidential spokesperson, Mr. Shehu Garba, “The Presidency wishes to caution a section of the political class against misleading the public and inciting protests against the heads of military institutions. This has become necessary in view of received reports that about 2,… Read More
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Echoes From Supreme Court Judgment On Bayelsa State Governorship Election By Stanley Imhanruor Esq.

Elwin Mandowa,
The All Progressives Congress should accept the judgment of the Supreme Court on the Bayelsa State governorship seat in good faith. In fairness to the Supreme Court justices, they interpreted the law strictly the way it is. Meanwhile, law lords like Oputa JSC and Lord Denning, would have by judicial creativity and activism saved Mr David Lyon from being disqualified… Read More
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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
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