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PRICE WAR: Dangote Refinery Forces NNPCL to Slash Pump Prices by N60 Per Litre

By The Insight Team March 4, 2025 781 0

By Emmanuel Kwada The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has slashed the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, following a series of strategic price reductions by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. This development, described by industry observers as a “price war,” has sparked widespread optimism among Nigerians, who Continue Reading

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Full List: President Tinubu Grants Licenses to 11 Private Universities

By The Insight Team March 4, 2025 1514 0

By Emmanuel Kwada In a significant boost to Nigeria’s education sector, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted provisional licenses to 11 new private universities across the country. The approval was announced following the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held in Abuja on Monday 3rd March, 2025, signaling the administration’s commitment to expanding Continue Reading

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Northwest Nigeria: A Massive Crime Scene, Over 20,000 Lives Lost, Bishop Kukah Calls for Urgent Action

By The Insight Team March 4, 2025 765 0

By Emmanuel Kwada Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has sounded the alarm on the escalating violence plaguing Northwest Nigeria, urging a unified societal response to a crisis that has claimed over 20,000 lives across 4,500 recorded incidents. Speaking at the Northwest Regional Conference on Women, Peace, and Security held in […]Continue Reading

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Corps Members Disappointed as NYSC Pays N33,000 in February

By The Insight Team March 1, 2025 812 0

By Emmanuel Kwada National Youth Service Corps members across Nigeria are frustrated after receiving their usual N33,000 allowance for February.  This comes despite repeated assurances from NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, that payments would increase to N77,000 starting in February 2025. The unfulfilled promise, tied to the Federal Continue Reading

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40m of land eroded in southern Nigeria annually – Minister

By The Insight Team February 27, 2025 861 0

By Emmanuel Kwada Southern Nigeria is losing between 30 to 40 meters of land to coastal erosion every year, a crisis that demands urgent intervention, Nigeria’s Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji, has warned. The Minister disclosed this in a statement on Thursday by the Director Media and Corporate Communications at […]Continue Reading

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JUST IN: FG Plans Electricity Tariff Review for Band B, C Customers

By The Insight Team February 27, 2025 1823 0

By Emmanuel Kwada In a bid to address inequities in electricity pricing and spur investment in Nigeria’s beleaguered power sector, the Federal Government has unveiled plans to review the tariff structure, particularly for customers in Bands B and C. The announcement was made by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, during the public presentation of […]Continue Reading

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FMBN’s operational surplus hits thirty-year high of N11.58bn

By The Insight Team February 26, 2025 707 0

By Daniel Adaji, Abuja The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria has recorded an operational surplus of N11.58bn in its 2024 management accounts, marking the first time in over 30 years that the institution has achieved such a financial milestone. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Managing Director/Chief Executive of FMBN, Shehu Osidi, at a […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria Hosts 1,000 Stakeholders to Transform Raw Materials Industry

By The Insight Team February 24, 2025 680 0

…Targets 3 million jobs annually   By Sanni Marvelous Nigeria is set to host over 1,000 stakeholders at the Africa Raw Materials Summit 2025, an event aimed at transforming the continent’s raw materials sector. The country is also eyeing the creation of about 3 million jobs annually from the transformation of the raw materials industry. […]Continue Reading

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TikTok, YouTube Top the Chart as Nigeria’s Internet Data Consumption Surpasses 1M Terabytes in 2025

By The Insight Team February 24, 2025 2622 0

By Emmanuel Kwada Nigeria marked a monumental shift in its digital landscape as internet data consumption breached the 1-million-terabyte threshold, a feat propelled by the meteoric rise of TikTok and YouTube. According to a TechCabal report citing Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) statistics, January 2025 recorded an eye-popping 1,000,930.6 terabytes of data Continue Reading

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NASRDA Predicts First Lunar Crescent Visibility for February

By The Insight Team February 21, 2025 775 0

By Emmanuel Kwada The National Space Research and Development Agency has predicted that the first astronomical lunar crescent visibility for February 2025 will occur on Friday, February 28, 2025. In a statement on Friday, the Director, Media and Corporate Communications of NASRDA, Dr. Felix Ale, said the prediction was made by NASRDA’s Centre for Basic […]Continue Reading

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Historic 1993 Presidential Election Results Revealed in IBB’s Book: Abiola’s Victory Nullified

By The Insight Team February 21, 2025 1087 0

By Emmanuel Kwada A gripping chapter of Nigeria’s political history unfolds anew with the detailed account of the 1993 presidential election results, as chronicled in General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s (IBB) book. The fiercely contested election, pitting Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention (NRC) against Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola Continue Reading

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Over 152 Lives Lost in Military Airstrike Mishaps in 2 Years: Borno, Kaduna, Nasarawa Among the Most Hit States

By The Insight Team February 18, 2025 743 0

By Emmanuel Kwada A disturbing trend has emerged in Nigeria, where military airstrike mishaps have resulted in the loss of countless innocent lives. The states of Borno, Kaduna, and Nasarawa have been among the most affected, with numerous incidents of accidental bombings and airstrikes that have claimed the lives of civilians, including women and children. […]Continue Reading