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  The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), is researching the impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had on government’s policies and interventions on energy, business and health sectors of the economy. The research, done in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), is to help design strategies and recommend solutions for possible negative impacts of the pandemic and also propose measures to improve on the possible positive effects...

  The Center for Democratic Development, Ghana (CDD-Ghana) has issued a statement condemning the recent armed invasion of the premises of Accra-based Citi FM, and the arrest of two of its reporters, and the alleged assault on one, Mr. Caleb Kudah. CDD-Ghana wants the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) "to thoroughly investigate this and many other incidents of assault on journalists by members of security agencies and bring the perpetrators to justice, in accordance ...

Share NO doubt, Nigerian women, if given the opportunity in any field of human endeavour, will always prove to be excellent achievers. With hard work and diligence, Nigerian women have come of age, marching side by side their male counterparts. It is on record that the few women given the chance to lead have not disappointed. It was based on this supportive role that women have cultivated to encourage one another that the coalition of professional women’s groups from different fields and mode...

Going deep into Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado extremism To counter violent extremism in places such as Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado properly, it’s necessary to understand the root causes of such conflicts and how mining operations can worsen them Since October 2017, Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique has been the site of an escalating insurgency, led by Islamist militant group Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ), which has claimed the lives of about 1,500 people and displaced 310,000. On Aug...

Poor Hadiza Bala Usman, forced to grow too quickly Poor Hadiza Bala Usman, forced to grow too quickly HADIZA Bala Usman, politician and social activist, was until last Thursday, May 6, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. But on that day, President Muhammadu Buhari yanked her off and ordered an investigation of her stewardship in the agency. As in almost all such cases, the report of the investigation may never not see the light of day. Usually, such investigations are to...

Vanguard News Poor Hadiza Bala Usman, forced to grow too quickly On By Owei Lakemfa HADIZA Bala Usman, politician and social activist, was until last Thursday, May 6, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. But on that day, President Muhammadu Buhari yanked her off and ordered an investigation of her stewardship in the agency. As in almost all such cases, the report of the investigation may never    not see the light of day. Usually, such investigations are to keep the co...

In Nigeria’s dog-eat-dog system, the father can devour the daughter and life will simply go on. by Owei Lakemfa May 10, 2021 HADIZA Bala Usman, politician and social activist, was until last Thursday, May 6, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. But on that day, President Muhammadu Buhari yanked her off and ordered an investigation of her stewardship in the agency. As in almost all such cases, the report of the investigation may never not see the light of day. Usually, s...

Akoto Ampaw urges EC must to review election results collation LISTEN 3 HOURS AGO Lead Counsel for President Akufo-Addo in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition, Anthony Akoto Ampaw has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to review election results collation processes. “I believe that the EC itself and other stakeholders need a closer review of the actual processes and procedures that they took in arriving at the final collation of results in the 2020 Elections and to see whether there is...

Hadiza Bala Usman: What to know about di Nigerian Ports Authority MD and why Buhari suspend am 7 hours wey don pass Wia dis foto come from, Twitter/Nigerian Ports Nigeria Presidency Muhammadu Buhari don approve di investigation of of di Management of Nigerian Port Authority under di leadership of Hadiza Bala Usman. For statement signed by di tok-tok pesin to di presidency, Garba Shehu, he say; "President Muhammadu Buhari approve di recommendation of di Ministry of Transportation under Rt. Hon. ...

  Mr Anthony Akoto Ampaw, Lead Counsel of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2020 Presidential Election Petition, has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to review election results coalition processes. “I believe that the EC itself and other stakeholders need a closer review of the actual processes and procedures that they took in arriving at the final Coalition of results in the 2020 Elections. And to see whether there is the need for some reforms,” Mr Akoto Ampaw stated in his ...