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IPPIS will shut door against foreign scholars – ASUU leader Ogunyemi

By The Insight Team March 13, 2020 795

mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet az mostbet mostbet mostbet az mostbet The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has promised to review its ongoing two weeks warning strike it commenced on Monday, March 9 2020 following the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila. ASUU National President, Prof Abiodun Ogunyemi, said at a meeting convened by the […]Continue Reading

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Much ado about National Security Adviser

By The Insight Team March 12, 2020 891

By Eric Teniola General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, GCFR, whose tenure was between August 27, 1985 to August 26, 1993, was the first to introduce the office of the National Security Adviser to this country. That was in January 1990 when he made my friend, the 7th Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Gambo Jimeta as […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria’s economy is not working – Dangote

By The Insight Team March 12, 2020 710

…says his firms lost N30bn profit to Apapa gridlock Business mogul and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, yesterday gave a poignant verdict on efforts by successive governments to transform the nation’s economy, saying that Nigeria’s economy is not working. This is as even as he said Nigeria’s economic diversification programme has been largely sluggish […]Continue Reading

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Peace Journalism: A Tool to Fighting Boko Haram Insurgents in the Northeast Nigeria

By The Insight Team March 5, 2020 769

By Aondover Eric Msughter There is no doubt that the media have the capacity and moral obligation to create awareness and educate citizen about the counter and prevent act of terrorism by making them approachable enough so that every citizen can approach them with their suggestions about how to create a terrorism-free world. In reporting […]Continue Reading

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Damboa Attack: Zulum Hails Military for Decisive Blow on Boko Haram

By The Insight Team March 5, 2020 746

 … Scores of insurgents killed,19 fighter vehicles seized … ‘Taking the war to fleeing insurgents impressive’ Borno state Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has applauded the Nigerian military’s ground and air components for what he described as “decisive blow against Boko Haram” in the early hours of Wednesday, even when Continue Reading

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Insecurity in Nigeria: What can the Left do?

By The Insight Team March 4, 2020 698

By Edwin Madunagu Reflections on the current “insecurity” and “threatening state failure” in Nigeria – and what the Nigerian Left can do – recently led me, in a tortuous manner, back to a formulation on revolutionary intervention which I thought I had transcended long ago. We shall first discuss the formulation and then come to […]Continue Reading

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Immunity for lawmakers will leave Buhari’s anti-corruption agenda in tatters

By The Insight Team March 2, 2020 641

By Kolawole Olaniyan When Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was named by the African Union as its first “anti-corruption champion in Africa” in 2018, he called on member states to “invest in institutions to entrench transparency and accountability.” But the recent push by many lawmakers from his All Progressives Congress (APC) party to grant themselves immunity […]Continue Reading

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Boko Haram Burns Houses, Rapes, Displaces Thousands in Cameroon – Report

By The Insight Team March 2, 2020 818

Boko Haram has attacked a refugee camp in Cameroon where over 3,000 persons, driven from their homes as a result of terrorist attacks, have taken refuge. The attack was reported by the Voice of America, which said the attacked camp was located at the northern border between Nigeria and Cameroon. Refugees had poured into the […]Continue Reading

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How Boko Haram attacked churches in Garkida – Report

By The Insight Team March 2, 2020 826

The town of Garkida in northeastern Nigeria was attacked by Boko Haram the night of Feb. 21-22. A number of buildings were burned, including the church building for Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN—the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). The EYN women’s fellowship of Garkida district was having its annual conference at the church that […]Continue Reading

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[Health] How to prevent Corona virus

By The Insight Team February 28, 2020 999

On February 27, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health confirmed the first case of the corona virus in Nigeria. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said in a statement that an Italian citizen who worked in Nigeria returned from Italy on February 25, 2020 and tested positive for the virus. Here are some tips […]Continue Reading

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[Intelligence] 15 Tips on How to Prevent Kidnapping

By The Insight Team February 25, 2020 1454

(Excerpts from secrets the Department of State Security shared with only Very Important Persons (VIPs)) The rate of kidnapping has sky-rocketed over the years. The appropriate application of the following security tips would reduce kidnapping to the barest minimum. Self-awareness Recognize your self-worth, assess the threat level of your environment, and perception of Continue Reading

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Uproar as FG plans to handover $100m Abacha loot to Bagudu

By The Insight Team February 24, 2020 822

There was a general feeling of indignation across the country yesterday over a report of alleged attempts by the federal government to hand over about $100 million United States authorities say was stolen by a former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, to Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Bagudu, a top member of the ruling All […]Continue Reading