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Afghanistan; Through The Eye Of Professor Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi, By Bolaji O. Akinyemi

Elwin Mandowa,
Professor Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi, was simply known as Bolaji Akinyemi, for many years, a respected public figure since my secondary school days, in the 80s, what a joy it holds for me back in those days to have a Professor of repute share names with, though mine was then Bolaji Akinyemi Ogunseye. The drop of Ogunseye is a story for… Read More
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Privatisation Of NNPC: The Most Fundamental Problem With The Petroleum Industry Act (Pia) By Femi Aborisade, Esq.

Elwin Mandowa,
On the 16th day of August 2021, President Mohammadu Buhari signed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. The PIB is henceforth to be referred to as the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), pursuant to the assent of Mr. President. The PIA has been mostly criticized for providing that the Joint Venture Partners, called Settlors, shall contribute only 3% of their… Read More
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Grazing Sites: Buhari’s Political Madness, By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
Each day, General Muhammadu Buhari makes a compelling cinematic portrait for the break up of Nigeria. Last week, Buhari approved the recommendation of a committee to review “with dispatch 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country.” On May 11, 2021, in Asaba, Delta State, 17 Southerner governors under the umbrella of Southern Governors’ Forum met and staunchly opposed… Read More
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Femi Fani-Kayode: A Sniff Of Foolishness By Remi Oyeyemi

Elwin Mandowa,
“The stubborn listens to nobody’s advice and becomes a victim of his own delusion.”— Aesop He came out smoking. He was fire-cracking. He flailed feebly and floutingly. He gamboled ghoulishly and ghastly. It was a berserk noctambulism. Dipped in the natatorium of perplexity resulting from his own peccadilloes, he desperately swam like a cat fish in a poisoned pond. He… Read More
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PMB: Call HIM The Master Finisher: A Rejoinder to Femi Adesina By Umar Ardo (PhD)

Elwin Mandowa,
I read with utter disgust, but not disbelief, the above-titled article credited to Femi Adesina, Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, in which he extolled his principal as the master finisher of abandoned projects. Castigating former leaders of the country in the said article, Adesina said his principal has turned Nigeria into heaven of finished projects. Even… Read More
Timothy Mtambo Malawi Opinions 

Imperative of Civic Engagement on Witchcraft-based Violence in Malawi

Leo Igwe
By Leo Igwe The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) commends the Minister for Civic Education and National Unity, Mr. Timothy Pagonachi Mtambo for the efforts to combat violations and mob violence linked to witchcraft beliefs in Malawi. At a recent event in the Neno district, Mtambo urged Malawians to end witchcraft-related attacks and exorcism because jungle justice was a crime against the… Read More
Nigeria News and Headlines Opinions 

REPENTANT TERRORISTS, NIGERIA VS. ACTIVISM, CONSTITUTION

Village Reporter, , ,
Samuel Olomu Years back Nigeria has suffered from the heinous attacks of the Boko Haram insurgents. It is evident that since its inception, the terrorist group is responsible for the loss of over 35,000 lives and destruction of people’s properties, a terrorist group who has turned many to homeless, wifeless, widow and many children to orphans. No remedy, no successful… Read More
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Attorney General of Rivers State v. FIRS & Anor: A misguided Decision By Kola Oyekan

Elwin Mandowa,
The Federal High Court of Nigeria, sitting at Port Harcourt division presided by His Lordship,  Hon. Justice Stephen Dalyop Pam delivered a 45- page judgment on the 9th August 2021 in an  action instituted by the Attorney General of Rivers State against the Federal Inland Revenue  Service and the Attorney General of the Federation as the 2nd defendant. In this… Read More
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The Afghan Taliban Tragedy, By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

Elwin Mandowa,
The Taliban extremist forces are back in power in Afghanistan. Following the gradual withdrawal of the American occupation forces the religious ‘terrorist’ government took effective control of the entire Afghan territory, one village, town or city after another, in a record speed encountering little or no resistance as they marched to the capital city, Kabul. Kabul fell to the shocking… Read More
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A Public Commentary On The Ongoing Strike By NARD Nigeria, By Antigha Cobham

Elwin Mandowa,
It is no longer news that the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been on Strike for about sixteen days now and counting, with its attendant/devastating effect on the healthcare needs of the citizenry and common man evident across the length and breadth of the Nation. This decision to withdraw services from all the Tertiary Healthcare Institutions (THI’s) nationwide,… Read More
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