Nkechikwu Valerie Azinge

@MaziGerald Likewise!!

@Nkazinge Long time, Doc.

‘Rain came, wind blew, my house was built on you. I’m safe with you, i’m gonna make it through’ 🎤🎹

I Support An Anioma State That Would Not Expand To the South East - HRM Azinge Historically, Anioma state has been something our people have clamoured for, but I have reservations about this. I am for Anioma in Anioma, which means within the 9 local governments that constitute Delta North. I have never been supportive of Anioma that transcends the boundary of Delta State HRM Obi Prof. Epiphany Azinge SAN, Asagba of Asaba

“I often say to young Nigerian feminist, please, do not use feminism to justify your wickedness. Sometimes I talk to these women and they sound really mean and i say, this isn't femism, you're just really n@sty." — Chimamanda Adichie

I put ‘hypocrite’ in my bio for a reason. No matter how strong your principles are, in the face of personal relationships, you will falter. Every single time. That’s the human condition. But too many of you pretend you’re celestial beings above contradiction. Let this be a lesson

Breaking News 🌍💼 South Africa and Nigeria have officially exited the Financial Action Task Force’s “dirty-money” list, marking a major win for both economies. #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #Economy #Bloomberg #FATF #Investment #Finance #AfricaRising

Policy Update: Africa Intensifies Action Against Illicit Financial Flows! Read more here - afdb.org/en/documents/b… #AfricanDevelopment #FinancialIntegrity #AML #IFFs #AfricaRising #PolicyUpdate #GoodGovernance

This video captures highlights from our Early Career Researcher Workshop on Inequality & Marginalisation, held in Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭 (Feb 2025). Funded by a Lancaster ODA ECR grant, it empowered African researchers with skills in publication, grant writing & collaboration! #LUARH

Call for papers! Submit to the special issue of Regulation & Governance on 'Regulating the Invisible: Efforts to Map and Control Corruption.' Deadline: June 1, 2025. Email abstracts to ampippidi@luiss.it. Be part of the solution! #AntiCorruption #Research #Policy #GSDEC

📖 TTF’S BOOK OF THE WEEK: “Global anti-money laundering regulations: Developing countries compliance challenges (the law of financial crime)" by Nkechikwu Azinge-Egbiri, Ehi Eric Esoimeme and Nicholas Ryder 👇 This book explores the politics of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) regulation in several countries across Africa and the Small Island States. Developed countries created the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to combat ML/TF globally. Expectedly, the FATF’s standards mirror existing banking regulations within the G7 countries. Yet, the standards apply to all countries irrespective of the limited ML/TF risks they pose to the global economy, their weak pre-conditions for effective regulation and their non-involvement in the FATF’s framing. Still, such countries, mainly within the Global South, have worked hard to amplify their compliance with the regime due to fears of the repercussions of their non-compliance. This collection demonstrates how the global ML/TF regulation is treated as an implicitly superior legal regime where the Global South must comply irrespective of their perception of the FATF’s legitimacy challenges. It shows that beyond exogenous factors such as neo-colonialism, endogenous factors such as weak institutions and corruption undermine the compliance trajectory of the Global South. Furthermore, it analyses the unintended consequences of transplanting FATF standards into diverse legal and cultural contexts. The volume contributes to our understanding of the challenges of transplantation from the Global North and how the Global South is steering within the constraints created by the FATF. It advocates for a comprehensive understanding of the nuanced compliance challenges of developing countries. It further proposes practical solutions to address them, emphasizing the importance of risk-based understanding, accountability, capacity-building and coordination in achieving effective anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures. The collection will be essential reading for researchers, academics and policy-makers working in financial crime regulation and international economic law. You can order the book on Amazon here 👇 amazon.co.uk/Global-Anti-Mo…

@JamelCarly My kids love this book! Well done!!

In the light of a whole election my publication day was amazing! Olu’s teacher out now from all good bookstores. booklink.walker.co.uk/olus-teacher/

Great to engage with early career researchers in Ghana through the ODA ECR grant for @AfricaLancaster with @Nkazinge, #Zanele & @UKCEH_training! Exciting discussions on research & collaboration. #Ghana #ECR #GlobalResearch. @IOELC @LancsDHR @LancasterPress @LancasterGhana

‘Get a career mentor. The relationship should be valuable to you and the mentor’. - Prof Michael Osae

‘You can build partnerships/collaborations to overcome the barriers in securing grants and publishing…especially now that multidisciplinary teams are preferred on grants. Bridge the North/South divide’ - Prof Michael Osae

Day 2 of our workshop on Inequality and Marginalization in African Research! Keynote Speech by Prof. Michael Osae, Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, GAEC. #LUARH #UKCEH

Francis questions whether the West is the problem or the solution in curbing security challenges in West Africa.

Francis Kwabena Atta exploring the topic ‘The military, marginalization and coup d’etats in West Africa’ #LUARH #UKCEH

Randy Ohene Otu @RandyOheneOtu , speaking on ‘Simultenous Growth of Democracy and Inequality against Ex-Convicts in Ghana’. #LUARH #UKCEH