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NBS collaborates with institutions on employment survey

By The Insight Team November 29, 2022 817 0

By Daniel Adaji The Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Statistics, Prince Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran, has announced that the Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS), which captures the state of employment in Nigeria, has undergone more notable changes from the previous rounds. According to the NBS boss, NLFS is a strategic […]Continue Reading

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Weapons industry booms as Eastern Europe arms Ukraine

By The Insight Team November 25, 2022 844 0

By Michael Kahn, Anna Koper and Robert Muller Key points E.Europe arms companies step up production for Ukraine Hope to find new markets as defence spends rise Can produce and service Soviet-era and NATO-standard weaponry Poland, Czechs among big suppliers of military aid to Kyiv Industry’s history stretches from 1800s and through Cold War Eastern […]Continue Reading

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Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) Plc is significantly scaling up-Dangote

By The Insight Team November 24, 2022 937 0

President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji, Aliko Dangote, has announced that the Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) Plc is significantly scaling up its investment in the sugar sub-sector in line with the requirement of the Nigeria Sugar Master plan (NSMP). Speaking at the Flag off Ceremony of the 2022/2023 Crushing Season and Outgrower Scheme Awards in […]Continue Reading

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63% of Nigerians live in poverty-National Bureau of Statistics

By The Insight Team November 19, 2022 1986 0

Key points Multidimensional index provides a holistic view of poverty beyond earning $1 per day The survey was carried out in 36 states, including the FCT Buhari promises to eradicate poverty in Nigeria Poverty is more prevalent in the North than in the South More Nigerians are poorer than previously thought. By Daniel Adaji The […]Continue Reading

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NAF Airstrikes Eliminate Banditry Kingpins, Halilu Buzu, Alaji Gana

By The Insight Team November 15, 2022 937 0

By PRNigeria In a sustained military operation, airstrikes carried out by the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) have eliminated notorious banditry kingpins, Halilu Buzu and Alaji Gana in the North-western part of the country. PRNigeria gathered that while Halilu Buzu was killed on October 21, 2022, at Sububu, Maradun Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State, Alaji […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria FactCheckers’ Coalition joins Arise News Presidential Town Hall Series

By The Insight Team November 12, 2022 748 0

Nigeria FactCheckers’ Coalition joins Arise News Presidential Town Hall Series The Nigerian FactCheckers’ Coalition (NFC)), as part of its civic responsibility to combat disinformation in Nigeria. Will be participating in the Arise News Presidential Town Hall meeting scheduled for Sunday, November 13, 2022. The coalition will conduct a live fact-checking of Continue Reading

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Fact-Check: Nigeria, UK didn’t sign deal on 10-year bond for Nigerian doctors

By The Insight Team November 10, 2022 1281 0

By Daniel Adaji In late October 2022, as the issue of brain drain of medical and health workers, especially to the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirate (UAE), generated discussion on traditional and social media, one twitter user @doctorisonu posted a message that caused a stir in the medical world. On his […]Continue Reading

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Women lament 56% reduction in 2023 budget for WEE

By The Insight Team November 10, 2022 1155 2

By Daniel Adaji   The National Council for Women Societies (NCWS), has lamented the slash in the budget for Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) from N103 billion in 2022 to N58 billion in the 2023 Appropriation Bill. The NCWS made this known at a press conference held at the headquarters of the NCWS in Garki, Abuja […]Continue Reading

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Rising food inflation and child malnutrition in Galadimawa community of the FCT

By The Insight Team November 7, 2022 1075 0

By Daniel Adaji Baby Annabel, 15 months old, from Pergasson Galadimawa, a rural cocmmunity in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, weighs about 5.5kg and cannot walk on her own. She looks too pale and small for her age. She is barely surviving due to acute malnutrition, perhaps, because of her parents’ resolve to see her alive […]Continue Reading

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COVID-19: Nigerian farmers yet to recover from impact of pandemic

By The Insight Team November 1, 2022 804 Post a comment

By Theophilus Abbah and Daniel Adaji While public attention on the COVID-19 pandemic has decreased, its impact on local farmers persists. Now farmers are struggling against heavy inflation to recover their businesses, attract customers, and regain their lost footing. La’ah Dauda is the President of the Progressives’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society in Continue Reading

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Debt-servicing may affect COVID-19 financing in 2022

By The Insight Team November 1, 2022 806 0

By Theophilus Abbah and Daniel Adaji Capital expenditure for COVID-19 in Nigeria’s 2022 annual budget looks slow to be released, 10 months into the year, data from the Open Treasury Portal (OTP) suggests. The OTP is a repository of the Federal Government’s expenditure. It shows that the last release for capital expenditure for COVID-19 was […]Continue Reading

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Tech firm celebrates foremost Nigerian Physicist, P.N Okeke on birthday

By The Insight Team November 1, 2022 935 0

AppreciateMe, an indigenous technology firm whose core is centered around celebrating and appreciating people – especially persons who have contributed and those who contribute to the advancement of society through their disciplines or area of concentration – with tangible gifts in cash and vouchers, has called on all Nigerians to join and appreciate renowned Continue Reading