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BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE The African Development Bank and the Nigerian government will Monday, July 29, 2013, hold a high level policy dialogue on ‘Infrastructure and Structural Transformation in Nigeria’ in the federal capital of Abuja, a press statement from AfDB has said.   According to the release, the meeting, which is jointly organised by the AfDB, Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance, and the country’s National Planning Commission is expected examine ways in which Nigeria could accelerate the reduction of poverty and social inequality.

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE Prof. Kwame Karikari Panellists at a public forum Tuesday, July 9, 2013 in Accra, on the theme “The Courts, Free Speech and Judicial Accountability in a Democracy: Defining the Boundaries” expressed worry that the law on Contempt of the Court has not been clearly delineated in Ghana’s statute books and yet attracts punishment. Apart from not being clear to people what constitutes contempt of the court, it is also nebulous while the penalty is not prescribed anywhere, the panellists agreed.