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Staff Threaten Strike Over Alleged Illegal Contract Appointments at NEPC

By The Insight Team July 29, 2026 381 0

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Economy Opinions

The Ownership Deficit: Africa’s Real Talent Problem Is Not Talent

By The Insight Team July 20, 2026 156 0

By Great Ukazim, Founder, Beingsphere We were moving offices a few years ago, and in the middle of the chaos, a colleague pointed at a good, sturdy table and said we should leave it behind. Buying a new one would be cheaper than moving this one, he said. But something made me ask him: if […]Continue Reading

Economy

Healthy Diet: N70,000 Minimum Wage Runs Dry After 12 Days – Report

By The Insight Team July 16, 2026 149 0

By The Insight Team Workers earning Nigeria’s N70,000 national minimum wage can afford only about 12 days of healthy feeding if they live in Ekiti, Imo or Bayelsa, where the cost of nutritious meals is highest, an analysis of the latest National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) report has shown. […]Continue Reading

Economy Investigations

Ministry Of Information To Spend Over ₦9bn Outside Statutory Mandate

By The Insight Team July 6, 2026 180

By The Insight Team The Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation has earmarked ₦9.49 billion in its 2026 budget for road construction, health centres, boreholes, food distribution, empowerment programmes, classrooms, transformers and other constituency-style projects that appear unrelated to its statutory mandate of public information management, Continue Reading

Economy Opinions

Nigeria’s Public Institutions Need Young Talent — Young Talent Is Not Interested

By The Insight Team June 30, 2026 154

By Chioma Bright-Uhara, Deputy Director of Communications, Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation   I did not grow up planning to care about public service. My parents were public servants, and while I watched them show up for their careers with dedication, that path simply did not feel like mine. When I was thinking about my future, other options […]Continue Reading

Terrorism Monitor Top Story

‎Borno, Katsina, Zamfara Lead as Violence Claims 15,000 Lives in One Year – Report

By The Insight Team June 26, 2026 228

By The Insight Team ‎ ‎Violence across Nigeria claimed 15000 lives in the 12 months between July 2025 and June 2026, with Borno, Katsina and Zamfara emerging as the country’s deadliest conflict hotspots. This is according to data by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), a global conflict data repository. ‎ ‎The data, […]Continue Reading

Economy Opinions

Beyond Training: Building Systems That Let Africa’s Public Servants Deliver

By The Insight Team June 22, 2026 155

By Chioma Njoku, Director of Programmes, Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation   Africa does not have a talent problem. Walk into any ministry, any government agency, any public institution in Nigeria, and I dare say, across the continent, and you will find people who are capable, committed and aware of what needs to change. What you will also […]Continue Reading

Economy

Half the Month Hungry: Minimum Wage Fails Food Needs

By The Insight Team June 11, 2026 161

The Insight Team Nigeria’s new minimum wage may have offered temporary relief to workers, but fresh data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) suggests that it falls far short of guaranteeing something more fundamental — access to a healthy diet. The NBS’s latest Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) report shows that the average […]Continue Reading

News

Better Buildings Can Create Safer Communities – CORBON

By The Insight Team June 10, 2026 441

The Chairman of the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON), Samson Ameh Opaluwah, has said that adopting better building practices and sustainable construction methods is critical to creating safer, more resilient communities across Nigeria. Speaking at the 3rd Environmental Design Conference (EDCON) on Tuesday, organised by the Faculty of Environmental Design Continue Reading

Tribute

Diaspora Advocacy: Youth Voices in Times of National Crisis

By The Insight Team June 6, 2026 210

How a generation of Nigerian students in Britain took their country’s future into their own hands In the middle of 1967, as Nigeria descended into the bloodiest conflict in its short post-independence history, a group of Nigerian students based in Great Britain made a decision that was equal parts bold and improbable. Rather than watching […]Continue Reading

Banking Business Economy

‎Analysis: Why N5.08tn Remains Outside Nigeria’s Banking System

By The Insight Team June 6, 2026 166

By The Insight Team ‎Nigeria’s cash-based economy continues to defy years of financial inclusion campaigns and cashless policy initiatives, with a staggering N5.08tn remaining outside the banking system as of April 2026. ‎ ‎Latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria shows that out of N5.65tn in currency circulating across the country, only Continue Reading

Economy News

Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation Returns as ICSC 2026 Diamond Partner

By The Insight Team May 22, 2026 239

By Sanni Marvelous The Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation has returned as Diamond Partner for the 2026 International Civil Service Conference (ICSC), reaffirming its commitment to strengthening public sector reforms and service delivery in Nigeria. The conference, convened by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, was held from May 20 to 21 […]Continue Reading