Politics

Obi at Labour Party NEC Meeting, calls for Calm and Steadfast to the Course

By The Insight Team April 18, 2023 624 0

  The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has encouraged Nigerians not to be deterred but to remain calm and steadfast in their journey of reclaiming their mandate of a New Nigeria. Obi in spirit-lifting words to Nigerians particularly the Obidients, noted that he will never give up on the journey until […]Continue Reading

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Is it illegal for individuals to carry pepper spray, as police spokesperson claims?

By The Insight Team April 18, 2023 3382 0

By Stephanie Adams-Douglas Two top police officers at the core of public relations – the police spokesperson and head of the public complaints unit – had authoritatively pronounced the possession and use of pepper spray by private citizens as offences. However, their position has generated controversy amongst the citizenry, many of whom have disagreed, citing Continue Reading

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Igala land: past, present and future

By The Insight Team April 16, 2023 2899 0

Text of my speech at the meeting of the Igala Cultural and Development Association, Portharcourt, River State On Saturday 26th November, 2022. By Festus Oguche It was with utmost pleasure that I accepted the invitation from Pastor Ekele Morgan to make this speech before this August body. The topic above captured my curiosity when I […]Continue Reading

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2023 Election: Governorship candidates must come from Kogi East, Uk’Omu Igala tells political parties

By The Insight Team April 14, 2023 784 0

By Daniel Adaji Uk’Omu Igala, an umbrella organization for all socio-cultural organisations in Kogi East Senatorial District, calls on all political parties in the state to ensure their governorship candidates emerge from Kogi East. This was made public in a statement signed by Elder David Abutu, the national leader of the Uk’Omu Igala Organization on […]Continue Reading

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OECD, Nigeria Meet on Maximising Benefits of Two-Pillar Tax Solution

By The Insight Team April 13, 2023 866 0

Press release Nigeria to continue to participate in rules development in the interest of the country and Africa … A delegation from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) met with Nigerian representatives on 4 and 5 April 2023, at a workshop it jointly organised with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to discuss […]Continue Reading

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Osinbajo-led committee approves N250b in 2023 budget for employment

By The Insight Team April 13, 2023 705 0

*To expand National Social Register with additional 3m households *N9b support to 1.6m farmers  *Create 4.5m jobs in rural roads construction  *Finance 100,000 homes for low-income earners, others Almost 2 million vulnerable Nigerians across the country have been impacted by projects implemented under the Federal Government’s National Poverty Reduction Continue Reading

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Kim Il Sung and Sukarno

By The Insight Team April 12, 2023 890 0

  Rachmawati Sukarnoputri, a daughter of Indonesian President Sukarno, wrote in her memoirs: My father Sukarno respected President Kim Il Sung of the DPRK; if you want to know about my father, please know first about President Kim Il Sung, his best friend; this is my answer and my “discovery.” While searching for a path […]Continue Reading

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Tribute to Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju (1945-2023)

By The Insight Team April 12, 2023 889 0

By Willie Obiano I am saddened to learn of the passage, on April 11, 2023, of the first Anambra State governor in Fourth Republic, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju, in Abuja. Mbadinuju’s reign as Anambra governor from 1999 to 2003 was a challenging period. He did his best to grapple with insecurity, perpetrated mostly by ruthless, unconscionable […]Continue Reading

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London immigration says Peter Obi being impersonated

By The Insight Team April 12, 2023 906 0

  The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi just back from London, United Kingdom where he celebrated Easter, has confirmed that he was harassed by London immigration officials and placed for detention but for the screaming of Nigerians at Heathrow Airport. Obi-Datti Media office can confirm that the LP Presidential candidate in the […]Continue Reading

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2023 election failed to meet the yearnings of Nigerians – Bishop Kukah

By The Insight Team April 11, 2023 895 0

  (Text of Bishop Kukah’s Easter Sermon) Every election brings more frustration and anger and the victims all turn on themselves. The circles have gone on and on. Little wonder, fewer and fewer citizens want to risk their lives for what promises them only blood, tears, injury and death. While citizens seek outlets to express […]Continue Reading

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Insecurity: Idoma to send delegation to NSA; declares fasting and prayer

By The Insight Team April 11, 2023 927 0

By Daniel Adaji Prominent sons and daughters of Idoma on Saturday gathered in Otukpo Benue State,  and discussed the spate killings in Oturkpo, Apa, and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State where above 134 persons were killed by Fulani militia. The killing that took place during this year’s Easter celebration has been condemned by […]Continue Reading

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No help is near as Fulani bandits massacre over 134 in Benue, Kogi communities during Easter

By The Insight Team April 10, 2023 1124 0

…Herdsmen destroy Oganenigu in Kogi State, four years after similar mayhem Daniel Adaji Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom is counting his last days out of Government House, Makurdi, not without floods of tears over yet another massacre of 134 persons in Oturkpo, Apa, and Guma Local Government Areas of the State. The latest deaths, blamed […]Continue Reading