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West Africa has been defined as including the 18 countries Benin, Burkina Faso, the island of Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo.

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Ecowas signals it might lift sanctions imposed on Mali

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , , ,
– – The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS has hinted it might lift sanctions imposed on Mali following last month’s coup. The current sanctions imposed on Mali include border closures and the suspension of financial flows, though these were eased so they did not hit ordinary civilians. Ecowas leaders had asked the Military leaders to appoint a civilian to head… Read More
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Nigeria: Hotel workers allegedly stripped naked over $12

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , , ,
– – A former Nigerian Minister of State for Education, Kenneth Gbagi has sparked outrage after he was alleged to have ordered that some hotel workers be stripped naked. Gbagi is reported by local media to have ordered the act to be executed on four employees of the Signatious Hotel, Warri, Delta State. He chairs the management of the hotel,… Read More
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Fuel tanker explosion kills 25 people in Nigeria

Elwin Mandowa, , ,
– – A fuel tanker explosion in Central Nigeria has killed at least 25 people. Schoolchildren are reported among those killed when the tanker exploded after a collision with other vehicles. Police in the area say the crash happened on Wednesday morning on a major highway in Lokoja when the driver lost control of the tanker after the brakes failed.… Read More
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Merchants of Death Sentence. Femi Oluwasanmi, Ibafo, Ogun State

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written by Femi Oluwasanmi The recent death sentence delivered by the Upper Sharia court in respect of a 22 years old man who allegedly used derogatory statement against Prophet Mohammed in Kano State, does not only shows the level at which religious activisim has corroded objectivity in Nigeria but also raises questions on the place of Justice in the country’s… Read More
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From N-power to Colony of Unemployment

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Written by Femi Oluwasanmi, Ibafo, Ogun State At the inception, the introduction of N-Power scheme stands out as one of the best policies of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari with a lot of graduates been engaged through the scheme aspiring to move to the assumed next level of the programme which was interpreted to be permanent employment or… Read More
Nigeria News and Headlines OP-ED Opinions 

Adams Oshiomhole: The Giant With Feet Of Clay By Osmund Agbo

Village Reporter,
Who could have predicted that the enormous, dazzling statue with feet of  baked clay that Daniel prophesized to the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar is indeed a sixty-eight-year-old diminutive figure from Iyamho, Edo state. This khaki aficionado, who was the hero of organized labour in the early part of my adult life, is now the poster child of Nigeria’s transactional politics.… Read More
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World Figures Confirm TB Joshua’s 2020 Prophecy on Humility

Ihechukwu Njoku, , , , ,
The outbreak of COVID-19 has “brought this nation to its knees,” Dr Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, admitted on Tuesday. According to Redfield, who spoke during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, America was likely going to spend about $7 trillion “because of one little virus.” “We’ve all done the best that… Read More
Nigeria News and Headlines OP-ED Opinions 

Using COVID-19 Donations To Give Charity A Bad Name By Azu Ishiekwene

Elwin Mandowa,
Global response to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Africa has been remarkable, especially following fears that should the virus take hold, its impact on the continent could be catastrophic.  Twenty of the 80 beneficiaries of the $50bn announced as emergency financing facility by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are in Africa.  The charity map also shows that the World… Read More
Nigeria News and Headlines OP-ED Opinions 

Unprecedentedly Damaging Allegation Against Buhari By Tinubu’s APC Faction By Farooq Kperogi

Elwin Mandowa,
The Tinubu/Ajimobi faction of APC said in a press release today that Buhari was “blackmailed into lending his weighty office to” the Victor Giadom faction of the party. “Blackmail”? Ha! Blackmail is the threat to harm or expose reputationally injurious information about a person unless the person does what the blackmailer wants. In other words, according to the press release,… Read More
Investments West Africa 

Togo: African Development Bank approves $3 million loan reallocation to agriculture sector for COVID-19 response

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank have approved the reallocation of $3 million in loan resources to help Togo purchase agricultural inputs to enhance food security in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The approval on 18 June, enables required funds from a previously approved African Development Fund (ADF) loan to be channeled to the Togo Agro-Food… Read More
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