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*Why democracy has not been able to deliver in Africa – Bishop Kukah

By The Insight Team March 3, 2019 344 0

Many arguments have been advanced as to the feasibility of Democracy in Africa. The operators, unable, or unwilling, to manage the tools of navigation have often said we are not ripe for Democracy. Others have argued that even from the point of view of tradition and vocabulary, the African soil cannot sustain the growth of […]Continue Reading

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Shedding blood for political power in Kogi East

By The Insight Team March 3, 2019 354 0

By Ojotule Adogo Many Nigerians are exchanging banters while congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari for winning the 2019 presidential election. But at the same moment, many families in Kogi East, especially Igala-speaking communities, are mourning as a result of the killings and violence perpetuated by desperate All Progressives Congress (APC) agents during the Continue Reading

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Let’s adopt 6-year single term – Robert Audu

By The Insight Team March 3, 2019 507 0

Chief Robert Audu is a former permanent secretary who served in several ministries, including being the Permanent Secretary (Political) in The Presidency. He was a member of the 2005 and 2014 political conferences. In this interview Chief Audu argues in support of restructuring in aspects of control of mineral resources, police, prisons, term of office […]Continue Reading

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An adverb that could ‘substantially’ fight against Atiku’s petition

By The Insight Team March 2, 2019 315 0

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Saturday, February 23, 2019 presidential election, is taking a legal step to challenge the outcome of the election. He rejected the results in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Continue Reading

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Limits of The Principle That No One is Above The Law Or That All Citizens Are Equal Before The Law

By The Insight Team January 19, 2019 376 0

By Professor Ben Nwabueze   The principle stated above is a salutary one, but its application is necessarily limited by inevitable exceptions. We take, first, the power given by section 89(1)(c) of the Constitution to the Senate or the House of Representatives to “summon any person in Nigeria” to appear before it to address it […]Continue Reading

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Daily Trust: Official Secret, Terrorism and press freedom

By The Insight Team January 19, 2019 459 0

The fiery wave of the army’s anger swept through Daily Trust last week, leaving behind a kind of devastation that keeps the media and the entire nation wondering if the terrifying days of military dictatorship had returned with its fury. The impact of the horror was apparent in the arrest of Uthman Abubakar, the Regional […]Continue Reading

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AIPC condemns murder of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed

By The Insight Team January 18, 2019 443 0

The African Investigative Publishing Collective (AIPC) has condemned the murder of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein Suale of Tiger Eye media, calling for a thorough investigation to ensure the murderers are punished. Below is a full text of the statement issued this afternoon: PRESS STATEMENT ON THE MURDER OF AHMED HUSSEIN SUALE The murder of Ahmed […]Continue Reading

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Kukah Raises Queries on Christianity and Politics

By The Insight Team October 27, 2018 435 0

The Trying Triangle of Politics, Economy and Faith: Through the Eyes of the Needle By Matthew Hassan Kukah 1. Preamble In your letter of invitation to me, you requested that I speak on what you called, The Trying Triangle of Politics, Economy and Faith: Through the Eyes of the Needle. In more plain language, this […]Continue Reading

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5 Reasons Atiku Could Beat Buhari

By The Insight Team October 7, 2018 365 0

By Phrank SHAIBU This past week marked a turning point in the nation’s political history. It was Atiku and all the news around his much-anticipated victory at the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which ended on Sunday in Port Harcourt. It is also the week that the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) […]Continue Reading

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Top 10 promises made by Atiku

By The Insight Team October 7, 2018 404 0

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar made many promises to Nigerians during his campaign for this ticket. Today, he got the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest the 2019 presidential election. Below are 10 of those promises. 1. To End Boko Haram He made this promise while on a campaign visit to Maiduguri, […]Continue Reading

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Kogi East Senate: Victor Adoji may dump PDP

By The Insight Team October 6, 2018 267 0

A frontline contender for Kogi East Senatorial District seat, Dr Victor Adoji, is likely to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for another platform. This is due to anti-democratic activities that coloured the primary elections. Dr Adoji met with top leaders of Kogi politics yesterday in order to perfect the next plan of action after […]Continue Reading

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7 Perspectives to CBN/MTN Tango

By The Insight Team September 30, 2018 297 0

In 2016, the Senate Committee on Banks, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions probed how MTN, between 2006 and 2016, allegedly repatriated about $13.9billion from Nigeria after side-stepping the due process for issuing Certificates of Capital Importation (CCIs) within 24 hours of conversion. On August 29 this year, the CBN came out with the report of […]Continue Reading